Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: I am very sorry, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: The reports of the Summit must be submitted to the National Assembly, to the Senate and to the county assemblies. This is very important because this institution – the Summit – cannot be above Parliament and the Senate. So, whatever they deliberate, those reports must go to Parliament and the Senate so that the Senate can assess and see what issues they have been discussing and if, indeed, they want to make any suggestions or alterations, they will have the opportunity to do so as the supreme organs in the country. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, under Clause 11, we talk of the establishment of the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee which is basically the Secretariat of this Summit. It is the one that will be engaged in the day-to- day aspects of co-ordinating and looking at the issues that the Summit will be looking at. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: I will move straight to Clause 19. Under this Clause, we create a Council of County Governors. This, again, is important because whereas the Summit provides for the interaction between the national Government or the President – the national Executive and the county Governments, the Council of County Governors is also important because we are now providing a legal framework where the governors of all the 47 counties can also have sessions in a structured format to discuss and maybe harmonize certain issues. There could be issues that relate to may be taxation levels in one county vis-a-vis another county. ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, at the very outset, I want to thank the Members, once again, for their invaluable contribution to the Inter-Governmental Relations Bill. I would really request them, as we look at the HANSARD, if they can also draft some proposed amendments which we can share with the Committee when we are looking at the other proposals that they have also said that they are initiating. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, once again, I just want to highlight a few things. As you look at this Bill, we must remember that we are looking at Inter- Governmental Relations. I say so, with all the due respect to the Chairman of the Committee, because when bring in the Speaker’s Committee, here, or the Speaker’s forum, then I think we will be moving away from an Inter-Governmental Relation. Those are legislative bodies. So, we may want to think through that very carefully so that we are not creating an institution that is different from what this Bill intended to ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the issue of the Provincial Administration, very important points have been made. I would strongly invite the House that as we look at the amendments to the previous Bill, the County Government Bill, especially, when we talk of decentralized units in that area. I think we can take on board some of the issues that have been raised with regard to the Provincial Administration and bring some clarity in that Bill rather than bringing it here. I think that is the more operative Bill. What is coming very clearly, Members are saying that once the ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, issue of the qualification of the technical Committee, I think those are important. Indeed, we did provide only qualifications for the Secretary for the Technical Committee. However, we did not say anything about the other members of that Committee. Bearing in mind that this is going to be a very important body which will eventually also take over the functions of the transitional authority, we cannot afford to leave that hanging, because these are going to be very important decisions. We need people who have the necessary experience and knowledge to be able to deal with. ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the senator candidate, hon. Khalwale has made a very passionate plea for us to look a little more seriously at how the role of the Senate can be better defined in this Bill. I know the role of the Senate is in the Constitution, but there are some aspects, or areas, which can be brought here, as they are not consistent with the Constitution; we need help in dealing with this. I agree that in some areas of dispute resolution--- Even if they were to go to a judicial process--- I think we should always ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to plead with the hon. Members that they should not quite dismiss the council of county governors. It may look like it is a body that is perhaps duplicating certain roles, but we can craft it and look at this clause carefully; as we move on, there will be need to share experiences and make sure that these guys will be consulting. When you look at the functions, there will also be aspects of cities and urban areas, which these people will be dealing with. Some of them maybe almost like the metropolitan ... view