Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will just start at the point that hon. Konchella has left and draw the attention of hon. Members to Article 15, on page 127. This Article very clearly states that the Commission for Implementation of the Constitution should pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, monitor and oversee the transition process to devolved government. So, that particular clause ensures that this is monitored at every level. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I heard hon. Mungatana raise an issue about Clause 10 on the schedule that deals with appointments. I would like to just plead with the hon. Member and the House, to remember that we have landed into problems with some of the other Bills where a certain timeline has been put in place, and then there is no room for extension and have to wait for them it to come back to Parliament, for that amendment to be put in place. So, we were trying to take care of that provision. Maybe when we say ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have noted the issues about the offences. I think we will discuss that with the Committee. When I started moving the Bill, I had tried to give a rationale behind the number of public officers, but I will just recap. The whole idea where it might look like it is top-heavy on the Executive is because we realized that these Ministries, looking at the structure of the Government, are going to be very fundamental in terms of the devolution of assets. If you look at the Office of the President, for instance, we were ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issues of finance are plain and obvious. Also, you can imagine the issues that deal with human resource between local authorities and the county government. Now, if you do not have somebody who is well versed with these matters, we could land into some difficulty. So, many of the Permanent Secretaries that are itemized here are there for a very specific purpose. But the ones who will work on a full time basis are the nine members who are not the Government officials. So, I hope that this will enable hon. Members to understand ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to confirm to hon. Members that this is also one of the Bills that have gone through the Constitution Implementation Commission processes very thoroughly. The Commission has looked at it and made its comments. The Commission has, indeed, made a lot of contribution to it and deleted a lot of things they felt were unconstitutional. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: I also note the error that hon. Mungatana pointed out in the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons. We need to cross-reference accurately. Clause 36 is not properly reflected in the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons of the Bill. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to touch a little on the Schedule. It may look simple. We have taken note of the fact that, maybe, some flexibility and greater objectivity needs to be brought in, so that the Authority does not become a stumbling block. That is true but I want hon. Members to appreciate that this is going to be a highly technical process. When you look at the first phase and what is required, you will appreciate that these fellows will be looking at the assets of the national Government and the assets of the local ... view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to second this Motion and view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to second this Motion. The argument has been well put by the Leader of Government Business and indeed, just to emphasize, the Speaker has been talking of this being a special sitting. We have this business to conduct. So, I would urge the Members to support this reduction from 14 to 5 days. This again, does not prevent the relevant Committees from also looking at those Bills concurrently. I beg to second. view
• 15 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The County Governments Bill be read a Second Time. view