21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
timely. It allows customs officers to know the goods that are being carried to a particular nation and where necessary, reject them even before they depart from their port of last call. By the time the goods leave a place, they might be taken to a particular country. When the goods which are being brought to a nation are reported before they leave the port, by the time they get to the country that the goods are supposed to go, the customs officer can verify whether the goods that were intended to go to a particular nation are the ones ...
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21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
The second Bill is the Administration of the EALA (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The object of the Bill is to amend the Administration of the EALA Act, 2012 to make it wholly responsible for its administrative and financial affairs. This means that EALA will have Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Parliament, so that they control their finances and administrative affairs. When we considered this Bill and the report that we received from EALA, it contravenes the Treaty for the establishment of the East African Community (EAC) in Article 48(4). The Treaty supersedes any other amendment that is brought before the House. ...
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21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
The second Bill is the Administration of the EALA (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The object of the Bill is to amend the Administration of the EALA Act, 2012 to make it wholly responsible for its administrative and financial affairs. This means that EALA will have Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Parliament, so that they control their finances and administrative affairs. When we considered this Bill and the report that we received from EALA, it contravenes the Treaty for the establishment of the East African Community (EAC) in Article 48(4). The Treaty supersedes any other amendment that is brought before the House. ...
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21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
What was also forwarded to the Committee is that there were still clarifications that needed to be done on how the EALA can go about it to see that they get the full autonomy to run the Assembly. That is why the Committee noted that the Bill was ambiguous and not straightforward in terms of the legality of the Bill being passed. The observations of the Committee on the two Bills are that the Committee approves the proposed amendment to the EAC Customs Management (Amendment) Bill, 2018 as it will improve the ability of the customs administration in detecting high ...
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21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
What was also forwarded to the Committee is that there were still clarifications that needed to be done on how the EALA can go about it to see that they get the full autonomy to run the Assembly. That is why the Committee noted that the Bill was ambiguous and not straightforward in terms of the legality of the Bill being passed. The observations of the Committee on the two Bills are that the Committee approves the proposed amendment to the EAC Customs Management (Amendment) Bill, 2018 as it will improve the ability of the customs administration in detecting high ...
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21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
The Committee supports the Council’s decision to suspend the Administration of the EALA (Amendment) Bill, 2018, pending clarification on the conditionality of the financial and administration autonomy for both the EALA and the East African Court of Justice in compliance with the Treaty, and the Council of Ministers’ decision on the matter.
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21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
The Committee supports the Council’s decision to suspend the Administration of the EALA (Amendment) Bill, 2018, pending clarification on the conditionality of the financial and administration autonomy for both the EALA and the East African Court of Justice in compliance with the Treaty, and the Council of Ministers’ decision on the matter.
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21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
I call on Hon. Ruweida, the Vice Chairperson of the Committee, to second.
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21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
I call on Hon. Ruweida, the Vice Chairperson of the Committee, to second.
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21 Feb 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker and all the Members who have contributed to this Report on the two amendment Bills.
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