Naomi Jilo Waqo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 May 2019 in Senate: Clause 6(3) states that- view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: ―The Joint Committee shall, at its first meeting, elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from amongst its members.‖ The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: That means that the Committee will decide what should happen and how the meeting shall proceed. view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: Under Clause 6(5), where the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson are not present, the Committee will elect any other able Member to chair the meeting. That means that there will no vacuum. It also means that people will sit and deliberate on the issues before them, and time will not be wasted. It means that within the set time, the Bill will go through all the processes and be effected. view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: Clause 7(1) provides that the Joint Committee shall, within seven days of its constitution, consider the Bill and submit a report to each of the Speakers with its recommendations. This gives assurance that no time will be wasted. I suggested that the Sponsor of the Bill in question should be a member of the Joint Committee. However, even if he or she is not a member, they will know that the Bill will be determined. view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, much has been said by hon. Senators. Mine is to just give reasons why I support the Bill. Before I conclude, I would like to touch on Clause 11, which states as follows- view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: ―Within five days of receipt of a report of the Joint Committee under section 7(1), the Speakers of the respective Houses shall each signify on a certificate of joint concurrence in the form set out under the Schedule on whether they concur with the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Committee on the nature of the Bill.‖ As I said earlier, this is also important. It is important for each Speaker to signify on a certificate of concurrence because we know that anything can happen in the world of politics, and people can change their positions on some ... view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: Under Clause 12, where the Speakers of both Houses fail to concur with the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on whether a Bill concerns counties or is a money Bill, the Joint Committee shall prepare a report to the Speakers requesting Parliament to refer the Bill to the Supreme Court for advisory opinion on the matter. The procedures to be followed have been provided. To me, that is good, because the procedure will guide Senators or any hon. Member who will sponsor a Bill because there will be direction. view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Bill simply because of what I have said. I know that all the Senators will smile when this Bill becomes law, because we will not have the dilemma that is currently there. I hope we will have the assurance that at the end of the day, Bills that will emanate from here will be enacted. view
• 21 May 2019 in Senate: As I support this, I pray that the Bill will go through all the processes as soon as possible so as to become law. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view