3 May 2012 in National Assembly:
With those remarks, I beg to move.
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3 May 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of The Supplementary Appropriation Bill and its approval thereof without amendment.
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3 May 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report.
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3 May 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, aware that pursuant to Article 261(1) of the Constitution and the Fifth Schedule thereof, the following Bills now pending before this House; namely, the Public Financial Management Bill, 2012, and the County Governments Bill, 2012 were required to be enacted by this House not later than 27th February 2012; further aware that these Bills seek to implement critical and fundamental aspects of the Constitution; noting that owing to delays in the consultation, drafting, publication and presentation of the Public Financial Management Bill, 2012, before the 27th of February 2012 and ...
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3 May 2012 in National Assembly:
I was just moving.
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3 May 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this House will recall that on 17th April, 2012, during the parliamentary debate on Public Financial Management Bill, 2012, Members of Parliament raised concerns that legislation to establish the county revenue funds should have been enacted within 18 months, that is 27th February, 2012 as provided for in the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution.
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3 May 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Members will also recall that the Speaker ruled that, that is the correct interpretation and, therefore, we were required to extend the validity period of these two Bills.
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3 May 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to give Members of this August House an idea, the Ministry of Finance finalized the preparation of the Public Financial Management Bill, 2012 by 20th February, 2012. The Bill was published on 23rd February, 2012 and submitted to Parliament for debate and enactment. The Bill under Section 109 provided for the establishment of the County Revenue Fund as required by the Constitution under Article 207. However, there was general consensus in Parliament that Section 129 of the County Government Bill was sufficient to meet that constitutional requirement.
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3 May 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will recall that the County Government Bill, 2012 was approved by Parliament before the 26th February deadline and expectation were that the Presidential assent would be obtained soon thereafter. It is on this basis that the Ministry of Finance took the position that it was not necessary to seek an extension of time limit as provided for under Article 261(2)(3) of the Constitution. However, since the County Government Bill, 2012, has not been assented to by the President, it means that both Bills have missed the 18 months deadline as set out in the ...
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3 May 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is, therefore, an urgent need to get the way forward. The way forward is the approval of this Motion. In this regard, it is necessary that a resolution to extend the prescribed period is passed by this House pursuant to Article 261 of the Constitution in order to fulfill the constitutional requirement. Under Article 259((9) of the Constitution, a Motion for the requisite resolution has to be brought to the House. Article 259(9) says:- “If any person or State organ has authority under this Constitution to extend a period of time prescribed by this Constitution, the ...
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