25 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, it is clear that those legislations contained in (g), (h) and (i) have already been amended and removed from statute books. So, they no longer exist. So, to make reference to laws that have been amended and removed from statute books does not make any sense because they are no longer laws in our country. So, you do not make reference to something that does not exist. Thank you.
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25 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after Clause 39- 40. A corporate body shall be deemed to be a special economic zone developer on the commencement of this Act if it has- (a) been approved by the Cabinet Secretary to engage in the development or management of integrated infrastructure facilities on public, private partnership basis; and, (b) undertaken significant steps to commence development or management of the integrated infrastructure facilities. In any Bill, you must have a transition clause. This is the only Bill that had ...
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25 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
to have been authorized by the Cabinet Secretary under this Act until otherwise considered by the Authority when it comes into place. In (b), they must have taken significant steps to commence development or management of integrated infrastructural facilities, so that it is not just somebody who has a letter; who is just walking around with letters, who should be allowed to continue in that process. It must be somebody who has taken significant steps in developing that area.
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25 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to second.
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25 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I must take this opportunity to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for the good work that he has done in terms of sponsoring this Business Registration Service Bill. I want to thank the Members of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs who spent time scrutinizing this Bill. This is a very good Bill. The parastatal that is being created is to ensure that we move up the scale in terms of providing a conducive environment for doing business in this country. It is important that a parastatal be installed to ...
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25 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second.
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25 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to second. I am seconding the Motion because Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo thought that this is an oversight role and yet, we are enacting laws.
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25 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for being gracious to me. First and foremost, I would like to also register my appreciation and gratitude to the indomitable Leader of the Majority Party. This leader has worked very hard in spite and despite of difficult circumstances of at times staying late into midnight to ensure that these Bills get into this House. I will like to thank him. I also want to state that the passage of the Special Economic Zones Bill marks a paradigm shift in terms of the manner in which we are going to do business in ...
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20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
No, I have not.
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20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Hon. Peter Kaluma for bringing this Bill. As you The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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