13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am being prodded by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources. She thinks that standard answers require two weeks, but I do not think so in this case. This is a very important question and we need three weeks. So, in three weeks we will provide a very comprehensive Statement.
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT the Bill be amended in the Schedule in the proposed amendments to the Interpretation and General Provisions Act (Cap 2)- 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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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
(i) by deleting the words “or the President, Deputy President or the Attorney General” appearing in the definition of the words “Cabinet Secretary” in s.3;
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairlady. I beg to move:-
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
THAT the Bill be amended in the Schedule in the proposed amendments to the Interpretation and General Provisions Act (Cap 2)-
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
(i) by deleting the words “or the President, Deputy President or the Attorney General” appearing in the definition of the words “Cabinet Secretary” in s.3;
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
(ii) by deleting the words “or the President where executive authority for the matter in question is retained by him, or the Attorney General where executive authority for the matter in question has been conferred on him” appearing in the definition of the words “the Cabinet Secretary” in part of s.3
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairlady, we are moving these amendments as a consequence of the passage of the new Constitution. This is to align this with the new Constitution by providing for Cabinet Secretary in place of the others because that is the function of the Cabinet Secretary and not of the President.
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairlady, I respect hon. Amina. I basically said that the deletion is to align it with the Constitution. As you know, the Attorney-General is not a Cabinet Secretary. But he is a Cabinet Secretary in what we call in law sui generis . He is not strictly a Cabinet Secretary. He holds office only on presidential terms. If the President today decides that he does not want him on the grounds that are set out in the Attorney-General’s Act, then he will cease to hold office. So, we are basically cleaning The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report ...
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