Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: Clauses 35 and 36 provide for recognition of a settlement agreement. Such an agreement is binding and is recognized by a court of law. These agreements may only be refused on grounds such as where there is party who is not in capacity or where the settlement agreement is invalid or the party in the process did not participate or failure to conduct the process in accordance of the law in terms of fraud or corruption or undue influence or where the settlement agreement is contrary to public policy. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: Part VI of the Bill provides for miscellaneous provisions. Part VII of the Bill provides for transitional provisions. I want to dwell on this a little bit because I know there is a bit of debate that would come into it. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: The light is not red yet. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will not dwell too much on it. Let me just give highlights, so that the Senators can debate on this one. Clause 40 seeks to protect the Employees and Members of the Mediation Accreditation Committee that was established under Section 59(a) of the Civil Procedure Act. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Clause 40 of the Bill protects Employees and Members of Mediation accreditation Committee that was established under Section 59 (a) of the Civil Procedure Act. Clause 41 partly says: “Registers kept registration effected and certificates issued- -- Let me go into the depth of this change that we want to make in the Civil Procedure Act. The Civil procedure Act, under Section 59 (a) and (d), provides for resolution of disputes through ADR processes. However, there is a bit of detail that lacks in there. As a result, this Bill proposes under Clause 34 ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: Secondly, we want to reduce the number of the membership of the Committee from 12 to 7. We want to provide the term for the members in the committee to be three years renewable once. This is not provided in the Civil Procedure Act. We want to revise the functions of the Committee and provide for the designation of the ADR registrar, staff and functions of the registrar. We want to set out under what circumstances a Member of the Committee ceases to be. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: 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
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: We want this Committee to be the vehicle that keeps the register and give accreditation to the mediators, conciliators and keep a register of the traditional dispute resolvers. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: It is in a time where our country is going through austerity measures, and we are looking at saving the country some money. It will be an easiest vehicle to adopt. We can also put order to already existing members who are practicing. We have mediators and conciliators who are now practicing. We have many traditional dispute resolvers who have been practicing for a long time. This is the easiest way of putting order without requesting or requiring that money be put in place or a new council be formed. As we know, the country has no money right now. ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in Senate: We just hear or read it in social media. So, I cannot quote anyone or anything. view