Wakoli Bifwoli

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, degazetting of Mt. Elgon Forest does not fall under the docket of the Ministry of Lands. It falls under the Ministry of Wildlife and Forestry. Therefore, I cannot know why it has not been done. We have, however, written a Memorandum to the Cabinet to that effect, from our Ministry. That is all we can do. view
• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: view
• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move view
• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: THAT, the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, Bill No.4, be read a Second Time. view
• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: I crave leave to refer extensively to my notes because, as you are aware, the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, covers very many different statutes, amendments of which cannot stand on their own, and have to be put together. I will try to be as brief as possible, in view of the time that has gone into each of the proposed amendments. view
• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: The first amendment that is being sought is an amendment to the Interpretation and General Provisions Act. This amendment was necessitated by the provisions on the Grand Coalition which, because it has 40 Ministers, a number of Ministries, which traditionally have been single Ministries, were split. Creating those Ministries touched on legislation that was being implemented by certain Ministries. Just to give an example, the Ministry of Health was split into the Ministry of Medical Services and the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation. It is the Ministry of Health which was administering the Public Health Act. If you look ... view
• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: The other example is the Export Processing Zones Act, which was to be administered by the Ministry of Industry, but under the organization of Government, the EPZs are under the Ministry of Trade, and there is no Ministry of Industry as such. We have a Ministry of Industrialization, hence the confusion as to who is responsible for the EPZs. So, this amendment deals with those situations, so that in future, you can create and recreate Ministries without necessarily having to amend each and every legislation. view
• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the next set of amendments are amendments which touch on the Civil Procedure Act and the Appellate Jurisdiction Act. The amendments to these two legislations are going to revolutionize the way we run our courts. They are not amendments which have just come out of the blues. They are amendments which have been carefully thought by the Rules Committee that was appointed by the Chief Justice to look into the issue of the management of court cases. Only last week, we passed the Arbitration Bill, which addressed part of the problem of the backlog of cases. ... view
• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you cannot substantiate the obvious. When it comes to the banks, we shall come to that shortly. There is A1, A2 and A3 that I will speak on. As far as constitutional office holders are concerned, no tribunal has been appointed. view
• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am saying that this Bill refers to constitutional office holders who have been specifically mentioned as constitutional office holders under our Constitution. It is there. Give me your Constitution and I will show you--- view