National Assembly · Afternoon Sitting
Thursday, 8 December 2022
The session focused on procedural matters, including the first reading of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill and the directive for public participation, as well as motions to approve nominees for Constituency Development Fund committees and the Commission on Revenue Allocation. The Speaker guided the debate with brief exchanges, and members moved and seconded the motions without significant contention. The House debated and vetted seven nominees for the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), confirming they meet constitutional qualifications and thanking the Finance and National Planning Committee for its extensive work. Members moved, seconded, and approved the report amid procedural exchanges, light banter, and acknowledgments of the upcoming festive season. The discussion also highlighted the CRA’s mandate on equitable resource sharing between national and county governments. Members debated the Division of Revenue Bill, raising concerns about the credibility of CRA reports and political interference, while also contesting procedural matters such as the use of Standing Order 95 and the right of the mover to reply. The session included expressions of gratitude for committee work and concluded with an adjournment until February 2023.
Clerk, please ring the Quorum Bell. Where are the Whips? Can you go and whip Members? Order! We now have quorum to transact our business.
[(The Quorum Bell was rung)]
[(Several Hon Members walked into the Chamber)]
Order, Hon Members. Take your seats. I have something to say about that Bill. Order! Hon. Members there is a communication on the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.60 of 2022) .
Hon. Members, as you may have followed from this afternoon’s Supplementary Order Paper, the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 60 of 2022) has just been read for the First Time. At the cost of stating the obvious, this is an omnibus Bill which seeks to amend various statutes, especially where the amendments do not merit the publication of several separate Bills…
public on matters that require public participation. I, therefore, direct the Clerk to publish a notification in the newspapers and on the Website to enable commencement of public participation on the Bill. This House is accordingly guided. Thank you.
Let us have the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party. My apologies, I mean the Vice-Chair of the Committee Hon. Tandaza, not the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party.
Thank you Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 43 (4) of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Act of 2015 and paragraphs 5 (2) and (10) of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Regulations 2016, this House approves the list of nominees for appointment to the following four Constituencies Committees of th…
Government Constituencies Development Fund, laid on the table of the House on Thursday 8th December 2022:
Hon. Tandaza, you have not said anything about your Motion.
Well, this is more or less what we have been doing. These are the last National Government Constituency Development Fund Committees, and for the sake of time, I thought I would ask Hon. Majimbo to second.
So, what you are saying is that the Motion speaks for itself?
Yes, exactly; we have done this before.
Where is the Member seconding? Hon. Majimbo Kalasinga (Kabuchai, FORD) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Before I second, in its record time, this Committee must be thanked...
You must second first before you say anything.
Hon. Speaker, I second this Motion. As I do that, the Committee must be given accolades and we must thank them for their record time of finishing all the constituencies in such a short time. In a few weeks to come, we are going to receive funds in our constituencies, and we need this Committee to run. Currently in our constituencies, we can see many students suffering, and so we need to thank the …
[(Question proposed)]
[(Question put and agreed to)]
Order, Hon. Members! Will you be upstanding? This Special Sitting is concluded, and the House stands adjourned until Tuesday, 14th February 2023, at 2.30 p.m. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The House rose at 3.23 p.m.
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