Teams on new security laws meet to write the final draft
What you need to know:
- In the National Assembly, Mr Duale said this Wednesday morning’s meeting will involve the Justice and Legal Affairs and the Administration and National Security committees.
- “Legal Affairs Committee have finished and we have their amendments. I’m waiting for Kamama (chairman of the Security Committee). I won’t go home until I have seen his amendments,” said Mr Duale last evening.
- Minority Leader Francis Nyenze had said at the meeting between Cord and civil society groups at Ufungamano House that there would be a kamukunji — informal meeting — of all MPs Wednesday.
Committees drafting amendments to the controversial Bill on security are scheduled to meet this morning to put all the changes together, Majority Leader Aden Duale told the Nation last evening.
At the same time, Speaker Justin Muturi has convened two special sittings tomorrow, one in the morning and the other in the evening, through a Kenya Gazette notice.
Mr Muturi said in the notice dated Monday that the special sittings were to consider the nomination of retired Maj-General Joseph Nkaissery as Interior Cabinet Secretary, the four nominees to the Constituency Development Fund Board and the Third Reading of the Security Laws (Amendment) Bill.
In the National Assembly, Mr Duale said this Wednesday morning’s meeting will involve the Justice and Legal Affairs and the Administration and National Security committees.
These teams are among committees that spent a considerable part of yesterday working on the amendments expected to rid the Security Laws (Amendment) Bill of parts considered unconstitutional or retrogressive.
WON'T GO HOME
“Legal Affairs Committee have finished and we have their amendments. I’m waiting for Kamama (chairman of the Security Committee). I won’t go home until I have seen his amendments,” said Mr Duale last evening.
He said the meeting would be attended by the leadership of the National Assembly and the members of the committees concerned and would possibly be open to the Press.
“We might even call in the CIC and the Attorney-General’s offices.”
Mr Duale said all the proposed amendments were likely to be on Parliament’s website, www.parliament.go.ke, by 1pm today.
Minority Leader Francis Nyenze had said at the meeting between Cord and civil society groups at Ufungamano House that there would be a kamukunji — informal meeting — of all MPs Wednesday.
Contacted by the Nation, he did not elaborate but promised to call back later, which he did not.
A member of the Labour and Social Welfare Committee told the Nation that the idea had been mooted but it was felt it would be better to have a meeting with a more concrete agenda.
“The idea is to have the members of those committees and any other member to come and harmonise the proposed amendments,” said the MP, who requested anonymity.
The Labour Committee is involved because the Bill creates an inter-ministerial committee to oversee the registration and operations of employment bureaus and agencies.
