Police from the dog and horse sections were manning security outside parliament building to ensure that whoever was not a member of the Assembly or employee of the parliament did not enter the protected area while seminars were underway.
By Katare Mbashiru, The Citizen Reporter
Posted Thursday, September 18 2014 at 10:08
Posted Thursday, September 18 2014 at 10:08
IN SUMMARY
Any journalist who arrived at the entrance was greated by an order: Journalists are not allowed to enter this area because there are no proceedings going on but the honourables are continuing with their routine seminars.
since Tuesday with security officials moving around the area.
Any journalist who arrived at the entrance was greated by an order: Journalists are not allowed to enter this area because there are no proceedings going on but the honourables are continuing with their routine seminars.
Police from the dog and horse sections were manning security outside parliament building to ensure that whoever was not a member of the Assembly or employee of the parliament did not enter the protected area while seminars were underway.
MCAs have been attending seminars since Tuesday after adjournment of the CA by its chairman,Mr Samuel Sitta, on Monday.
However, the agenda of the seminars remains unclear. The Assembly resumes on Monday next week when the chairman of the drafting committee, Mr Andrew Chenge, tables the proposed Katiba draft.
The big question however is why the seminars that are of public interest are conducted behind closed doors.
Adjourning the session on Monday, the CA chairman said he would ensure that all the money that was allocated for the CA was spent without returning a single penny to the treasury.
“We expect to deliver a new mother law on October 3, but I assure you that we shall look on the modalities to ensure that the remaining funds are not sent back to the government,” said Mr Sitta amid a round of applause from MCAs.
Although Mr Sitta is optimistic that the disputed CA would deliver the anticipated proposed draft, The Citizen understands that the drafting committee which is led by Bariadi East MP Andrew Chenge has already axed some provisions that were proposed by MCAs.
Sources close to the Committee told The Citizen that among them is the proposal by majority of women members that the new constitution state clearly that men and women be given equal weight in leadership positions on the 50:50 threshold.
Efforts to contact Mr Chenge proved futile by press time. The provisions that have been chopped off are likely to provoke a heated debate from members whose proposals would be axed.
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