As the 9th National Assembly winds down, a civil society group, the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre has called on the Senate and the House o
Part of the statement reads “PLAC is concerned that in the week of winding down of the 9th National Assembly, both chambers are passing into law, bills that may not have been well publicised, undergone public hearing or opened to public scrutiny.
PLAC recognises that there are several outstanding bills that the 9th National Assembly should have taken seriously and passed before winding down. This includes the Electoral Commission bill, which has undergone rigorous legislative processes and scrutiny in both the Senate and House of Representatives, but which the 9th National Assembly still failed to pass.
PLAC is calling on the two chambers of the National Assembly to immediately refrain from further passage or concurrence to bills in these last days of legislative sitting and instead, concentrate on their valedictory activities and ceremonies marking the dissolution of the 9th National Assembly. As the 10th National Assembly sets to be inaugurated in the coming days, PLAC calls on incoming legislators to put on the front burner, the passage of the Electoral Offences Commission bill. PLAC will work in collaboration with the National Assembly and other civil society groups to identify priority bills for early passage by the incoming 10th National Assembly”.All rights reserved.
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