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Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Division Managers on their portfolio’s scope, mandate, budget and challenges
26 Feb 2025
The Committee met with various division managers to get a briefing on their portfolio’s scope, mandate, budget, and challenges. The Committee heard from the Strategic Management and Governance Division, Institutional Support Services Division (ISSD), Human Capital Division, Member Support Services (MSS), and ICT. The Speaker to the National Assembly ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Introductory meeting with Parliament’s Executive Authority and Secretary to Parliament
25 Feb 2025
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament met for day one of its week-long engagement with the Executive Authority and senior management of Parliament. The Speaker of the National Assembly gave the members an overview of the institution. Key issues that came out of the overview ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Election of co-chairpersons
1 Nov 2024
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament convened to elect Co-chairpersons.
The Committee Secretary provided context for the meeting, explaining it had been rescheduled from 29 October due to a lack of quorum. The nomination process was outlined, indicating that Members would voice their preferences for ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Consideration of Subcommittee Recommendations (incl Presidency Oversight Committee)
31 Oct 2024
The Rules Committee approved recommendations from the Subcommittee on the Review of Assembly Rules.
The Subcommittee Chairperson highlighted that the rules should be considered living articles that should, where necessary, be updated to respond to the changing needs of an evolving parliament and society.
The recommendations encompassed proposals on motions without prior notice, ensuring closed doors during voting, elongating timelines for any ...
Rules of the National Assembly
(Subcommittee) Matters referred by the Rules Committee
25 Oct 2024
The Subcommittee on the Review of the National Assembly Rules met on a virtual platform to finalise unfinished items from the 23 October meeting. The subcommittee is tasked with submitting a report to the Speaker and Rules Committee meeting on recommendations for the drafting or amending of the NA ...
Rules of the National Assembly
(Subcommittee) Matters referred by the Rules Committee
23 Oct 2024
The Subcommittee on the Review of Assembly Rules convened to discuss several procedural matters. The National Assembly Table, presented redrafted rules for "motions without notice," emphasising clarity and codifying current practices. It was established that once a motion is read, Members can object to proceeding with it, either with ...
Joint Rules
Establishment of Joint Committees, Structures & Composition
30 Jul 2024
Joint Rules 7th Edition- July 2024
The Joint Rules Committee approved the establishment and composition of the Joint Rules structures for the 7th Parliament.
The structures include the: Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests, the Joint Constitutional Review Committee, the Mediation Committee, the Parliamentary Group on International Relations, ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Finalisation of Priority Matters & Opening of Parliament Address Preparations
17 Jul 2024
OPA Preparations: NA Table Report (awaited document)
The Committee considered and finalised several priority matters referred to the Subcommittee on Assembly Rules for deliberation and recommendation. These included the speaking sequence in plenaries, seating arrangements in chamber, terms and definitions in the rules and composition of the Rules Committee. ...
Rules of the National Assembly
(Subcommittee) Consideration of priority matters referred by the Rules Committee & Programming Committee
15 Jul 2024
The Subcommittee convened to finalise the priority matters before it. It dealt with the speaking and seating arrangements in the National Assembly, a review of terms and definitions, and the composition of the Rules Committee.
The Members agreed on the seating arrangements. All parties that are part of the ...
Rules of the National Assembly
(Subcommittee) Consideration of matters referred by the Rules Committee and the Programming Committee
11 Jul 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Subcommittee convened to consider a new matter that had been referred to it regarding speaking arrangements in the National Assembly.
The seating arrangements, terminology, and definitions have already been dealt with.
Due to the current configuration of the 7th Parliament and the Executive, questions ...