NC convenes urgent session
The National Council will convene an urgent session next week to review three bills.
A statement issued by the secretary to the National Council, Emilia Mkusa, said the session would run from Monday until Thursday.
The National Council officially ended the year on 29 November 2017, but parliamentarians were summoned to discuss the Urban and Regional Planning Bill of 2017; Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill of 2017; and the Education Amendment Bill of 2017, which were passed in the National Assembly last month.
The Urban and Regional Planning Bill of 2017 is aimed at decentralising certain aspects of spatial planning in the country and to redress past imbalances in respect of access to land, land ownership and allocation as well as promoting national land reform objectives.
It targets transforming the spatial planning sector from its current time-consuming and bureaucratic procedures to one that will effectively address development challenges, and to empower local authorities to perform planning approval functions performed by township boards and the Namibia Planning Advisory Board.
The Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill of 2017 will give effect to the United Nations Protocol to prevent, suppress, criminalise and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children. It also seeks to protect and assist victims of trafficking.
The Education Amendment Bill of 2017, meanwhile, will amend the Education Act 16 of 2001 to remove the requirement for compulsory contributions to school development funds in order to provide free pre-primary, primary, secondary and special education tuition and examinations. However, parents can make voluntary financial contributions towards school activities.
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A statement issued by the secretary to the National Council, Emilia Mkusa, said the session would run from Monday until Thursday.
The National Council officially ended the year on 29 November 2017, but parliamentarians were summoned to discuss the Urban and Regional Planning Bill of 2017; Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill of 2017; and the Education Amendment Bill of 2017, which were passed in the National Assembly last month.
The Urban and Regional Planning Bill of 2017 is aimed at decentralising certain aspects of spatial planning in the country and to redress past imbalances in respect of access to land, land ownership and allocation as well as promoting national land reform objectives.
It targets transforming the spatial planning sector from its current time-consuming and bureaucratic procedures to one that will effectively address development challenges, and to empower local authorities to perform planning approval functions performed by township boards and the Namibia Planning Advisory Board.
The Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill of 2017 will give effect to the United Nations Protocol to prevent, suppress, criminalise and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children. It also seeks to protect and assist victims of trafficking.
The Education Amendment Bill of 2017, meanwhile, will amend the Education Act 16 of 2001 to remove the requirement for compulsory contributions to school development funds in order to provide free pre-primary, primary, secondary and special education tuition and examinations. However, parents can make voluntary financial contributions towards school activities.
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