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Nigerian Senate Moves To Establish Agency To Control Cows, Other Livestock Movement The lawmaker added that the agency when established will ensure the traceability of animal products into the country, in order to safeguard the lives of the people. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 20, 2021 The Senate on Tuesday considered a bill that seeks to control the movement of cows and other livestock across the country. The bill which was sponsored by Senator Bima, Muhammad Enagi (Niger South), seeks to ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On November 17, 2020, Canada’s federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry introduced Bill C-11, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Act (Bill C-11) for consideration in the House of Commons. The short title of Bill C-11 is the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2000, and its aim is to r...

A corrective mechanism to ensure gender parity in parliament has been approved at committee stage paving the way for more women to become MPs. The mechanism only requires to be cleared at Third Reading stage in parliament and will be in place for the next general election. If the under-represented sex comprises less than 40% of all seats after the election outcome is known, the mechanism will kick in to elect a maximum of 12 additional MPs – six on either side of the House. It will only kick ...

THE STANDARD KENYA President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives at Parliament Buildings in Nairobi County to deliver his Seventh State of the Nation address. [PSCU] Parliament is set to reconvene this week for a special sitting to pass the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Bill. The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill 2020 could be passed without both Houses considering a report by the joint Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) on public views. It has emerged that there are divisions within the co...

09 April 2021 On Holy Thursday, 1 April, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, presided at the Holy Mass of the Lord’s Supper (“In Coena Domini”) in the Vatican Basilica. Concelebrating with him were cardinals, bishops, senior members of the Secretariat of State led by Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and canons of the Basilica. After Mass, which this year did not include the traditional rite of the washing of the feet and the offertory procession,...

Organ, tissue donor law in limbo after Bill collapses HEALTH & SCIENCE  Fridge Box for transporting human donor organs. [Courtesy] Plans to streamline the harvesting, security and management of human organs have gone up in smoke after key players failed to reach a consensus. At the centre of the dispute is whether blood can mix with solid body parts. On one hand is the Ministry of Health that wants all body organs and tissue, including blood, to be regulated under one law. On the other hand, ...

Peter Ainsworth, Tory whip who served in the Shadow Cabinet and was passionate about the environment – obituary Described as ‘a Technicolor human being’, he was Campaigning Politician of the Year in 1993 and championed English classical music Peter Ainsworth at the 2000 Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth Credit: Nils Jorgensen/Shutterstock Peter Ainsworth, who has died suddenly aged 64, was Conservative MP for East Surrey from 1992 to 2010, a government whip under John Major, an...

4.3 Policy Committee 5.1 Long Range Planning Committee - February 22 VI. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 7.1 Community Hikes at Ames and Weymouth - Lori Smail VIII. FINAL BUDGET REVIEW, CONTINUATION (information/discussion) PLEASE EMAIL ANY QUESTIONS TO THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE PRIOR TO THE MEETING 8.1 Set final 2021-2022 system budget (vote) 8.2 Set dates for Budget Hearing and Referendum IX. BOARD ITEMS 9.2 School Calendar 2021-2022 (vote) 9.3 Greco Roman and Freestyle Wrestling Club at BAHS - M. Batta...

MP for Wrexham Over half of UK adults have now received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. This is an astonishing achievement and one of which we can all be proud. A number of constituents have contacted me about the pace of rollout in Wrexham, when compared with neighbouring areas, and this is something I have been speaking with the Health Board and the Welsh Government to address. With that in mind, following the news that the UK Government has allocated an extra £400 million to the...

The Senate is also expected to nominate two members to be part of the committee. Muturi mourned Koinange as a steadfast legislator who championed peace and unity. Koinange headed the powerful National Assembly Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. Muturi said during his leadership Koinange introduced many Bills to the House, which were meant to foster security countrywide. Pieces of legislation he sponsored include the Kenya Coast Guard Service Act, 2018 and The Narcot...