The speaker of the parliament, Prof.Aaron Mike Oquaye has said that the house will come back on April 29, 2019 to consider the passage of the vigilantism bill. The Vigilantism and other related offense bill, 2019 will be taken through a certificate of urgency as determined by the committee on constitution, legal and parliamentary affairs by an unanimous decision by both members of the majority and minority. Presenting to parliament, the committee, Ben Abdala who chairs the committee says that,the committee has duly considered the urgency or otherwise of the bill and determined by unanimous decision tha the bill is of an urgent nature and nature and may be taken through all the stages in one day in accordance with article 106(13) of the construction and order 119 of the standing orders of parliament. According to the chairman, the committee however recommends to the house to allow sufficient time to enable the committee to engage political parties, civil society organizations security experts and other stakeholders security experts and other stakeholders to solicit their views and perspectives toward the enactment of a robust law to combat the menace.He said the committee noted that the passage of the bill under certificate of urgency in parliament is governed by article 106(13) of the standing the 1992 and orders 119 and 124 of parliament. It says that when a committee of the house determines that the bill of the house need not to be gazetted at all before being laid in parliament for passage. Rather it is after the laying of that bill that gazetted publication may be made within 24 hours or soon thereafter under order 124 of the standing orders of the house.
