The National Assembly will resume plenary on Tuesday November, 6, 2018 after it adjourned plenary for two weeks to allow relevant Committees embark on oversight visits of various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
Among others, the Committees were tasked to ascertain the level of the implementation of the 2018 budget and how foreign loans have been utilised after some Senators advised the Executive to limit its borrowings.
The powers of the National Assembly to carry out this form of oversight are rooted in section 88(2)(b) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) that enable it expose corruption, waste and efficiency in the management of public resources. Committee reports from its oversight visits are usually submitted to the Clerk of Committees in the National Assembly. Committees seeking further action on their report may lay their findings in chamber for legislative input/resolution by the Committee of the Whole.