Bill_ID

224

Short Name

The National Women’s Council (Amendment) Bill, 2008

Sponsor Name

Hon. Syda N.M. Bbumba

Type Name

Government

First Reading

2009-10-14

Overview

<p>The object of this Bill is to amend the National Women&rsquo;s Council Act&mdash;<br />(a) to remove compulsory membership of a women resident to a village women council;<br />(b) to make the decisions of the village women council binding on all women in the village;<br />(c) to exclude non citizens from membership of a village women council;<br />(d) to provide for the Electoral Commission to compile, maintain, revise and update the voters registers for the village women councils;<br />(e) to empower the Electoral Commission to designate a period for registering citizens who would like participate in a women council election;<br />(f) to provide for the multi party system of election in the women council elections; and<br />(g) to give the Minister power to make regulations regarding the election of members of the council.</p>