[Published on Saturday, August 16, 2025]
BY SAMIE WAIKORI
After parliament’s recent passing of the National Building Standards Bill 2025, two more bills to come before parliament in the next sitting are the Public Service Bill and the Mineral Resources Bill.
The Bills and Legislative Committee (BLC) will soon carry out consultation on the bills, as the parliament has adjourned to give them time and space to undertake enquiries and scrutinies on the bills.
Speaking on the Motion of Special Adjournment for the current parliament sitting on Thursday, August 14, 2025, Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele explained that the reason for this special adjournment is to allow ample time for the preparation of the bills.
Hence, parliament has been adjourned for Monday, October 13, 2025.
“The purpose of this special adjournment is to ensure due parliamentary processes is followed and BLC has adequate time to consider timing, scope arrangement for the enquires on the bills,” he said.
PM Manele however, acknowledged the chairman and members of BLC for the excellent ongoing work in terms of enquiries into pieces of legislations and the passed National Building Standards Bill.
He briefly explained that the Public Service Bill represents a major reform to the governance, accountability and operational framework of the public service.
“It would modernise the way public service is structured, managed and held to account. It would have far reaching impact on how government delivers services to our people,” Manele said.
He added that the Mineral Resources Bill looks at sustainable management, regulation and development of the country’s mineral sector.
The PM continued that the bill will provide a modern legal framework to govern the exploration, extraction and benefit sharing from the country’s mineral resources.
“This would ensure our nation derives maximum and fair benefit from this sector, while safeguarding our environment and communities,” he said.
Manele reiterated that the special adjournment will allow both bills to go through careful, transparent and inclusive scrutiny by the BLC.
Adding that it will also allow stakeholders especially government ministries, industry representatives, CSOs and the public to provide inputs to the bills.
He said while BLC is given time to carry out these required processes, they hope reports on the bills will be ready before the next parliament meeting.
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