National Peace and Reconciliation Commission Bill to bounce back

THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) Bill is set to bounce back for crafting after it was adjudged to be unconstitutional and removed from Parliament’s Order Paper last year following an adverse report produced by the Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC).

Parliament has already indicated in its recent Bill Status report that the NPRC Bill (HB 2 2017) has been transmitted to the printers for Bill proof, and that it will soon be gazetted.

The NPRC will be the enabling Act that will operationalise the commission that will have a prescriptive working period for 10 years after the promulgation of the new Constitution in 2013.

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