Bills still pending as extended August 27 deadline lapses

Several pieces of legislation are still pending before Parliament, even as the constitutional deadline by which they ought to have been passed, lapses.PHOTO: COURTESY

Several pieces of legislation are still pending before Parliament, even as the constitutional deadline by which they ought to have been passed, lapses.

The new Constitution, promulgated in August 2010, came with specific timelines, ranging from one to five years, within which certain laws were to be passed.