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Section 3: Public Administration
Article 126
Public servants shall be recruited, posted and promoted in conformity with the
principle of equality of citizens, through an objective, impartial and transparent
system on the basis of the competence, merit and integrity of applicants of both
sexes.
The State shall guarantee the impartiality of the leadership of government
departments, the Rwanda Defence Forces, the Rwanda National Police and the
National Intelligence and Security Service. They shall all, at all times, ensure
impartiality and serve all citizens without discrimination.
CHAPTER IV: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
LEGISLATURE AND EXECUTIVE
• Legislative committees
Article 127
The President of the Republic and the Prime Minister shall be informed of the
agenda of the sessions of each Chamber of Parliament and of its Committees.
The Prime Minister and other members of the Cabinet may attend the sessions of
each Chamber of Parliament if they so wish. They take the floor whenever they
request to do so.
They may, if need be, be accompanied by technical advisers of their choice.
Such technical advisers may only take part in deliberations in Standing Committees.
• Legislative committees
• Legislative oversight of the executive
Article 128
The Chamber of Deputies shall employ the following methods to obtain information
and exercise oversight of activities of the government:
1°. oral questions;
2°. written questions;
3°. hearings before Committees;
4°. Commissions of inquiry;
5°. interpellation.
An Organic Law shall determine the procedures by which Parliament obtains
information and exercises oversight of government action.
Rwanda 2003 (rev. 2010)
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