Abdulaziz Ali Farah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. It is very disturbing that since Independence, we are still fighting hunger, diseases and illiteracy. As the founding father of this country coined it, we have three enemies; hunger, disease and illiteracy. 50 years down the line, we are still fighting the “three animals”. Probably we have improved in illiteracy but hunger and diseases are still biting this country. I think this is something which as Kenyans, we must rise up and try to solve. Roughly 80 per cent of this country’s land mass ... view
• 19 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I do not need the information. view
• 19 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I did not want that information. Anyway, it is now 50 years down the line and Kenyans are still talking about disaster unpreparedness, hunger and diseases. This is very unfortunate. One thing I want to assure Members of this House is that Kenya is not a food insecure country. We lack proper planning and management of issues in this county. view
• 19 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Kenya is a rich country and it has all it takes to feed its people and even livestock. We have rivers from the highlands and why should Kenyans die? That is lack of proper planning and management. How long shall we give fish to the people? We need to give them the fishing equipment and not to talk about feeding people with maize year in, year out. view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to support the Motion. I do not know Micah Powon but, according to the report of the Committee, the nominee satisfies most of the requirements in terms of education and Chapter Six of the Constitution. Therefore, he is a Kenyan who fits to serve other Kenyans in that capacity. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: This nominee would have fitted well in the Department of Agriculture, but all is not lost because the correctional services also do a lot of Agriculture. As the Hon. Member who spoke before me alluded to, the Prison Department has a lot of resources which, if well utilized, can feed it and other institutions of this country. I have a problem when institutions are not utilized very well. The Kenya Defense Forces (KDF), for example, is supposed to be doing a lot of infrastructure in this country such as building bridges, roads and drilling boreholes. However, we do not use ... view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Sorry. Yes, it is Mr. Micah Powon. The second advantage with this nominee is that he comes from the rank and file of the Civil Service. That was a good gesture by the President so that the Civil Service is not demoralized. This would motivate those who are on the waiting list or on the stairs of the promotion of the Civil Service and will make them have hope for the future. There are challenges ahead of this nominee, as alluded to by the Members of Parliament who spoke before me. These are issues to do with breakages in prisons. ... view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also join my colleagues in supporting the Motion on the appointment of Ambassador Kaberia and Ms. Betty Maina. Mine is to tell the ambassador to, as he sits in that office, to try and polish the image of the KDF, which has been tainted by several people who have criticized them for selling charcoal and sugar. He has some work cut out for him in terms of polishing the image of the KDF as he sits in that office. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: I know that both Amb. Kaberia and Ms. Betty have the necessary experience and knowledge to forge this country ahead but they should remember, as nominees for these positions, that most of the positions that we are replacing today have fallen vacant because of corruption cases. Therefore, this new team must be clean and ensure that they do not embarrass the President, who is their appointing authority. They need to be on the lookout to make sure that they remain as white as cotton. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view