Abass Sheikh Mohamed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I join my colleagues to support this Bill. This Bill is long overdue. For many years, this country has never had enough doctors. The clinical officers have been playing a very great role especially in the 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
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: rural areas such that, where I come from, where we have not had medical officers, they have given us wonderful services. Unfortunately, clinical officers have not been having the opportunity for further training in this country. They have not been allowed to practise their profession, such as what this Bill is proposing. This Bill opens up services for clinical officers to be doing specific tasks in treatment and prescription of medicine. This is a good thing. They will now be guided. Initially, a clinical officer used to do everything. At times, they could do surgery and people used to die ... view
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Finally, I think devolving the health sector was not the right thing. The counties were not well prepared. We see medical staff working without receiving their salaries for a long time. Most hospitals do not have medicine. I think it is high time there was change and we rescind the decision of devolving the health sector. We should bring it back to the national Government so that proper services are offered and enough money is given to that sector. Otherwise, it is a pathetic situation in the counties and most of the health centres and dispensaries are closed. There is ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity. I think this is a very critical and important issue. As we approach election time, there will be lot of insecurity issues. The most unfortunate thing is, every time we hear security issues and insecurities, you hear Pokot-Turkana, Pokot-Marakwet, Pokot and these kinds of things. In other parts of the country, there is a lot of insecurity of course. But, you know it is something that, at least, ends with time. But in this place it has become more or less a chronic thing. It is high time this Government looked ... view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. We are often told that this is a House of rules and procedures. Nowhere in the rules and procedures of this House does it say that a 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
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Member--- Forget about the Committee as it has every right to bring any amendment it wants. Even Hon. Members have the right to bring amendments. As you ruled, by 1.00 pm, any Member who has an amendment to any of these laws should bring it to your office. Thank you. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I oppose the amendment. The reason is simple. We have the Equalization Fund--- view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I am opposing the amendment, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlday. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I oppose the amendment for two reasons. Firstly, there is the Equalization Fund, which takes care of the inequalities. Secondly, we have the county governments, which also take care of the matter. Therefore, the amount should be shared equally. With those remarks, I oppose. view
• 30 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I wish to present a public Petition on behalf of residents of Wajir East Constituency regarding the right to acquire national identification cards (IDs). I, the undersigned, on behalf of the residents of Wajir East Constituency, draw the attention of the House to the following:- THAT, Article 12(1) of the Constitution provides that every Kenyan citizen is entitled to the rights, privileges and benefits of citizenship, subject to the limits provided for/or permitted by this Constitution, specifically the right to acquire a Kenyan passport and any document of registration or identification issued by the State to citizens. THAT, ... view