Abass Sheikh Mohamed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Kenyans the right to be issued with IDs. THAT, efforts to have this matter addressed by the relevant Government agencies has proved futile. THAT, the issues in respect of which this Petition is made are not pending before any court of law, constitutional or statutory body. 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
• 30 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Therefore, your humble Petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security: i. Recommends that the Government establishes a mechanism to ease the process of acquisition of national IDs; ii. causes investigation of allegations of malpractice by the registration officers; and iii. makes any other order and/or direction that it deems fit in the circumstances. And your petitioners will ever pray. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I join my colleagues to support the Motion. It is beyond anybody‟s reasoning that village elders and wazees play a critical role in the society‟s setup. These are the people who have a lot of knowledge, historical knowledge and memories. They keep a lot of memories for the society and the growing youth. The same elders play a big role in counselling the youth and the middle-aged persons in society. They also play a great role in dispute resolution. If it were not for the elders within the society, may things would have gone ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Even on political platforms, it is the same elders that each of us use when we want to go for anything to do with politics. It is the same elders we use to solve disputes among us. When a politician has a problem, those are the people he runs to. We must appreciate their services. We must help these elders to be part of the system. The system of conflict resolution must be recognised. Even in the courts, when you go to various villages and counties, there are local courts. These same elders are the people that solve disputes. They ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary for giving me the opportunity. I beg to support the Bill. It is timely, however, it has taken too long to come to this House to be 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
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: debated. We needed it to come very early. As a result of delaying it, a lot of water has gone under the bridge and we now have chaotic county assemblies in the country. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The devolved functions in the county assemblies have a lot of teething problems. The Senate should have taken the earliest time to mould the county assemblies because this is a new function and most of our Members are not well informed. They are new and most of them are not well educated. The Senate should have taken the earliest chance to have some of their sessions in some of the counties. They should have gone to the county assemblies to debate so that members of the county assembles can learn from them. However, this Bill has taken too long. It ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: As a result of teething problems, most county assemblies do not understand their legislative and oversight role. Because half of the county assemblies have nominated members - almost 50 per cent - and most of them ( inaudible ) school, most of the time, they are easily influenced by the county executive where they have even been threatened to be recalled back by their respective parties if they fail to support any executive request in Bills and Motions. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: As a result of the poor understanding of the members of the county assemblies, some of our county assemblies are yet to pass even one single Bill to date. Four years down the line most of them have not passed a Bill. One of the things that this Bill does is give immunity to MCAs so that they exercise their legislative responsibilities and oversight. You will see instances where county assemblies summon a CEC and he fails to come. At times they rush to court and they are influenced by governors. The county assemblies have become toothless bulldogs. With this ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: There have been chaotic debates and fights in the county assemblies. They evolved from the previous county councils. It is high time the county assemblies grew from the chaotic kind of debates and come to maturity stage. They should forget the teething problems because they have been there for the last four years. They still need to be guided and be moulded for the county assemblies to be functional and deliver on their responsibilities. Most of the county assemblies are housed in private premises that are not well protected. At times, the public just come to the assemblies without any ... view