Abass Sheikh Mohamed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: One other thing that is happening in this country is that everybody is running to court. When there is a small issue to be discussed, the county assemblies and guests run to courts. It is high time the Committee came up with modalities to work together so that the courts can allow MCAs and Members of Parliament to debate freely. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: We also need to have a standard of education for the MCAs. That is so that people who are supposed to legislate, and bring Bills and laws have a certain standard enabling them to comprehend things, debate freely and make laws and by-laws for the respective counties. That is why people need the services. At the national level we will probably be making laws. However, there are specific issues that affect the people at the county level. If the people do not understand how to legislate, we will not go far. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: It is high time the assemblies are moulded. I advise the Senate to take their role to attend the county assembly debates. Some of the sessions of the Senate should be held at different 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: places of the country so that the county assemblies’ young men and ladies can learn from them and catch up very fast. The Senate has a few people who can be moved from place to place without much ado. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: That is where we have missed the point. We need to guide and mould our assemblies so that they can be enabled. The assemblies are controlling billions of shillings which are going down the drain. It is being misappropriated. They are not able to control it. The National Assembly should have teeth to bite and make laws to guide the county assemblies which should summon the governors. That is why we need to have strong county assemblies. We can only achieve that when we have MCAs who are well informed, educated and free from the influence of the Executive. With ... view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity. I rise to support this Bill. For any country to develop, her road network must be well developed. This is very important. For the last 53 years, there has been a lot of disparity in this country in terms of road development. view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: My constituency is about 700 kilometres from Nairobi. It takes me 12 to 14 hours to reach there. It is the same distance as Nairobi to Mombasa. Unfortunately, because of the state of the road network, it takes me too long. I get there when I am too tired and the vehicle almost breaking down. When it rains in my constituency, roads become impassable and when there is no rain, they are too dusty for anybody to use them. Through this road classification, I hope to see some light at the end of the tunnel. view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Road classification is very important because we will know county and national Government roads and who to hold responsible. Road works have been a corridor of corruption in that every Kenyan wants to become a road contractor. It is lucrative and has super profits. It is a very unfortunate situation because cowboy contractors have been constructing substandard roads. The Government is spending a lot of money and after one or two years, the newly constructed roads need repairs because they are dilapidated and impassable. view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: It is high time contractors are classified. Every Kenyan can become a contractor. The KeNHA must develop a kind of a system to classify the contractors. We need to have genuine contractors, so that our roads are of a certain standard. Every contractor who says that they can do a road must be qualified and have engineers as part of their workers. Another thing which is very unfortunate is that Kenyans are not sensitive to their surroundings and environment. Guardrails on roads that have just been constructed like the Thika Super Highway are vandalized and street lights are not working. ... view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Another thing is the fuel levy fund. Giving 22 per cent to KeRRA is not enough. In areas like northern Kenya, there are many undeveloped roads and most of them are not accessible. It is high time we had about 30 to 50 per cent so that we upgrade roads in that area to bitumen standard, so that this country can be at par and every Kenyan can enjoy good roads. view