Abass Sheikh Mohamed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: There was a proposal to have, at least, 200 kilometres of tarmacked road in every county. This is not forth coming. I do not know what happened. This Parliament has to enforce this and the Committee on Implementation has to follow up the issue. For the first time, my constituency has 25 kilometres of bitumen road. I must thank the county government for the good work they have done. We need to do more and open up more frontiers. In terms of resource allocation, some contractors just visit Authorities‟ offices to get contracts using money. Road construction is not equitably ... view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: specifications on kilometres for every county to enjoy equitable distribution of resources in this country. view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support the Bill. view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute. It is a very unfortunate situation that today, we are supporting outdated and barbaric actions which are done by people who are well known within the communities. Declaring cattle rustling a national disaster means we have given in to any means of action which can be taken against those people. As much as I sympathise with the innocent women and children who have been victims, cattle rustling is a man-made phenomenon. It is not a disaster which is created by nature. The action has caused irreparable and ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Most of the people who carry out cattle rustling do it with impunity. They are well known. There are people who buy them guns. They have guns and everybody knows. So, we should take action against cattle rustlers, instead of declaring cattle rustling a national disaster. It is very unfortunate that many victims are suffering because of cattle rustling. We need to help them in one way or another by creating some jobs for the youth and women. Those who are causing mayhem should be brought to book. I know that cattle rustling is partly politically instigated. Some politicians use ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: The areas which are affected by cattle rustling are so much undeveloped. There is a lot of unemployment of youths and imminent occurrence of drought. Many animals die and people’s livelihood is destroyed. The Government has to develop the areas which are affected by cattle rustling, and give employment to youths. It should also compensate for the droughts. When animals die of droughts, we need to give some livelihoods. We need to rebuild the livelihood of those people, and compensate them in the case of cattle rustling. view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: The land terrain in those areas is not accessible. The roads are in poor state. We need to develop the road network. We must also develop those areas, in terms of farming and other livelihoods. We should also ensure that there is no impunity anymore. This country has enough 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 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: resources and security officers. It can manage its own people. Therefore, we should not give in to cattle rustlers. They must be taken as thieves. They must be brought to book, and be made to face the consequences of their actions. Alternatively, most of those communities own illegal guns. We can register those illegal guns and legalise them. If the Government cannot defend the people, every community will defend itself. As much as we wish to compensate the people who are suffering, we should not give in by saying that cattle rustling is a national disaster. I know that there ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 3 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to oppose this amendment for the simple reason that, among the proposed nominating bodies to deal with technical issues, the Law Society of Kenya and others will not add any value. It is good to give the CS authority to appoint all the technical people. view