Abass Sheikh Mohamed

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• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: standards, ensuring that all personnel have access to high-quality relevance and up-to- date training opportunities. These will help to build a more skilled, knowledgeable and capable workforce, better equipped to respond to disasters of fire. The Bill also contains provisions of discipline of professional misconduct, malpractice by fire and rescue service professionals. The board will also have the power to receive and investigate complaints against registered professionals and firms, and to take appropriate disciplinary action where necessary. This will include the ability to suspend or revoke registration, impose fines, and refer cases to relevant authorities for criminal prosecution. Mr. Speaker, ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Temporary Speaker, Sir for your time. I request pursuant to Standing Order No.66 (3) that the putting of the question be deferred. view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Bill. It has developed a lot of interest from the Members. I am sure many Members would have liked to contribute. However, I want to take this opportunity to thank the 10 Members who contributed. I, therefore, beg to reply. Since this Bill is generating a lot of interest among the Members, I beg to reply and pursuant to Standing Order No. 66(3), I request that putting of the question be deferred to a later date to allow more Members to contribute. Thank you. view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As a Member of the Standing Committee on Energy, I wish to second the Local Content Bill (Senate Bills No.50 of 2023). The Bill seeks to provide a framework for development and adoption of local content. In the past, we used to see multinationals coming and going all over Kenya doing explorations, but the local people were not so much involved because they were not even knowledgeable. It was only a few senior members or political leaders who knew what was going on, but the rest of Kenyans did not know. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: parts of my county. The Bill gives a lot of responsibility to local content, like the experts in the country and the local communities within that area. There will now be a thorough environmental impact assessment. This is to ensure that we know the kind of things they are carrying. They have big containers and nobody knows what they are carrying. They are so secretive and do everything exclusively that even the local people who work for them cannot access some of their accounts. That should not be happening anymore. The Bill will give powers to Kenyans. The one other ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Bill. The boda boda sector is very important in this country and in many parts of Africa, especially in East Africa in terms of job creation, access and easy transportation. However, today as you look The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate. view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: around Nairobi, there are so many young men who are engaged in the boda boda business. For sure the ladies are also involved. I know some do not ride, but they employ young men to at least help them so that they can get some income out of it. Many students in the universities make joint ventures so that they can get something out of the boda boda business. Therefore, that sector is very important in terms of the economy. However, it has been said that it employs many people and it is actually a source of income, but it ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, many of our riders as has been said earlier, are not trained. Some of them have become a menace on the road. You will see them crossing the highways. As a result, they are knocked down or they cause accidents. They also become a nuisance to other people, especially to the vehicle drivers on the roads. They knock you down from the rear side and maybe when they are knocked or they hit you, they come to intimidate the other drivers. They come together like bees and intimidate other Kenyans even when they are wrong. I ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: Most times, they are associated with criminals. Sometimes somebody borrows a motorcycle the next day you hear that person is either killed or robbed. Despite the many advantages, there are many more disadvantages because of the behaviours of the riders. One other thing is that we need some kind of testing. There have been riding tests. The rider should undergo some testing and their business should be regulated. Also, this testing could be done on an annual basis to know who is a genuine rider and who is not. On the ownership of motorbikes, there needs to be proper logbooks ... view
• 18 Jul 2024 in Senate: Sen. Abass Sheikh Mohammed view