Abass Sheikh Mohamed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Jun 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. First, I commend the mediation team for the good work they have done. I believe the counties have now received an additional fund of 6.4 per cent. There is also an increase in terms of the level of segregation, industrial parks and Community Health Promoters (CHPs). Many factors have been taken care of in this budget. However, we have so many devolved functions and money has not been released. Therefore, I urge the national Government to also release available funds. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a good ... view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: I am not informing you. I am informing the Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Sir--- view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Pardon me. I want to inform the House. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank you for your consideration being the chair of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Inter-Governmental relations. I support and commend the Mediation Committee. Even our counterparts in the National Assembly have seen that we can stand on our own and move things along. view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Even as we increase the money to Kshs400 billion, what is going on in the counties is very unfortunate. Yesterday we were with the Controller of Budget (CoB) considering some of the accounts in Garissa County. We were shocked to hear that one county has 300 commercial bank accounts. You wonder what kind of money is being used to open all these accounts. It is the onus of this House and our responsibility to fight for counties. We must also fight to oversee them, so that this money can be used appropriately. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report ... view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: As it is, there is a lot of seepage, misuse, and low priorities. I request my colleagues that this time around we must be serious. Another thing is that there are so many pending bills. They come because of the changing and new assumptions of offices. The County Treasury persons and former governors, have no accountability. Money is stolen left and right. They do not care whether the money is paid or not because they are leaving office. We need to also come up with a Bill to safeguard the resources of the counties at the time of assumption of ... view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I stand to support the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.10 of 2024). As you are aware, Kenya has experienced a lot of problems during election times. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: In every election cycle, this country experiences a lot of problem, especially the time of announcing the results. There is a lot of discontent and many Kenyans have lost their lives as a result of wrong judgment and information. At the same time, we have had boundary issues. Therefore, this amendment is timely. One thing you should know is that, as Sen. Mariam Omar said, there is still lacuna in these places. That, by the time the previous commissioners' term was over, there were a lot of gaps that was created. Today, we have constituencies and wards which have no ... view
• 29 May 2024 in Senate: procedures. We need to strengthen the court processes so that we can have a fair and free hearing. On election timelines, in the past we used to have elections in December. The most appropriate time for elections is when Kenyans are relaxed, free and the schools closed. In August, at times the people of Northern Kenya are disadvantaged because it comes during the dry period. The people move out of their areas because of the dry spells. They even cross the border to Somalia, Ethiopia and any other part of the world where they can get pasture. Mr. Temporary Speaker, ... view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Vice-Chairperson of the Procedure and Rules Committee, I beg to lay the following paper on the Table of the Senate today, Wednesday, 22nd May, 2024 - The Second Report of the Procedure and Rules Committee (PRC) on the review of the Standing Orders of the Senate. view