Abass Sheikh Mohamed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion- THAT, pursuant to Standing Orders 267, 268 and 270, the Senate approves the Second Report of the Procedure and Rules Committee on the review of the Standing Orders of the Senate, laid on the Table of the Senate, on Wednesday, 22nd May, 2024, and that pursuant to the provisions of Article 124 (1) of the Constitution and Standing Orders 270 and 272- (i) Resolves to amend its Standing Orders as contained in Annex 1 of the Report; and (ii) Orders that the amendments to the Standing Orders ... view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I firstly want to thank the Senator for Kitui. He has brought a very important issue. It touches on many communities. In my experience, most of mega projects like this dam being constructed, the public is rarely involved. It only involves a few Government officers and a few gate- 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
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: keepers who call themselves the local leaders. At the end of the day, the beneficiaries or the owners of the land are not compensated and they get a lot of problems. There will be many socio-economic issues that will come up. People’s farms and grazing land will be displaced. There will be socio-economic impact and research needs to be done before this dam is constructed. Therefore, it is important to have public participation to inform members of the public. Most members of the public do not understand the whole concept. They will be told that a dam is being built ... view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mine is a supplementary question to the question asked by Sen. Mungatana. Farmers along River Tana, especially the lower stream, have had a lot of problems in the past and even now. Whenever it rains, the Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) dams overflow and destroy all the farms in the three counties; that is, Garissa, Tana River, Lamu and part of Kilifi and Kwale. view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: For the last three seasons, farmers have not harvested anything. Most of the farm structures and citrus fruits have been destroyed. Is there any plan from your Ministry? Whenever there is a disaster, farmers normally get compensation or assistance just like the way you are now giving waivers and bailing out coffee farmers. Even at your backyard, the miraa farmers were bailed out last time when miraa had been stopped from Somalia and all those places. However, farmers downstream of Tana River never get compensation. The farmers are not producing anything. view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: , is there anything in place for you to support? The downstream farmers are having problems and never harvested anything for the last three years. Is there any interventions or plan from your Ministry or the Government to support those farmers to at least recover from the losses? view
• 21 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The tea growers think they have the rights for tea only while we know that Kenyans are the highest consumers of tea. Therefore, Sen. Cherarkey should appreciate that we take a lot of tea and we are marketing it. Much has been said, but the Kenyan tea is of high value. The unfortunate thing is that it is being monopolised by the multinationals that are growing it. The Kenyan farmers are disadvantaged because they rarely access the market and most of the tea is now auctioned. Another thing is that Kenyan tea is one ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My questions are two and they are as follows- view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: 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
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: (a) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide details of all water projects in Wajir County budgeted for by the national Government in the Financial Year 2023/2024, as well as those planned for the Financial Year 2024/2025? (b)What is the status of implementation for each of the said projects, and could the Cabinet Secretary also outline the anticipated impact from the projects, particularly in terms of water capacity and improving distribution networks? view