Abdikadir Mohammed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to say that Members are heckling in this House? There are no hecklers in this House. view
• 15 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to say that these were the best of the people who applied when the first person in that list was left out? That was the best of the people who applied. view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will be very brief. Let me also join my colleagues in congratulating the Ministry for the work they have done on the financial infrastructure and for modernizing that infrastructure. This, indeed, is a major step in that modernization effort, especially with respect to insurance, the insurance industry and the regulation in the insurance industry which for a long time has been in the doldrums as indicated by the failures that insurance companies had before. Indeed, it was the order of the day that insurance companies as a rule will ask their customers to ... view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. In view of time, I will be very brief. When we were selling the Constitution to the people of Kenya, there was propaganda to the effect that once we passed the Constitution, that would open the country to all sorts of international laws, treaties or accords. The fact that we are passing this Bill is a very clear indication that international laws or treaties do not automatically become part of our laws. They are either customary laws of international nature that are accepted by everybody or they have to be ratified through a statutory ... view
• 16 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker Sir. I am very grateful for your indulgence. I just have two points. The hon. Minister spoke to this House as having the power to amend the Constitution. Our view is not that this House does not have power. This House absolutely, has the power to amend the Constitution. That is very important and it must be clarified. Our view is that an amendment to the Constitution is not like any other Bill. It is a special Bill. This is called a “Parliamentary Initiative to Amend the Constitution”. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the culture we ... view
• 15 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Last time, on the same matter, the Speaker had ruled that you would hear only hon. Imanyara on this matter. We, in the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) have had discussions on this matter and would request that, with the indulgence of the Speaker, we be heard on this matter, contrary to the ruling that the Speaker had given that he would only hear hon. Imanyara. view
• 15 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to make the following remarks on behalf of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC). The amendments are purported to come under the section of the Constitution referred to as “amendment by parliamentary initiative.” That is very clear. It is amendment by Parliamentary Initiative. It is not an amendment by Ministerial Initiative. It is not an amendment by Executive Initiative. It is amendment by parliamentary initiative. It is very important why the Constitution says so. That is because part of our constitution-making history clearly demonstrates that amendments and constitution- making are not Government projects. ... view
• 15 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Section 250 says as follows:- “Unless ex-officio shall be appointed for a single term of six years and is not eligible for re-appointment---“ We have already appointed them. Their six year term starts now. By constitutional fear, if you carry the amendment making December the elections date, their term will end in November, 2017, a month before the election of 2017. That is the reason why we feel that this amendment will necessitate even further amendments. Thirdly, my colleague read Section 160, but let me refer to Section 165(3) which says as follows:- “The High Court enjoys unlimited jurisdiction including ... view
• 15 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: That is the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court. The Minister, through his own words, proposes to clarify the Constitution. That is the interpretation. That is not the function of the Minister. That is the function of the Judiciary as per the Constitution so that, if we go into the realm of interpreting the Constitution by Executive proposal, we are taking away the role of the Judiciary. The Constitution very clearly says that issues of interpretation of the Constitution are of the High Court. Finally, we have a history of these kinds of interpretations. The famous Ngei amendment was an ... view
• 15 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be as brief as possible. Those of us who were wondering why the words “national security” were sneaked into the Constitution, now know why. Some people wanted to subject our rights to national security, and now we know why. The view that we are getting from the Government is that we can only enjoy our rights if they are subservient to national security. That is not the law. That is not the Constitution. National security is important. Our rights are absolutely important. The two are not mutually exclusive. We need national security but we ... view