Abdikadir Mohammed was elected MP for the Mandera Central Constituency in 2007. A Harvard Law School graduate, he heads the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Reform
26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Madam, Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we had an amendment to Clause 61 on the Order Paper.
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26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:
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26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 65 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (c) of Subclause (1) by inserting the word “unlawfully” after the words “in any manner”.
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26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I seek your indulgence and that of the House. There is a big issue on the gender quota as far as the Constitution is concerned. Indeed, there is a query as to the constitutionality of the next House that is going to come in if it does not meet that. My own opinion is that, if this House does its best to cure that, it can be cured by other means other than amendment of the Constitution. I agreed absolutely with the point that was raised by Mr. Orengo. That is why I oppose the ...
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26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I will plead with Members. I know it is not a very popular position. In terms of the basic requirements for political parties---
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26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
In terms of political parties and the requirements for political parties, one of the requirements is to respect the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedom, gender equality and gender equity. So since the Constitution requires political parties to respect gender equality and gender equity, and since a political party that has majority of its nominees coming from one gender is not equal or
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26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I suspect one of the mischiefs was that when somebody prints information for you that is false or injurious, you would want to know the candidate who did it. But you also want to know the printer. So, it should be a requirement that any time you print such material, the name of the printer is carried.
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26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, Clause 68 is a long clause. It all carries offences. Some of them we are also asking for deletion. However, I think this one is reasonable. We will go for deletion of a number of others. It says:- “A person who prints, publishes, distributes, or post ups, or cause to be printed, published or distributed or posted up any advertisement, handbill, placard, or poster which refers to any election and which does bear upon its face the names and addresses of the printer or publisher”. So, what we want is any printer and publisher to ensure ...
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26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want to make a clarification. I think there is a misunderstanding. We are not criminalizing printing. We are criminalizing the fact that when you print, you do not put your address. All we are asking the printer to do is to put their name and address on whatever they have printed. When your name and address is not on what you have printed, that is a criminal offence and not printing. You can print anything.
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26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 68 of the Bill be amended- (a) in Subclause (1) by- (i) deleting paragraph (c); (ii) deleting paragraph (n); and (iii) in paragraph (o) by deleting the word “false” appearing after the words in “any manner whatsoever”. (iv) in item (iii) of paragraph (o) by inserting the word “unlawfully” after the word “otherwise”; and (b) by deleting Subclause (2). Clause 68 is a very long clause and most of it is offences. We have to be very careful with offences. It has to be very specific. These are wide ranging ...
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