Abdikadir Mohammed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Minister and I second the Motion. This follows the discussions in the Kamukunji that you called yesterday. I believe that hon. Members are all aware of the urgency of this matter. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: I beg to second. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have the pleasure to second. The relevant Committee; that is the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, indeed, was a Member of the Joint Committees that proposed this process and the Committee is very well aware of this process. Indeed, we discussed this yesterday in the Kamukunji . view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Elections (Amendment) Bill be now read a Second Time. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, the sentiments of the hon. Members as they approved the Procedural Motions are very clear. That is, indeed, the reason we are amending the law. It is because the Rules and Regulations that were supposed to be approved by this House by 4th September are so critical and the House only had one day to approve those Rules and Regulations. That would have been unfair to this House and the people of Kenya, because it is absolutely necessary that this House, in approving those Rules and Regulations, looks at them, gives the public time to look ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, having said that, it is really not our liking that we are doing this. We are forced into the circumstance and the National Assembly cannot have a way out. The Commissions, the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the Ministries concerned really ought to be ashamed of themselves because it is very clear in the law that six months to the elections, we should have had this approved. The House is of the view that it requires about eight weeks to pass a Bill and a number of weeks to approve Rules and Regulations. It is, therefore, incumbent upon ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the second amendment is to do with Section 5 of the Elections Act. This, again, was agreed on, where the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) was to stop registration of voters 90 days to the election. That period is being reduced to 60 days before the election, so that, one, there is enough time for Kenyans to register and, two, to cater for the time lost in the fiasco that was the acquisition of the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits. Both these amendments are very necessary and useful. They are absolutely required and not controversial. ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I do not know why the hon. Member would want to limit these rules to the next elections. If the next Parliament or the IEBC want to amend, they can bring further rules. Why would you want to make rules for the next six months? view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think the hon. Member misunderstands the amendment. These rules or regulations were supposed to have been passed for posterity. What we are seeking the amendment for is the time within which they should have been passed. We should have passed them six months before the elections. The amendment says that they should be passed four months to the elections. The rules were supposed to be there for an eternity. If he has an issue with that, there should have been an amendment to the substantive section because we are just amending the time lines. ... view