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
18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the long title of the Bill be deleted and replaced with the following new Long Title— “An Act of Parliament to restructure the Kenya National Human Rights and Equality Commission and to establish the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights pursuant to Article 59(4) of the Constitution; to provide for the membership, powers and functions of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, and for connected purposes”
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18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT
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4 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT this House adopts the Report of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) on the approval of Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia for appointment to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 4th August, 2011.
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is not the first committee. The CIOC was the first and it met the gender rule.
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the Chairman of a very large Committee that has met the gender equity rule, I am happy to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee on the approval of nominees to the Selection Panel of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, July 27, 2011.
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the history of elections in this country is replete with mismanagement, mishaps and misfortunes. The mishap that befell this country in late 2007 resulted directly from mismanagement of the elections as a result of a poor election manager and poorly conducted elections. It also resulted from our mistrust of the judicial system and the misconduct of members of the political class.
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
As a result of what we learned from the elections misfortune, this country set up the Kriegler Commission, whose Report was adopted by this House. This then led us to overhauling our election management process. Under Article 88 of the Constitution, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is to be established. On 31st May, 2011, this House passed The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Bill, which was assented to by His Excellency the President on 5th July, 2011. The First Schedule of that Act, Section 1, states as follows:- “Within 14 days of the commencement of this Act, the ...
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if we wanted to know the efforts being made to ensure that we have met the gender issue, this Act, which was passed by this House, is probably one of the best examples that this Parliament takes seriously the issue of gender equity and equality.
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
This Act was published on 18th July, 2011, by the Government Printer, and on 20th July, 2011, the Speaker, by Communication, sent names from the President, the Prime Minister and those other institutions to the CIOC. We have realised that the Act carried a date of 5th July as the commencement date, and we were not sure when the Act was published. So, the Committee summoned the Government Printer to confirm the commencement date. If we were to go by date of 5th July, the time would have lapsed on the day we held the meeting. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, ...
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28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move.
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