Abdikadir Mohammed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this House and you, had given the Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee to report back today on the matter of the Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice and the Director of Public Prosecution nominees. Would I be in order to report progress? view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for granting me this opportunity. view
• 8 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee has sat over the last three days on those issues. It has interviewed and interacted with all the nominees and we are done with them. We are also done with the members of the public who were interested in bringing memoranda and other issues on the matter. We have got all the clarifications we sought. We now need to organize that and analyze it, so that a report can be prepared. We, obviously, cannot do it today. Therefore, we are seeking an extension of that until Tuesday next week. view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your permission, I wish to go through Section 124(4) of Constitution on Committees and Standing Orders. It says:- view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: “When a House of Parliament considers any appointment for which its approval is required under this Constitution or Act of Parliament – view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: (a) the appointment shall be considered by a Committee of the relevant House; view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: (b) the Committee’s recommendations shall be tabled in the House for approval; and, view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: (c) the proceedings of the committee and the House shall be in public. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is the Constitution. One, it must be considered in Committee. Two, the Committee proceedings must be in public, and three, the Committee tables its report. That is the way the Constitution requires us to handle this matter. view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to second the Bill as stated by the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this country has not had a Supreme Court before now. Under Section 163 of the Constitution, we did create through the Constitution the Supreme Court. The court is the highest in the ranking of the Judiciary. All appeals finally end at the Supreme Court and decisions of the supreme court--- view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, these are the problems of transition. They say when you are driving on the road, the most dangerous time is at dusk, when the sun has gone down and the moonlight is not yet on. This is really the period we are in as far as the transition is concerned. So, things are not very clear. In 2012, things will be very clear. In the period we have come from, things were very clear. For example, Ministers were Members of the House. We used to read the Budget because we were in the Westminster system. After 2012, ... view