Abdirahman Ali Hassan

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• 24 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to make a few comments before I say whether or not I support the Motion. It is a pity that the business of this House seems to be misunderstood by my counterpart on the other side. It is more or less a Jubilee affair, yet this is business of the House. It is important that consultations are done. No doubt this is a very important Motion that helps rebuild the image of the Senate. Many a time, we have complained that we have not been doing good work. This will only enhance our image and ... view
• 24 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you can discuss business in the RBC, but that has to be transmitted equally, irrespective of the sides, to the membership. You cannot take us for granted. view
• 24 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, please protect me. I want to conclude. view
• 24 Mar 2015 in Senate: If my friends on the other side are courageous enough to defend the Government all the time, business will still be there any other day. I want to conclude by saying that this is a very important Motion. In the interest of the business of this House and the bipartisan manner in which we have operated as the Senate in the past, I beg to support. view
• 19 Mar 2015 in Senate: It will be very brief, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Listening to the Chairperson, she spoke about a number of GSU camps that have been established in a number of villages, but that is only going to help us in the short term. I am glad she mentioned something about inter community peace meetings. Short term solutions are never good, but what are you thinking of the long term solutions? Unless you engage the communities in the long term to peace and security, you can even deploy millions of soldiers if you want, but it would not help. So what arrangements are ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir for this opportunity to contribute to this very important Report relating to the appointment of the Inspector-General of Police. I have two to three comments. First, in this country when appointments are done, though it is the prerogative of the President and within the Constitution to allow him to pick the individual, it is important that a number of factors are considered. The first one should be merit. We do not just have to nominate people from nowhere to go to the helm of the entire police force like in this particular case and in ... view
• 3 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was keenly following the number of responses from the various chairs, starting with Sen.(Dr.) Kuti and the other two. It is quite evident that responses are either inadequate or not very good answers are given. Just to pick one example, if you allow a second, Lenny said he needs another two weeks-- - view
• 3 Mar 2015 in Senate: It is Sen. Lenny Kivuti. He said that he needs another two weeks besides the two or three weeks they were initially given. I think we are being treated to a situation where we are not getting any meaningful transaction of business in this House particularly with regard to Statements. It is about time we looked for an alternative approach because bringing Cabinet Secretaries to the Committees is not sufficient. view
• 3 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to be corrected, I agree but looking at the supplementary questions that are raised and the manner in which the responses are coming out, I thought it is important to bring out the issue because we do not get adequate answers and time will bear us out, Thursday is not far. view
• 24 Feb 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, there is a misconception by many people, including scholars that reading and writing necessarily means secular The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view