Abdirahman Ali Hassan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Oct 2014 in Senate: I did this mainly because I thought the Constitution provides for the President to address Parliament in a special sitting and at any other time. The Constitution gives him that 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
• 22 Oct 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this Motion on the Presidential Address. I have listened to a number of people since yesterday and I kept on waiting to get my chance. So, I thank you very much. I want to begin by saying that I am one of the few people from the CORD affiliate parties who attended Parliament sitting during the Presidential Address. view
• 22 Oct 2014 in Senate: I did this mainly because I thought the Constitution provides for the President to address Parliament in a special sitting and at any other time. The Constitution gives him that express right. Two, I thought the President is also a symbol of unity in the country irrespective of where your party loyalty lies. Three, I thought the Senate is the voice of 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
• 2 Oct 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this very important Motion. While listening to the adjournment Motion, a number of our colleagues were getting concerned that besides the Committee on Devolved Government, they were wondering why we should adjourn. I think, looking at the standard practice in this House, Members can always join a Committee even when they are not its Members. As long as they have some interest, they can always join the committee as friends of the Committee. But besides that, I think it is important to use that opportunity to visit our ... view
• 30 Sep 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 30 Sep 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have no problem with the directions, I appreciate. I only have a problem with the statement used by my brother, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, in terms of saying that the Deputy Speaker very ably misled us. We seek guidance from the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker, the Speakers’ Panel Members and any other person who sits on that Chair. We also make interventions and seek guidance on general practice and procedures in this House. I respect all that he said. However, I wish he would be corrected for the interest of everyone. view
• 22 Sep 2014 in Senate: No, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 22 Sep 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for allowing me also to contribute to this very important Bill which was processed through the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. From the outset, I want to say that through this Bill, the Senate will play its rightful role as the protector and promoter of the interests of the county as clearly defined in our Constitution. This particular Bill will help standardize as is clearly spelt out here, the manner in which petitions will be laid out to county assemblies. Unless we do that, knowing the level of our county assemblies, we ... view
• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: Mr. Chairman, Sir, just before we moved into this session, there was a request by the Senator for Busia, Sen. Wako and I remember I was even called upon to contribute and which I would have ably done--- Besides the irrelevancies we are talking about and the provisions of the Standing Orders, there seem to be a 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
• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Chairman, Sir. view