Abdirahman Ali Hassan

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 641 to 650 of 716.

• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the status of Turkana is known all over the country and all over the world. General food distribution and EMOP are all one and the same thing. It is not a twin intervention story. Just to add a little more on that, the Ministry's food supplies do not even leave the stores, because they cannot be transported. So, if the Government was to intervene in that situation by improving on what is being done by EMOP, then they should have gone ahead to provide a comprehensive plan that does not tell us that they are increasing the ... view
• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion that is of great importance to this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, today, this particular problem of insecurity has turned into a national crisis as we speak. What is being reported by a number of my colleagues may be a very small thing compared to what is happening--- I am not under-estimating it. But I am saying that the insecurity problems have gone to a level that has been unprecedented in the past. I just want to pick some examples of what is happening, with the latest one ... view
• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is mainly because adequate resources are not allocated in subsequent budgets that come to this House. That has cost us many lives of people and a lot of property in that area. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very important for the Government to involve the local leadership to be able to be ahead of these problems. They need to forestal these conflicts, which have become a nightmare to residents of those places. Just yesterday, I was coming from Wajir, and there was a Kenya Air Force plane flying to Mombasa and then back to ... view
• 16 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is the second time this Question has come to the House. The Assistant Minister keeps on talking about the scheme of service. Now that he is unable to answer the Question appropriately, would I be in order to kindly ask you to refer the Question to the Ministry of State for Public Service? The Assistant Minister has failed to answer it adequately. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, part "(c)" of the Question is very important. What we heard from the Assistant Minister is purely what they will do after they get oil. Issues on environmental management, sharing of resources and exploration in general, have to be handled prior to all other things that the Ministry of Energy does with the oil exploration firms. The Assistant Minister has to demystify that notion. This is because we have a notion that these people 2714 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 15, 2008 are only bringing in toxic waste. Could the Assistant Minister explicitly tell us what he intends ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: asked the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security:- (a) whether he is aware that passengers travelling from Mandera, Wajir and Garissa districts to Nairobi are regularly subjected to security checks at the Tana River 2720 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 15, 2008 Bridge; and, (b) what measures he will take to ensure that this practice, which is not applied at all other border towns, does not continue. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have got the response even in writing. There are two very quick conclusions that I could make from his statement. The first one is that these roadblocks are not permanent features. They are also subject to a review all the time or anytime when the need arises. I want to confirm to the Assistant Minister that the Tana River Bridge security check is a permanent feature on that road. It is done on a daily basis and it has been there for the last ten years. It is not because there are no other options. ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, our friend the Assistant Minister, historically, is a bit more responsive than quite a number of other Ministers and Assistant Ministers. I want to thank him if he has confirmed that, that roadblock at the Tana River Bridge will be removed. I hope that, that will be done tomorrow morning. I have no further questions. Let them just do that. After all, as I speak, the border between Kenya and Somalia is closed. This was unnecessary as it has hurt Kenyans who live in that part of the country. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be there over the weekend; if I do not 2722 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 15, 2008 see it, I will be very happy! view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You heard the Assistant Minister admit that they do not have enough funding. Looking at the history, this Ministry was created in 2006; many months after the Budget. Today, they cannot respond to emergencies adequately. He told us that they will call Members of Parliament. Members of Parliament do not have the solution. The solution is with the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry and the Government will keep on allocating this Ministry very minimal resources. Could he tell us what steps they have taken? Have they written to the Ministry? Even in the long-term, ... view