Abdirahman Ali Hassan

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 651 to 660 of 716.

• 9 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the recent past, the Government has been very generous about the creation of new districts. This is a welcome move, but unless we plan for these districts, they will not serve the good intentions that the Government has. If you seek services from one Ministry, they keep on referring you to another one yet they are supposed to work in a coherent way. What plans does the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security and the Ministry of Finance have? They talk about the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and quite a number of other things. ... view
• 9 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am glad that the Ministry will be redistributing teachers across the country. I am not too sure whether he is very clear on that one. Going by the pace at which the Ministry is trying to employ teachers, it will take decades to have some regions staffed adequately. When are they planning to do the redistribution? How fast? Is the exercise going to cover the entire country? view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 8 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister in order to tell us that he cannot influence the decisions of the DPM when we know that policy formulation originates from Ministries? In case of something not being incompatible with existing policy, like the case before the House, is he in order to tell us that he cannot originate something that is affecting Kenyans from his own office, which is key to the particular problem we are talking about? view
• 7 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I appreciate the limitations of the Minister with regard to the CDF allocations in this country, we all know that he is in charge of the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, whose statistics are pegged on resources from the Ministry of Finance. In terms of policy decisions and planning, what does the Government have for northern Kenya besides creating a Ministry that does not have enough resources? What is the Minister going to do, as an alternative strategy, to develop northern Kenya? view
• 7 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to tell us that they have instructed Boards of Governors of schools when the people who deal directly with school heads should have been the quality assurance officers or the school auditors! Is the Assistant Minister in order not to give us the right answer? It is as if they are abdicating their responsibility! view
• 7 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Road B9 does not connect Isiolo and Modogashe to Kenya alone. It connects some places like Wajir District, where I come from. I heard the Assistant Minister say that they want to upgrade it to bitumen standards. Many times, the Ministry of Roads has taken a long time to do a lot of technicalities. Could the Minister tell us the actual plans and timelines that they have with the Treasury? Let him be very specific and tell us whether they are discussing that the road will be done this financial year. Could we get more clarification ... view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a number of collegues have pointed out, this is a very important Question to all of us. I appreciate the Minister's concern for now and we expect her to do something. However, I would kindly ask her to consider making a comprehensive plan, not just finding out the causes of this problem, with regard to trying to start some irrigation schemes over there. view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a number of sites that my colleague on the other side has mentioned are in my own constituency and they were not drilled. Having looked at the response from the Minister, I have even seen where she said that each of the boreholes was allocated Kshs4 million and it is lying unused. I wonder how money, after a financial year, is lying idle. If it is available, she should give us! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my main question is: The NWCPC has not been able to effectively do that because they did not have the capacity. ... view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. From the outset, I want to say that I support the Bill. It is long overdue. The issue of Constitution making is in the mind of every Kenyan and we really want to see it done today and as early as possible. However, when I reflect on what has happened in the past, it has not been a good road. We very well know that when the NARC Government came to power in 2003, it actually promised to do it in 100 ... view