Abdirahman Ali Hassan

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 701 to 710 of 716.

• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just done it on the paper I have. view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just wanted to suggest the creation of a co-ordination authority to co- ordinate internal and external trading activities. view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have consulted the Mover and once I present it, we will get to hear his views about it. I do not see why--- view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: I am not confused. All I am saying is that I am intending to move an amendment, having consulted the Mover and I thought he was quite comfortable with it. view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have asked my colleague, hon. Wetangula, to move the amendment and I will continue with my response. The reason for not wanting to wait up to a later stage is the fact that we have a number of issues that we feel could duplicate the existing institutions functions. But I will go on to indicate that a number of the regional trading blocs have secretariats that will help in fast-tracking trade implementation procedures. On the trade attaches, I would want to point out that a number of our embassies abroad currently do not only ... view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government initiatives to market Kenya as an attractive, industrial and trading destination include the following: (1) The implementation of various reform efforts such as improvement in security and micro-economic stability aimed at improving service delivery. (2) The provision of incentives such as the one stop shop for investment facility under the Kenya Investment Authority that attracts significant higher inflows of financial direct investment from investors. (3) Implementation of various export strategies such as our current active engagement and participation in the East African Community (EAC), Common Market for Eastern and ... view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Road Investment Charter is being developed to improve access within the industrial area. A working group has already been July 27, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2433 identified comprising various Ministries including the Ministries of Roads and Public Works, Local Government and Transport. They are actually taking a key role in participating in what we are now calling the Road Investment Charter. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, maybe it would have been appropriate for the hon. Member to come to Parliament because of every Question and not necessarily this one. However, I will be very specific and say that we are trying to encourage group applications, spread out payment of connections over time and also help in making timely acquisition of material through the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC). That is why we are talking about developing an investment climate action plan which will draw inputs from all Ministries. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to clarify that investment in this country is a collective responsibility by various Ministries. The Ministry of Trade and Industry plays a facilitating role through the development of the investment climate action plan which is developed collectively, as I said. What we are doing is to encourage group applications, working with the Ministry of Energy so that as we encourage group applications, they can also help in enhancing the facilitation in terms of improving their procurement processes. That is what I said. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to request Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o to ask a separate Question if he wants facts and figures in relation to costs. However, we are talking about standardising costs in relation to power provision. view