Abdirahman Ali Hassan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion to alter the Calendar of the Senate. This is the beauty of Parliament managing its calendar. We are The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes view
• 23 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the merits and demerits of this particular case will be spoken to by the respective Senators. However, I want to confirm that this is a matter affecting a number of counties. Unfortunately, past boundary reviews did not consult the local communities. Many a time cartographers, who do not even know where the locations are, draw certain boundaries for people who are not willing to be part of certain places. In fact, it has contributed enormously to the conflicts within our people. We have one case before this House this afternoon which I am sure will be ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, listening to the Chairperson, I suspect that there is negligence on the part of the Committee or the Ministry. I do not think that we are getting what we needed. This is not right. You ruled on a similar matter earlier on. Ministries are not about individuals. These are government institutions. There is always a Principal Secretary in the Ministry. Although the CS signs letters in most cases, I do not think this is right because work is piling up on the Committee of Lands and Natural Resources. It would be better if he came out and ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, listening to the Chairperson, I suspect that there is negligence on the part of the Committee or the Ministry. I do not think that we are getting what we needed. This is not right. You ruled on a similar matter earlier on. Ministries are not about individuals. These are government institutions. There is always a Principal Secretary in the Ministry. Although the CS signs letters in most cases, I do not think this is right because work is piling up on the Committee of Lands and Natural Resources. It would be better if he came out and ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I share the sentiments aired by my colleagues on pending bills. Many a times a number of us have the information that many projects that are being implemented were conceived without proper planning. Therefore, it is important for us to have a detailed statement on every county regarding the pending bills that exist. The 2016/2017 being the last financial year, it will be very important for the relevant Committee to get adequate information from the Controller of Budget, so that we can establish how far the counties are overburdened by what may become bad debts in the ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I share the sentiments aired by my colleagues on pending bills. Many a times a number of us have the information that many projects that are being implemented were conceived without proper planning. Therefore, it is important for us to have a detailed statement on every county regarding the pending bills that exist. The 2016/2017 being the last financial year, it will be very important for the relevant Committee to get adequate information from the Controller of Budget, so that we can establish how far the counties are overburdened by what may become bad debts in the ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I have listened to the response from the Chairperson keenly and towards the end, I got an indication that we may not rely on the information from the Controller of Budget. There seems to be some discrepancy between what is provided by the Controller of Budget and the actual status in the counties; whether it is loans or pending debts. So, I wonder what the best thing to do is. Do we propose an ad hoc committee or we handle this through a joint committee of CPAIC and that of Budget, Finance and Commerce? That could be ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I have listened to the response from the Chairperson keenly and towards the end, I got an indication that we may not rely on the information from the Controller of Budget. There seems to be some discrepancy between what is provided by the Controller of Budget and the actual status in the counties; whether it is loans or pending debts. So, I wonder what the best thing to do is. Do we propose an ad hoc committee or we handle this through a joint committee of CPAIC and that of Budget, Finance and Commerce? That could be ... view
• 15 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, it is not only Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo who is not convinced, we are equally not convinced. I say so because the National Treasury normally gives lump sum payment. If the TSC had prioritized payment of teachers’ salaries inclusive of deductions for SACCOs, then the problem we experienced would not have occurred. The TSC was a very good employer, but it now seems to be adopting what the county councils or the City Council of Nairobi used to do; sitting on statutory deductions which we saw in the past. So, it is not convincing. Could the Chairperson admit ... view