Abdul Rahim Dawood

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Mar 2024 in National Assembly: (North Imenti, Independent); Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me, first, congratulate Hon. Chepkong’a for bringing this Bill. This Bill is very timely in the sense that it will fix the relation problems between the two Houses of Parliament. I have gone further to make a legislative proposal to do away with the Senate completely, but I do not know if it will see the light of day. Our lawyers are working on it. We need to call a spade a spade. The Senate has its work to do. During the 11th Parliament, there was a time when the Departmental ... view
• 20 Mar 2024 in National Assembly: (North Imenti, Independent); Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me, first, congratulate Hon. Chepkong’a for bringing this Bill. This Bill is very timely in the sense that it will fix the relation problems between the two Houses of Parliament. I have gone further to make a legislative proposal to do away with the Senate completely, but I do not know if it will see the light of day. Our lawyers are working on it. We need to call a spade a spade. The Senate has its work to do. During the 11th Parliament, there was a time when the Departmental ... view
• 25 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: (North Imenti, Independent) view
• 25 Oct 2023 in National Assembly: (North Imenti, Independent) view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair. I want to know the justification of the Chairman increasing the fine from Kshs 20,000 to Kshs 500,000. What is the justification of such a big increase from what is in the Bill and what he is proposing? view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Sorry, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I wanted to comment on the other one but I did not catch your eye. view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Chairman. I want to draw the attention of the Chairman to Clause 42B (4) where it states thus: “Where a farmer has entered into an agreement with an organization representing the interest of such farmer, the Board and every dealer in coffee shall respect and enable the carrying out of the terms of such agreement, including the remission to such organization of any contributions that may, pursuant to such agreement, be deductible from the farmer.” It is not very clear if this agreement will be in tandem with the Coffee Bill itself and whatever regulations there ... view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Okay. Hon. Chairman, where it states: “Where a farmer has entered into an agreement with an organization representing the interest of such farmer, the Board and every dealer in coffee shall respect and enable the carrying out of the terms of such agreement, including the remission to such organization of any contributions that may, pursuant to such agreement, be deductible from the farmer.” That agreement should be in line with the regulations in place because a farmer can enter into any agreement and the Board will be bound by that agreement because, it is possible that such an agreement may ... view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Chairman. Clause 42D (7) States thus: “The milling losses allowable under this section shall be capped at nineteen per cent of coffee milled.” Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, 19 per cent of the coffee milled is a big amount. Can we have the justification as to how they came up with that 19 per cent? This is a huge amount. In the normal industry practice, it will be between 5 and 10 per cent, but not more than that. However, if we can get justification from the Committee Chairman, I will consider that. view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The New Clause 54C(1) which says: “A coffee miller and a marketing agent shall not lend to farmers on interest” should be removed. It should say that they shall lend to farmers on interest-free terms. So, they should not lend on interest at all. view