Abdul Rahim Dawood

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The other thing is the confidentiality. Last week was the blood donor week. There were issues of stigma, that if you give blood, you are scared you will be told your HIV status or any other status. We need to be very careful. Confidentiality of donors should be maintained. It should not have data breach like we have had with political parties where people are being put in parties which they never registered in. I hope the same will not happen to blood donors because somebody might be told that they are HIV positive when they do not have it ... view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I appreciate what the Chairperson, Budget and Appropriations Committee has just said, but he should be keeping in mind… view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Sorry, Hon. Chairman. He should keep in mind that there are other ginneries in this country, Meru Ginnery being one of them, which need to be revived. So, I hope the Chairperson, Budget and Appropriations Committee, has allocated some money to Meru Ginnery as well. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to ask Question No.174/2021. It is directed wrongly to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public works. I will just read it then I will ask for your guidance. (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain the criteria intended to be applied by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to conduct vehicle inspection exercises in the country following the recent circular which affected Section 16 (2) of the Traffic Act requiring all vehicles above four years to be inspected? (ii) Could the Cabinet provide the total number of vehicles expected to ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am in the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing and we tried to tackle this matter while the NTSA was in the Committee coming for the budget, but we were told that it was not under us. view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Lands and Physical Planning the following Question: (i) What is the current ownership status of the parcel of Land, LR No. Ntima/Igoki/1769, in Gakoromone Area in North Imenti Constituency which was sub-divided into LR No.Ntima/Igoki 5980 and 5999 on 8th April 1999, and who were the original owners? (ii) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide details of persons who have illegally acquired or occupied the said land? (iii) Could the Cabinet Secretary undertake to institute action against those who facilitated the illegal transfer processes? (iv) Are there plans by the Ministry ... view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to ask Question No.153/2021 on behalf of my colleague, Hon. Kathuri Murungi, of South Imenti Constituency in Meru County. The Question is directed to the CS, Ministry of Energy: (i) Could the CS explain why electricity bills have skyrocketed due to various additional taxes and levies that are hard for our Kenyan citizens to comprehend? (ii) Could the CS explain why the following deductions are made by the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) during purchase of electricity tokens by users, namely Fuel Energy charge, Forex charge, Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) charge, ... view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to state that I support BBI and believe it is the way to go. I want to congratulate the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for nominating Martha Koome to be the next Chief Justice, and William Ouko as the Supreme Court Judge. The handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga was a game changer. From 2018, the country has been running smoothly and we do not have any more issues. I was in the 2005 referendum of the bananas and oranges which gave birth to ODM. I was still leading the ... view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: A lot of things have been said about the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister. One is that they will get more money. However, they will not be getting double salaries. They will be having allowances just as Hon. Duale was getting and Hon. Kimunya is getting. There is nothing much besides that. The good thing with the IEBC --- (Technical hitch) We will not have a situation like in the previous elections where President Kibaki failed to serve President Moi his Petition, which was eventually thrown out of court. Now we have 30 days for presidential petitions. view