Abdul Rahim Dawood

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• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to support this Bill. On 5th March, 2014, I brought to this August House a Motion that was meant to set up ICU’s and blood transfusion units in every constituency in this country. Like the Seconder, Hon. Eseli, has said, we should have put it in the budget long time ago. Blood transfusion is an essential provision of health care especially for vulnerable people such as women who experience hemorrhage during child birth, children suffering from severe anemia due to malaria, malnutrition and victims of trauma, accidents and other disasters. Patients who are ... view
• 23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: has happened is that we are still being told from Independence, we only have six units in the country for blood donation. In the year 2007/2008, a bus from Loreto overturned near Suboiga in Meru and we lost about three girls and some lost their limbs. At that time, I was in the council and I tried to arrange to get blood for them. I had to call Embu and Nyeri because that is the closest we could get blood from. You can imagine the anguish the parents were in because we could not get blood for their children for ... view
• 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