Abdul Rahim Dawood

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: present, he should come to the Committee when we meet Mr. Ouko. Let him not debate it in the House before we even present a report. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I can confirm that Dr. Jane Wangui is a very capable lady to head CRA. I was in the vetting Committee yesterday and she came out as somebody who knows what she is talking about. Her qualifications are above par. She has a PhD in economics and worked for the World Bank. She had worked for the National Treasury earlier. She has even worked for the International Red Cross Society. She has even written a paper on drought management, its impact and how to cater for that. When we asked what we she could do because ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to answer Hon. Wamalwa. In fact, I should have interrupted him earlier. He was not even in the vetting Committee and he said that the lady talked about corruption and all that. He was not even in that meeting. So, I wonder where he heard Dr. Jane talk about corruption. The nominee is from the President, who is a Jubilee President. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I congratulate my friend and brother, Hon. Sang for bringing the Clinical Officers (Training, Registration and Licensing) Bill to this House. It is very timely. Since I was born, I have talked to a few people whom I call doctors, but it is only recently when I found out that they were clinical officers. They have been performing very well. I would not have known that they were clinical officers until they were introduced the other day in a meeting. I have in mind Samuel Njeru who does many eye operations. ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: operations. He does much more than what even an eye doctor would do. There is also Mr. Festus Riungu who used to check my eyes, but he is not a doctor. He is a clinical officer. We thought that clinical officers were not really important. Some of them are treating patients now that the doctors’ strike is going on. They are making people move forward. There is the Board that Hon. Sang has mentioned, but as we are aware, the health function is devolved. He would have added one member from the County Executive Committees (CECs) to the Board. Maybe ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: provide the medical services sought after. Those are the few changes which I will be speaking to my friend and brother, whom I resemble. He is brownish like me. We will talk and we will probably sort out those few things out. Lastly, we need, as a country, to think about how we can finish the doctors’ strike. We need our doctors in hospital; we do not need our doctors in jails. We need to come down as a Government, KMA, and the doctors’ union so that our people do not suffer. I wish we can get those prayers answered ... view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support the proposed amendment because we need to take care of children with special needs. We should also have other ways of assisting children with disabilities because they do not have facilities. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I agree with what the Deputy Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology said because we need to differentiate between a head teacher and a principal. There are so many different versions. Every other day, we get different versions. I think this will rectify that problem. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support this. In fact, I support the one which says people who have experience in nutrition and social work together with one person to represent children with disabilities. I think many people disregard children who have disabilities and parents have no say in whatever is happening in the schools. So, I support this fully. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. This new clause 33(a) is a very good one, in that we will have only parents of children in each level represented. It is unlike what has happened previously; parents whose children have finished school were still in the PTAs. With this, there will be more clarification. view