Abdul Rahim Dawood

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to speak on the next amendment. view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support this amendment by the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade because I am part of the Committee. I believe this will give clarity. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to support the Prevention of Torture Bill. Previously in this country, we used to have a problem. People used to be taken to the torture chambers. There used to be a dreaded police unit known as “Special Branch”. Thankfully, that name has since been changed to National Intelligence Service (NIS). I hope they did not inherit the bad habits of the Special Branch. Hon. Speaker, this Bill specifies what needs to be done. We do not have to go about meting out injustices or torturing suspects so that we can get ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to support this Bill. I want to comment on a few parts of the Bill which I think are right. The Bill says that we should not have The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: plea bargaining. I believe plea bargaining is something that should not be allowed at all because it does not take care of what a woman or man who has been violated would feel. There is a case in my constituency where somebody has defiled a girl and he keeps defiling girls. I think we should have a register of paedophiles. In this country, people get off the hook because they have not been charged in a court of law or there has not been enough evidence to take them to court. We should have a register of paedophiles, so we ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: When other Members were contributing to this particular Bill last time, they talked about view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: operators. We have seen how people ride boda bodas . Sometimes you see three or four people riding on a boda boda, with a member of the opposite sex in the middle. Will such a scenario constitute a sexual offence? I do not think so because those are passengers who are moving from one place to another. It is not intended to be a sexual offence. I believe there are a few things that need to be addressed in this Bill. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on punishment to be meted out to people who defile underage girls or mentally unstable ... view