Abdul Rahim Dawood

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: and politics because that is where we are messing the student’s councils. A case in point is the University of Nairobi where students study a diploma or degree programme for eight to ten years, because they want to be student leaders. We should know how to go about this because a lot of money is spent by people who vie for various positions in universities. We need to come up with ways in which we can stop those kinds of elections which do not help the students but just create problems. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 16 talks about placements. We have problems with placements although we have a very good Chief Executive Officer (CEO), whom I hope is not just acting but will be confirmed, Mr. Muraguri. We also need career development in our universities. Most often than not, students are admitted for courses that they did not apply for and end up studying what they do not like. Other universities offer courses they would like to do but, apparently, they are not given career guidance in choosing better courses to study. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: One of my constituents had grade A- (minus) and was called to study Bachelor of Education. He had done very well in the science subjects, but he was not offered a course in science. We need proper placements and correct career guidance. It is a good thing that the Government will be giving 10,000 qualified students opportunities to study in private universities. That will go along way in sorting out our children who cannot make it to join public universities, but have attained the grades to join private universities and cannot afford. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Regarding vice-chancellors of universities, I believe we need to have a competitive and open process. The other day we heard about vice-chancellors coming from one ethic group and 80 per cent of the staff in the university also from one ethnic group. The Government needs to take this seriously because other ethnic groups need to be considered. There should not be more than 30 per cent staff for any university from one ethnic group. There should be a balance of people from all over the country so that there is fair representation in our universities. view
• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: We need to do much more with regard to career guidance and fake colleges and universities. They should be closed down because they are a hindrance in our society. With those few remarks, I support. view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to, first, support the Finance Bill with a few amendments which I have already given to the Chair of the Committee. I am a Member of the Committee and there are a few things which come to mind regarding the Residential Minimum Threshold Tax under Clause 3; it is Kshs144,000 per year. That means somebody has to pay a tax of about Kshs12,000 per month. We want to raise our people’s profile. Nowadays, it is hard to make ends meet. When we set the Residential Minimum Threshold Tax at about Kshs12,000, that ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: There is also the personal relief which is granted. Apparently, it has been very low. Personal relief is Kshs13,944. It has been proposed to be raised to Kshs15,360. This is Kshs1,400 per month. Taking into account inflation, that is very low. The KRA and the National Treasury need to rethink that provision and raise the amount to at least Kshs25,000 and see how we can raise the tax rates. A tax rate of 10 per cent is about Kshs134,000, which is very low. It needs to be raised. That way, we can see how it works. view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: There was a suggestion by the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury that anybody who constructs over 1,000 residential houses will be eligible for a rebate or reduction of Corporation Tax of 30 per cent from 20 per cent. How viable is that? Nobody can construct 1,000 houses in one calendar year. He needs to come out more clearly and state whether he is talking about constructing residential houses in one calendar year in one place or many places. We need to give realistic figures which do not look good on paper. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Excise Duty on kerosene was not well thought out. The CS for the National Treasury raised the price of kerosene thinking that people will stop mixing it with diesel or super petrol. Unfortunately, it has become more expensive for the poor and in a way, it is not helping at all. It is good that VAT on Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) was removed. Unfortunately, by doing this, it will not help people to move from using kerosene to gas. We need to reduce the price of hardware such as cylinders or the Government to issue free gas cylinders to people, ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not want to be informed by my Chair for now because he is eating into my time. He can talk to me later, but he can say only one word. view