Abdul Rahim Dawood

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I support this Motion by my friend Hon. Mwadime regarding water for all. I also support the amendment that it should be clean and safe water. We have been talking about water for many years. It is like a pipe-dream. Hopefully, with this Motion which says “resolves”, the national Government will come in and do it and not the county governments. We have devolved very critical functions of water and health to counties which cannot manage anything right now. They are in a predicament on what to do. Right now, they are just doing some cosmetic things which do not ... view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: there are places where there are no steams or rivers. We need to see how we can construct boreholes for those public facilities where there is a water table. With that, we will be able to improve hygiene. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker and congratulations once again. view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I congratulate Hon. Yusuf Hassan for bringing this Motion. The good thing is that this Motion does not say “urges” but says “resolves.” I believe that once we pass it, we will be doing the country a favour. As my colleagues have said, it is very important for us to protect Kamukunji Grounds. I spoke to Hon. Yusuf and he told me that these grounds were more than four or five acres before The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: but, apparently, all public grounds in Kenya have been grabbed by people. We have a similar case in Meru where land was grabbed but the public got it back. We want Kamukunji grounds to be protected by an Act of Parliament. We should also fence it. I appreciate pupils from my constituency who have come here to see what happens in Parliament. They are visiting many other places. If Kamukunji was a preserved site because of the pre-independence and post-independence freedom fighters who were there, they could have gone there for a visit; schools could go and learn more about ... view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I support my colleague from Meru County. I believe that the roads which were under construction should be completed. Every year, we are promised roads which are not constructed. There were some roads in my constituency which were advertised but, apparently, they were removed from the advertisement when they did not get bidders. I wish they would re-advertise them so that everybody can get roads equally and equitably. view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Motion. I believe that it is time we established this special fund. I disagree with my colleague who has just spoken because of what cattle rustling does. view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Last year in November, we buried five people in Igembe North, Meru County. It is a pity that Hon. Banticha is not here. I am glad that he has talked about compensation to victims. It is us, the leaders, who get cattle rustling done. There is nothing like initiation or culture in cattle rustling. When we call it a cultural practice, it is a wrong interpretation which our leaders give to the populace. The leader who spoke much earlier said that if we do not let them conduct cattle rustling, they will stop eating our miraa . We should not ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: We should go to the genesis of why we have cattle rustling in Kenya. We should not be having it in the first place but, because we do and the security agencies have not been able to capture the whole--- view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will have to give me an extra two minutes which Hon. Kamama has taken because there was no point of order. I would like to continue from where I left. It is not just getting the victims and compensating them. We need to get the perpetrators or the aggressors who take the cattle away. We need to know where they take the cattle, who buys it and what they do with it. We should as well take them to court. If we glorify cattle rustling as leaders, I do not think we will go very ... view