Abdul Rahim Dawood

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Tharaka get hardship allowance and my schools do not get it. I believe the lower part of my constituency should be gazetted as hardship area. Thank you. view
• 13 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I want to comment on this. view
• 13 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. I oppose this amendment. I understand where Mheshimiwa Millie is coming from. The Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) celebrates their Sabbath Day on Saturdays. However, for Muslims, Friday is a holiday as well. So, when we keep the cleaning on a Friday, we will not work. So, I oppose this amendment and, maybe, we can have another day which I do not know, but it cannot be Saturday or Sunday. It should not even be Friday. So, we have to look for another day but not a Friday and so, I oppose this amendment. view
• 13 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to second the amendment from Friday to Thursday. I thank Mhe . Millie for understanding the Muslim religion. She has constituents who are Muslims. My constituency is 95 per cent Christian and more than half are voters from SDA. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second. view
• 13 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: ( Question of the further amendment proposed ) 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
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker and the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party. I support the Division of Revenue Bill but with some riders. Governors need to take care of this money. This is Kenyan money. In my county of Meru, our Governor is always complaining that the Members of Parliament do not fight for money to come to the counties. We should be told how much money he has received up to now. We do not see any tangible development in our county. Our county has pending bills amounting to Kshs1.6 billion which cannot be accounted for in ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I support the Chairperson in the Long Title because it says exactly what the Bill is about. view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I congratulate Hon. Jude Njomo. Sometimes, he has been called “Judy”. I do not know if he needs to change his name. This issue of interest rates is very pertinent in this country. view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I understand, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is not me. Many speakers have pronounced it wrongly. Maybe it is a slip of the tongue or it is a different name which nobody knows about. While supporting this Bill, I want to say that it is very important for this country to come to this point of controlling interest rates. As a Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and 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
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Trade, we had a meeting last year with the IMF Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Christine Lagarde. At that time, I asked her the same question but they were not willing to answer. They said that we should leave the interest rates to be determined by the market. However, when the market is lopsided, we need to get hold of it and set it the way we want it to go. Press reports have shown that many people take loans. Yesterday’s newspaper carried a story of a person who took a loan of Kshs5 million about 30 years ago. After 30 ... view