Abdulaziz Ali Farah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me also join my colleagues in contributing to the Appropriations Bill of 2015. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: I come from one of the counties that are supposed to be beneficiaries of the Equalization Fund. Since the promulgation of the Constitution in 2010, five years down the line, that money has not been utilized. There is an allocation of about Kshs6 billion to that fund in the 2015/2016 Financial Year. It is our prayer that the money, as envisaged under Article 204(5) of the Constitution, will be available for usage in the 14 marginalized counties as has been projected by the Commission of Revenue Allocations (CRA). There seems to be a lot of investment or allocation to the ... view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: When we talk about agriculture in this country, the picture that comes to the mind of every Kenyan is crop agriculture. We forget very fast the livestock sector. That is not in the minds of Kenyans. It is high time that this country invested in livestock which is also a very big sector and takes care of very many Kenyans. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Once in a while, we see the Government of Kenya salvage sectors such as sugar as it is happening today in Western Kenya; coffee and tea among others, but there is nowhere we 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
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: seen this country or its leadership salvage the livestock sector. Farmers of this sector are never in the picture when we bail out farmers. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Our tourism industry is deteriorating very fast because of insecurity and travel advisories from some countries in the world. This is very bad for our economy because Kenyans are losing jobs. There is a reduction in foreign exchange earnings and, therefore, we need, as a country, serious mitigation in this sector. As a country, we need to come up with tax rebates for our domestic travel and hotels and infrastructure development in tourist regions to improve linkages. We also need extensive marketing for this sector. If the sector continues as it is, this country will lose a lot. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: There is need to establish sectors that receive high budgetary allocations and fund the programmes that promote national priorities as envisaged in our national policies. Huge budgetary allocations might not necessarily translate into positive outcomes due to poor planning or poor implementation. Planning problems emanate from programmes that are not well defined and have vague outputs. This makes it difficult to monitor expenditure or ensure there is value for taxpayers’ money. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Poor absorption rates, especially for Development Expenditure, create delays in implementing projects. In the security sector, we have always and will make huge allocations to sectors such as defence. Hon. Deputy Speaker, these huge allocations must secure our country. These huge allocations must also be used to guard our borders because this country remains unguarded by our defence forces. We have lost priority by not guarding our borders and putting our effort in places where Kenyans have no stake. We, therefore, ask the managers of our security forces to make sure that Kenyans, especially those at the borders are secure. ... view
• 3 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I think hon. Members are mixing some issues and we need to clarify this. There is a pension that you are entitled to as a former employee of the Government, and there are benefits that this Bill is really targeting. What we want to deny are benefits that will accrue to these members, and not the normal pension. For example, Raila Odinga might earn some pension because he was a Minister for several years, or he was an engineer somewhere in a department of the Government. We are not curtailing that. We are curtailing ... view
• 3 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The other information that I want to give is about the sections of the Constitution that hon. Members are reading. We are not against that. You can have political rights, the freedom of association and everything, but we do not want the taxpayers’ money to be used for political purposes. 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