Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 721 to 730 of 1018.

• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. If there is any country which has some of the best papers and policies on helping people live together in harmony, it is Kenya. Needless to say, looking at situations that are on the ground as they are, you tend to literary feel the rot. You can smell the stench and see the inhumanity, despite the so called human rights that are enshrined in the Constitution of this county. I would like to contribute to civil and political rights. view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: 14 Wednesday 2nd December, 2015(A) The State is meant to fulfill its duty to protect human life as enshrined in Article 26(1) of the Constitution that guarantees the right to life, liberty and security of the person. This includes the right not to be subjected to any form of violence from either public or private sources. Article 29 is on the right to freedom and security of the person. Article 30 is on the right not to be held in slavery or servitude. Article 49 is on the rights of an arrested person. Article 53(f) is on the rights of ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you for the reminder, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. What is more painful is that you get arrested for not carrying a national identity card, and at the same time the Government does not issue you with an identity card, despite having the right documents for you to have it. I would like us to be on record because someone here said that human rights defenders have had the same rights since time immemorial. It is only during the term of this Government that human rights defenders have had their bank accounts closed and suffered all sorts of inhumane treatment. ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. It seems in the whole melee of people getting overworked, we are less than 50 here. view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: It seems that the Leader of the Majority--- view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you are right. It is about the CDF. view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to explain where my Chairman is coming from. I am speaking as a Member of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. It should go on record that we sat as a Committee till very late to go through these amendments. There was a reason, and there is a lot of bitterness in the whole Committee regarding all the amendments we suggested. These amendments were brought to the House and were adopted. But when they went for the Presidential assent, the President explained that he needs to get an input from the ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Allow me to finish. view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: I would like to remind my colleagues that there is no nation that has ever grown by overtaxing its citizens. That is what is happening here right now. view