Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 861 to 870 of 1018.

• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you need to give guidance for future reference so that hon. Members do not make such statements. When we make those statements, we need to realise that the nation is looking at this House. This is a House that is under siege of negative perception and what our stand is against corruption. We need to take this matter seriously. We need your guidance that if someone makes such statements with intent of being comical, the nation is watching and this affects each one of us here individually and collectively. view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have been told to clarify that it is Mvita and not Mbita. The Member for Mbita was wondering. Pursuant to the Standing Order No. 95, it is very evident from the mood of the House on which direction this is going. We have been debating this for quite a bit. This has 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
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: continued from the last Session that we had and I beg you to allow the Mover of this Motion to reply, so that we can move to the other more pressing issues. view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: I am sure the Member, a friend of my late father, will agree with me that there are more pressing issues at hand. The time of this House should be saved by us adhering to this Standing Order. view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. What we need to realise is that facts and figures do not lie. This is something that involves 52,338 Kenyans who gave their sweat, time and allowed their brains to be “sipped” by future generations. These were teachers of this country. A society is judged by how it treats its teachers and bearers of knowledge. Facts and figures do not lie. In 1997 under Legal Notice No. 534, an agreement was reached between the teachers and the Government of this country. It was agreed that teachers would be paid commencing 1997 in ... view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: In March, 2012, teachers came knocking on the doors of this institution, an institution that is seen as a symbol of hope and representation. Those same teachers were here to ask us to intervene and get what is rightfully theirs. Those matters had been discussed previously as per the HANSARD record of 23rd June 2010, 7th December 2010, 1st November 2011 and 22nd February 2012. Until today, the Government is playing games and is not explaining why it is not going to pay these teachers. view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Kshs3.34 billion of Kshs16 billion had been approved to be paid by the Tenth Parliament but nothing was paid. I am a bit perplexed because on 6th December 2012, the Attorney-General decided to write to the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology saying they were not paying because they wished to get advice from the Teachers Service Commission on various facts, figures and issues to do with those payments. Someone should have reminded the Attorney-General and his office that this agreement was signed in 1997. From 1997 to 2012, if a letter ... view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: On 11th February 2014 vide a court ruling in Nakuru based on HCCC 65 of 2006 and Nakuru Civil Appeal No.300 of 2009, the teachers won; the courts decided that the teachers had to be paid. The Kshs42 billion was to be split among 52,338 teachers. The Treasury then budgeted for Kshs16.7 billion in the 2014/2015 Financial Year but till today, despite this very House passing that those teachers be paid, the Treasury has been unable to pay them for the reason that it is waiting for legal guidance and counsel from the Attorney-General’s Office. We need to realise that ... view
• 9 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Someone has to be held accountable because we are looking at losses. Teachers have suffered. The people who taught us, taught presidents, Cabinet Secretaries, Judges and the fishermen of this country are suffering because of negligence. Someone has to be held accountable. The Attorney-General falls under the Executive and Kenyans need to realise that failure by the Executive is costing this country an extra Kshs765,200,000. I wish to try to decipher how someone will explain that this is what it will cost the Kenyan taxpayers. In my parting remarks, I ask this House whether we will allow ourselves to be ... view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I speak as a member of this Committee. The reason why this amendment was passed as it is was because over the years, whatever had been happening with the various boards that we have seen--- view