Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1031 to 1040 of 1750.

• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to belabour this too much. This is a timely Bill that needs to be supported and implemented and I look forward to the implementation of the provision of this Bill. Once again, I congratulate Sen. Were for bringing this Bill which is timely. view
• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: I thank you. view
• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order 148(1), I beg to move that the Committee of the Whole do report progress on its consideration of the Local Content Bill (Senate Bills No. 10 of 2018), and seek leave to sit again tomorrow. view
• 17 Jul 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee on the said report, and ask Sen. Seneta to second. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support the Motion by the Chairperson of the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources who was also the Vice Chairperson of the Mediation Committee where I had an opportunity to sit. While I had a lot of reservations on the original Bill that was passed by the National Assembly, the mediated version has dealt with issues that we raised. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you and I come from pastoralists communities. The original Bill sought to amend a non-existing law. I am happy that we, as a House, corrected that. This is because we were required to amend a law that never existed in the first place. There were pertinent issues around land that were of great concern to many pastoralists, including how land that does not have buildings or has not been developed should be valued. As we know, most pastoralists land does not have structures. However, that does not make it less valuable in terms of biodiversity. The ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: We should not have compulsory acquisition of land to disadvantage pastoralists. Those clauses have since been corrected. Valuation of land as far as community land is concerned will not consider how many structures are there. This is because there are no structures on land found in pastoralists’ areas. The community land is used by both pastoralists and wildlife. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: The nature of the Bill as it was before was punitive. It almost took the model of the colonial land system where the locals were to be removed from their ancestral land to pave way for development and other things. I am glad this House stood up against those kinds of systems that are outdated and punitive when it comes to communal land. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: In terms of land ownership, there was a bit of ambiguities around it. I am happy to note that some of the ambiguities around land ownership were dealt with. While we may not have title deeds for community land, there is no dispute that they belong to the community. Ownership does not just mean a piece of paper because there are no disputes on ownership of community trust lands. Those parcels of land are known and it is just a matter of registration. view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: I am happy with some clauses, but there are others that may need a bit clarification. I hope those concerns have been taken into consideration. I was lucky to be invited to the Mediation Committee meeting for one day. I hope some of the issues we raised as members of the pastoralist communities were taken care of. view