Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1041 to 1050 of 1750.

• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I must congratulate the Chairman of the Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources for his commitment to ensuring that this was done well. The Bill was mediated to ensure that communities in the counties are well taken of and that valuation of land will be done not based on the structures, but the livelihoods of pastoralists and other vulnerable groups. In future, I propose that the Committee of the Whole should look at all these issues. I was assured that other Acts that are not amended by the Bill have sufficient provisions for some of ... view
• 16 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I support, I look forward to seeing that we closely observe how this will be implemented. view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order No.48(1), I stand to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations regarding challenges faced by ex-prisoners in acquiring certificates of good conduct in our country. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Explain the reasons former prisoners, including those convicted for petty offences are rendered ineligible to acquire a certificate of good conduct until after 20 years from the time they are released from prison even if they have served their term and paid their dues. (2) Establish why despite re-integration being the goal ... view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 51 (1) (b) to make a Statement on the activities of the Standing Committee on Information and Technology for the period commencing 1st January to 30th June, 2019. During the period under review, our Committee held a total of 13 sittings considered one Bill and two Statements. The Committee also held two engagements with stakeholders and held one county visit. In respect of Bills, the Data Protection Bill (Sen. Bills No 16 of 2018) was considered; this is a Bill sponsored by our Committee. The Bill was just voted ... view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I think I will repeat that one. Although an agreement had been reached, the Committee has noted that the Ministry has made steps to progress the Bill by the taskforce. At a sitting of our Committee on 19th of June 2019, the Committee met with the Cabinet Secretary for ICT and expressed its dismay at the manner in which the Ministry has chosen to handle this process. For this reason, the Committee has fast-tracked the consideration of the Senate Bill and yesterday we considered the Bill and we have already passed it. As the Bill ... view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: the revenue collection systems were acquired at high prices and that many of the contracts on revenue sharing between the county governments and the service providers work to the disadvantage of the county governments. Therefore, as the ICT Committee, this is under our radar as well. In that regard, we thank Sen. (DR.) Zani for bringing this to the Floor of the House in the form of amendments to the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Committee is also in the process of exploring various measures on how to improve revenue collection and management system in county ... view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: others that are struggling with regards to their work. I would like to thank all the Senators that have brought their Statements before our Committee. They have been very co- operative and have worked alongside us to ensure that we delivered on our mandate. Thank you. view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I also wish to congratulate the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Labour and his entire team whom he has already congratulated a lot. It was a very good practice. We have taken note that some of us did not acknowledge the Members of our committees. We are learning though. I think the Labour docket is in very good hands as everybody has said. I would like to congratulate Sen. Sakaja for the passion he brings to all his work including his Committee. I would like to urge him to look into the issue of human trafficking ... view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker. As a Member of that Committee, I can attest to the fact that our Chairperson has done a tremendous job to handle all these and provide great leadership to all of us to be able to do this. So far, our stakeholders have been happy with the work of this Committee. view
• 11 Jul 2019 in Senate: Therefore, I congratulate our Chairperson for his wisdom, hard work and the great leadership he has provided us, to be able to manage all these within the last six months alone. He handled 25 Petitions all to satisfaction. I commend our Chairperson for this amazing work. This Senate can attest to the fact that Sen. Mwangi has done fantastic job as the Chairperson of the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. Kudos to my Chairperson. Going forward, we look forward to the same leadership and supporting him to achieve even greater heights. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. view