Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not fair - regardless of whether it is a Chinese company or a Government agency or anybody else - to do development without compensation being provided for. I sit in the Senate Committee on Lands and Natural Resources, and given the number of Petitions that are being brought to that Committee, I am starting to think that the Government, at both levels, is on a land grabbing mission from communities and people living on the development corridors. People are not being compensated; they are being arbitrarily removed from their ancestral land. Even the compensation formula ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Where I come from, in Isiolo County, through the LAPSETT and other land acquisitions, people have been disenfranchised. As a House we must stand to be counted. I look forward to working on this in the Senate Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources. We must make sure that communities are given what is due to them. In terms of compensation, there is a very narrow definition of what constitutes compensation. For instance, where I come from, where a place has not been developed, range lands, biodiversity hotspots and livelihoods must be compensated and not just buildings. I hope that, ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: I am glad that this Petition has come. It is the 15th Petition that is before our Committee; from the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) land in Mombasa, all the way to Naivasha, people are suffering. We want to make sure that as we go along, the rights abuses or the arbitrary relocations and acquisitions are not condoned. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, one other thing that is very disturbing is that, as people are being evicted from their water sources and their ancestral graves, what is being compensated is very---. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will not take long. I stand to support this Report. I must also congratulate the team for a good job. All we need for this Report is to take the title to some other sector and it will be true for any other sector in this country. It will be true once we change the title of the report for maize to all other things; be it forestry, natural resources or energy. This clearly indicates that corruption has infiltrated the ecosystem within which we live. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: I will not go into details of it because the recommendations and the observations are very clear, pointing to mega corruption in our country. I want to speak a little bit about power symmetry and corruption. I know it has been said here that we should not politicize or mention big names and that small corruption is equal to big corruption. However, I would like to disagree. The number one driver of corruption is decision making and institutional capture. On whose hands are these institutions? In whose hands are these decisions or in whose purview are these decisions made? It ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: As I said it is very sad. I was speaking to someone this afternoon and they told me, “Senator, our country is becoming rubbish and it hurts”. I told them: “Yeah, you are right, but we will do something about it”. The reason why I have sat here, even if it is midnight, to say something about this is because I was asked this afternoon by somebody: “Do you hold fort for someone?” At that point, I did not think much about it and I said: “No, I do not hold fort for someone. I speak for myself”. But I ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: If anybody is found culpable of corrupt deals for maize, they should be charged with extreme violence and all other vices that corruption comes up with. I know a lot of venom has been directed to the DCI and Office of the DPP), but I think this country must realize that we cannot fight corruption just through criminal consequences. We must fight corruption at the gate. Today, I am appealing to Kenyans, let us provide sanctions ourselves by voting out corrupt individuals. Let us take it into our own hands through the vote and make sure that we do not ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: I stand today to answer my colleague who asked me if I stand fort, yes, I do but I stand fort for Kenyans, the poor and the vulnerable people who are disproportionately affected by corruption. I am appealing to these people because we have the votes. We are the majority. It is only 0.1 per cent. About 8,300--- view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view