Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1401 to 1410 of 1750.

• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: In this particular case, and with all due respect to Sen. Orengo who is one of the people I respect immensely in this House, is that going with this Bill right now may look like wisdom, but it is a very short-term wisdom because of the existential issue of this House. The fact that legislatively we are sort of on our knees; it looks like we have failed to take our mandate of legislation for the people and for counties. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: If we fear that we cannot push through our legislation, and it has been said very well that there are only three legislative pieces passed because of this, then this House is admitting to the fact that legislatively we have failed. As we all know, in terms of oversight, we have been immobilized. What are we saying as this House? view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: This is not just about this Bill, the existential issue of this House and going forward whether this House will be useful to protecting counties, and legislative for counties will come to question. It is through these “small issues” like this that we are going to put our foot down to take our place to the future, not just for this bit of the Bill. This Bill points to other leadership and long-term issues that this House, if we admit now, that let us do it because we cannot do it with ours; it will point out the usefulness and ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I am glad that I can now finish because I was about to say. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: Just to continue from where I left when I was on my feet a few minutes ago, I do not want to appear like I am trying to belabour the fact that there is rivalry, but history must judge us as well. How can a Bill concerning counties originate from the National Assembly and not from the Senate? It is not because we did not bother to do something but because for some reason, the leadership of the House chose to give up on their Bill. If everything takes that trend, it will not be long before people start questioning ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: Hon. Members, as you know, we have had issues when it comes to oversight because we do not have resources to oversight. Now we have issues with legislations because we have a “Lower House” that seemingly would not let us do our work. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: I would like to appeal to the leadership of this House not to just look at this as a Bill but what it means when our House cannot legislate or oversight, to execute its mandate. There is the debate around the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) and whether we need two Houses or one. If you ask me, if this trend continues, I will be the first person to say, perhaps, that we do not need to be here. We may think that we are the “Upper House” by just saying that our people should get what they deserve. What are ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: implying if it is the National Assembly that should determine what our people should get? view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: For me, this is the gist of the matter. I do not want to appear like I am trying to entrench the rivalry but the rivalry has a bigger implication and especially this Bill. It may appear just like a Bill but from where I sit, this is one Bill too many. We come up with fantastic Bills even in our committees. I am talking from experience. For example, the Data Protection Bill is one of the best pieces of legislation that this country will ever have because we have seen to it that every aspect of it is looked ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, if we do not make a decision now, there may be short term pain but trust me, there will be long term gain for this House, for the people of this country and especially for devolution if this House is to take charge of its mandate. view