Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1611 to 1620 of 1750.

• 18 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Tuesday, 18th September, 2018:- The Report of the Standing Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources on the Physical Planning Bill (National Assembly Bills No.34 of 2017). view
• 18 Sep 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to add my voice in support to Sen. Sakaja’s Statement. Please, allow me to offer my condolences to the families of the deceased children. I know that we will be talking of this number of the 12 children as if it is just a label, but those are real families which have been affected by these deaths. This is a sign of the rot that is in our health system. I know that Pumwani Maternity Hospital has been in the headlines for a very long time for below optimal performance in many ... view
• 18 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the way we should run our health systems or the counties is not to reactively play to the gallery and for the optics of things, appear to have unearthed things that are supposed to have been our work. We are supposed to have put in place measures to ensure we have these things. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Leader of Majority has --- view
• 18 Sep 2018 in Senate: The Leader of Majority has not requested but has sabotaged my contribution. So, I will sit down. view
• 13 Sep 2018 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to thank Sen. Waqo for highlighting this. Since you have given us direction, I will not take too long. These beastly acts are becoming way too frequent. These killings have been happening and both men and women suffer these acts but women seem to be disproportionately affected by these beastly acts because they are accompanied by rape, mutilations and they are done in a manner that you cannot even explain. In the case of Sharon, she was stabbed in the most bizarre ways and her unborn child killed. These beastly ... view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: Madam Speaker, my apologies. My mind was a bit far. view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. It was on when we were discussing the previous Petition. I will mention a few observations with regards to the three Petitions. I do not want to go back to the Petition on the oil spillage. However, I am glad that it was committed to our Committee. These are issues that have caused, not just environmental, but major disasters in this country. I do not know if any of you remembers a few years ago when we had fires in Mukuru slum and other slums which ware caused by spilled pipelines that run under sewers. ... view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: sugar belts. We do not want to go there again, but we will see the effects of this importation from every corner of the economy of this country. Today it is the small traders, tomorrow, it will be the sugar cane growers and the next day, an entire value chain will come to the Senate with a Petition. We have not seen the effects of this Petition yet. So, we hope that we will look at the entire value chain as we commit it to the relevant Committee. I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me the opportunity to ... view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker. Thank you, for giving me the opportunity. I hope that the Committees will do justice to this as we go along. view
• 11 Sep 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to second this important Report that has been tabled by Sen. Poghisio. This is a Report of collaboration between some 12 African countries in the Great Lakes Region which looks at the issues around stability, peace and security, democracy and governance, humanitarian and social issues, economic development, natural resources and regional integration as well as gender, children and vulnerable persons. These are some of the key strategic focus of the 12-member states. I cannot think of anything more important than these key areas of focus for member states. We keep saying that issues and problems ... view