Abshiro Soka Halake

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Entries 1631 to 1640 of 1750.

• 7 Aug 2018 in Senate: On o point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 7 Aug 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was just trying to queue early to contribute on the Report of the Select Committee on the Solai Dam Tragedy. view
• 7 Aug 2018 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to that of my colleagues on the issue of Solai Dam Tragedy. It is with great sadness that we keep talking about innocent loss of lives. It appears to me that the lives of the poor do not really count because the manner in which young lives or the lives of people that are less privileged in this country is handled just boggles the mind. Madam Temporary Speaker, before I go into detail, please allow me to congratulate the ad hoc Committee that was ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I congratulate Sen. Khaniri for his Statement, which is in support of counties. We have always talked about counties not having capacity in certain areas. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) capped county positions in many areas, including that of research, finance officers and a lot of issues around the capacity in terms of the human resource of counties. We also know that people need hands to implement some of these projects. I know that we are juxtaposing this with the recurrent expenditure, but sometimes recurrent expenditure does not require a lot implementation capacity or hands. ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I congratulate Sen. Khaniri for his Statement, which is in support of counties. We have always talked about counties not having capacity in certain areas. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) capped county positions in many areas, including that of research, finance officers and a lot of issues around the capacity in terms of the human resource of counties. We also know that people need hands to implement some of these projects. I know that we are juxtaposing this with the recurrent expenditure, but sometimes recurrent expenditure does not require a lot implementation capacity or hands. ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for protecting me. We had legislation before this House to push funds to the lowest levels of service delivery in the counties, namely the wards. This morning, our discussion was on the fact that a lot of institutions at the national level are against this. If we had cascaded some of these funds and provided counties the requisite capacity to implement some of these projects, perhaps, we would not be dealing with lack of absorption of funds. Therefore, even as we talk about corruption and other things, let us not forget that this House ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for protecting me. We had legislation before this House to push funds to the lowest levels of service delivery in the counties, namely the wards. This morning, our discussion was on the fact that a lot of institutions at the national level are against this. If we had cascaded some of these funds and provided counties the requisite capacity to implement some of these projects, perhaps, we would not be dealing with lack of absorption of funds. Therefore, even as we talk about corruption and other things, let us not forget that this House ... view
• 1 Aug 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the statement and congratulate the His Excellency the President and everybody who is fighting corruption. However, let us also be fair in our fight against corruption and ensure that we look objectively at the constraints that counties are facing. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 1 Aug 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the statement and congratulate the His Excellency the President and everybody who is fighting corruption. However, let us also be fair in our fight against corruption and ensure that we look objectively at the constraints that counties are facing. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 1 Aug 2018 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view