Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, in the second stimulus package, I commend the President for focusing on agriculture, education, SMEs, Universal Healthcare (UHC) and tourism. There was an injection of Kshs5 billion for SME support and seed credit capital to SME guarantee schemes. We would like the country and our President to look at livestock schemes as well. Did we get any support for the livestock sector? Was there any livestock scheme that was given? I do not think that that was the case, but if there was, we want to make sure that livestock rearing is mainstreamed. view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I know that we are told about the bread basket. We too are the bread basket when it comes to the protein that livestock provides. Man cannot live on bread alone. As legislators from northern Kenya, we want to see a livestock scheme and livestock guarantees going forward and even right now. The injection of Kshs6.5 billion into the education sector was very much welcome because an uneducated country is a doomed country. We really hope that we continue to inject much needed resources, especially as we transition from the 8-4-4 system to the Competency Based Curriculum ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, 10,000 teachers were employed. The place with the worst teacher to student ration is northern Kenyan. You know of the insecurity there. A lot of teachers had actually taken off. We would like to see a breakdown of the 10,000 teachers. What percentage of teachers were for northern Kenya, which had the biggest gap? view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Those are the kinds of questions that came to my mind as I listened to the fantastic speech of our President. I congratulate him and thank him. However, as I said earlier, the statistics of the country do not give the picture of what has been done for different demographics and different regions. view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, we welcome the UHC support for locally made beds. We welcome the Kshs3 billion for farm inputs. We would also like some livestock inputs so that we can say that nobody was left behind, and that no food source, including the protein that the meat suppliers of this country are providing, is not left behind. 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
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: I know that small scale flower farmers were also given Kshs2.5 billion in the second package to assist flower farmers to access international markets. Again, we need markets for our livestock. We need support in that area as well. view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I do not wish to go over too many of these things. We definitely have a lot of good, which we must celebrate. In terms of our international obligations, those of us who had the opportunity have just come back from the Conference of the Parties (COP26) discussions on climate change. Our country is at the forefront. I congratulate the increase of nominal forest cover, but this country needs to do more. We also need to ratify a lot of these international obligations, because there are certain ones that are lagging behind that we are going to ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, the blue economy, the Lamu Port and the dual carriage structure are fantastic imperatives and ground works for us to take off. We therefore support the President and hope that these things are going to be great legacy for him. With the next President who will come, Sen. Moi, we will make sure that we build on this, because this country loves peace and prosperity. We will make sure that we build on the gains that we have made so far. view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: As a proponent of Kazi Mtaani, I congratulate the President to listening to the input that we gave him, even for the Kazi Mtaani children in Isiolo. They have worked so hard to make the county very hygienic and beautiful in the last few years. He also made sure that we have access to bridges and water sources as well. view
• 1 Dec 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I congratulate the President on the national ethos, values, and the report thereof. I do not wish to speak so much on that because I have not read the report, but I know that he espouses and walks those values. Having come from where he came, he has also made sure that the national values that we espouse and the democratic rights of this country--- view