Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, thank you. I rise to support this Bill. It is definitely very timely. I thank Sen. Sakaja for his foresight as he always does come up with very innovative Bills and legislative frameworks for not just the young people but forward-looking, useful and relevant issues and sectors of our economy. The start-up scene in this country is on the move. I am very happy that Sen. Sakaja has made sure that there is a legislative framework around start-ups because view
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• 27 Jul 2021 in Senate: Kenya can provide leadership in start-ups. We are already doing very well in terms of start-ups. Kenya has been leading in Mpesa and money technologies. The entire East Africa from drones dropping medication and blood to hospitals to financial banking sector that is digitized. The European countries and the West are envious. Putting in place a legislative framework now is timely given just how much entrepreneurship exists in this country and how much we are already providing many of tomorrow’s solutions today. It is providing jobs to young people in many sectors. Madam Deputy Speaker, the Kenyan start-up is just ... view
• 27 Jul 2021 in Senate: We have a lot of advantages and strength in this sector. We have a population that is very young that has access to mobile technology and other technical expertise. We are now converting this technology into solutions that are going to make sure our economy will provide jobs and reduce poverty. I am impressed with this Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, when we look at the problems that exist in the start- up sector, such as access to finance, intellectual capacity or property challenges of high costs and bureaucracies and uncertainties around that, there are problems such as access to markets ... view
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• 27 Jul 2021 in Senate: This Bill is timely and it is time our Government stood up and gave the support that is required not just in the framework but also in the financial support that our young people and investors need. Just looking at some of the provisions in this Bill, the registrar of start-ups and admission as incubation program-- So far the reason why Kenyan start-ups have really grown is because it is just driven by innovation and not so much by the straight jacket. I am happy that this Bill has tried as much as possible not to be very prescriptive. However, ... view
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise, pursuant to Standing Order 48 (1), to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Information and Technology on the Loon Balloon solar powered internet access project. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Apprise the Senate on the status and location of the 35-loon balloons launched by Loon technology in partnership with Telkom Kenya in July 2020; (2) State the reasons for the reported shut down or discontinuation of this project. (3) Outline, measures if any, that the Ministry of Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology has put in place to provide internet connectivity ... view
• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Let me also take this opportunity to congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Milgo and her Committee for a timely Bill. This Bill is definitely one that will strengthen the policy and regulatory framework for technical and vocational education in this country. This Bill, if implemented, will definitely be one that will strengthen our protection of counties and devolution. I will not speak too much to the content of the Bill because my colleagues have done justice to it. The Bill has a lot of definitions and has defined a lot of the ... view
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• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: I am happy with that. However, one of the things that we need as Parliament as we make laws is to really look at the relevance, quality and the alignment to the country’s strategies, policies and the development agenda of the country. Towards what end are our institutions aligned; to what strategies are our institutions aligned? Do we have the right institutions? Are the courses that we going to offer relevant? What courses are we going to offer? One of the things that we need to do is that our legislative proposals do they improve the relevance and quality of ... view