Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to join you and the rest of my colleagues in welcoming my brother, Sen. Abdulkadir Haji to the Senate. I also congratulate him on his unopposed election to the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. As I stand here, I am proud, but also a bit emotional from the fact that our father sat exactly where Sen. Abdulkadir Haji is sitting. Today, you sit on his seat unopposed. As Sen. Orengo has said, your election is not just for Garissa County, but for the entire country. As we know our father Sen. Yussuf ... view
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: 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
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: Public service is an honour and a privilege that you are familiar with because you watched your father serve this Republic and you did it too. I know for a fact that this country is better off that we are making laws that will outlive many of us. If there is a place to make consequential change, it is a House of Parliament. I did not know this, but I know it now. I know it is a promotion by many folds from where you were. It is something that will give you a chance to give this country the ... view
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Division of Revenue Bill. In the interest of time, I am will keep it to two issues. First, I would like to congratulate the Committee. They have done a great job in a very short period of time. I would also like to congratulate this Senate for executing their mandate wonderfully. This particular Division of Revenue Bill is the first one that is really facing devolution, meaning that we have gone beyond the minimum to provide more revenue to the counties from the sharable revenue. It is Kshs370 billion, and ... view
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: 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
• 13 Apr 2021 in Senate: As this House, in terms of our oversight, we need to see that the money that we raise within our own country is actually serving the people that are most vulnerable, and not leaning it to the development partners, who may withdraw the funding. The other situation we have found ourselves in this country is that of the Anti- retrovirals (ARVs). Our people that are on the first line of ARV medication cannot access the commodities because it was mostly being funded by development partners. This is one area of risk that this House must start to oversight very keenly. ... view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the Motion in its amended form. I think select committees will do a good job especially if they meet virtually. So, I support the Motion with the amendments. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: 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
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: I would like to say something about this whole issue. We have been told about the powers and privileges of our House and there is no doubt. However, these are not normal times. We cannot be talking about the powers, privileges, autonomy and everything else when these are not normal times. These are times of pandemic. Therefore, measures should be taken. What His Excellency proposed and encouraged Parliament to do is not in any way unconstitutional, given the dire circumstances. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: This pandemic has been with us now for one year. In this House, we have talked about how we will deal with the COVID-19 billions and look at different things such as social safety nets, all of which are valid. Having said that, what stopped us from doing them in the past one year that this pandemic has been with us? Let us be honest. If this is a House of record, if this is a House of procedure and if this House is about representation, oversight and passing all the legislation that we want to do, we had all ... view