Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Dec 2020 in Senate: As we can see, the Kenya Power Company is now stopping people from installing solar power. Nothing is sustainable and, therefore, I think that it is about time the Committee looked at things like that, so that the social impact is also looked at. The TJRC Report should also be looked at, so that we are not recreating everything. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Isiolo County is also under notice. Residents have been given notice by the KDF and Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to vacate their land. Again, I know that this is still being finalized by the Committee, but I hope that we are not going to see a situation where we are going to do further investigations and the likes. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in Senate: If you look at the trend in these reports, community land is what is causing all these problems. Where people have titles deeds and private and public land is concerned, there are no problems. All these are pointing to marginalized communities, be it the Marmanet Forest evictees, the Dundori evictees or the East Mau evictees, all this is community land that is being grabbed, and for whom justice is not being given. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in Senate: All the Government needs to do at both the county and national level is to gazette. Again, there are so many injustices by the group ranches. Even people who were given the trusteeship of the group ranches are grabbing the land from the communities. Again, this is something that needs to be looked at. The answers do exist. I hope that we will look at them as opposed to just creating a cycle of investigations and further investigations. I rest my case. I support and congratulate the team, but please let us not just recreate the wheel. Let us look ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, are you allowing me to contribute to Sen. (Dr.) Ali’s Statement or I have to go on with mine? view
• 1 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.47 (1) to make a Statement on a matter of national concern, namely the alleged refusal by insurance companies to widen the scope of hospital coverage for patients infected by COVID-19 beyond designated Government facilities. Article 43 (1) (a) of the Constitution provides that every person has the right to the highest attainable standard of health which includes the right to healthcare services. 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 2020 in Senate: The COVID-19 pandemic is a defining global health crisis of our time, has continued to ravage the country. The pandemic is now in its second wave, which has proved to be more lethal than the first wave. Regrettably, insurance companies have been reported to be frustrating patients by failing to honour claims from private hospitals. Indeed, these companies, including the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) are said to have withdrawn their covers on treatment of COVID-19 patients. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a rider, I would like to congratulate the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who has tried in cases where Members ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Petition by Mr. Chelule and congratulate him for taking this bold and decisive action to come to the Senate. As has been said, this is an issue that affects most counties. If, indeed, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and Sen. Sakaja have already drafted a Bill to this effect, it is about time, the moratorium from the court notwithstanding, for you to sit down with the Speaker of the National Assembly and fish out some of the urgent matters that need to be dealt with, especially that particular Bill with regards ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in Senate: I hope this House prioritizes community land especially because when we find expansionist attitudes from county governments especially for vulnerable communities that do not even have title deeds, whose land is communal, there is so much fear right now. That can bring a number of things. Communities can start organizing self-defense and becoming aggressive against each other. view
• 24 Nov 2020 in Senate: These are things that we can avoid as this House. I also was sitting in the Committee of Lands, Environment and Natural Resources in the last session and I know that this is not something that can be dealt with conclusively by the Committee. view