Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: not available, especially in Isilolo County in places like Gotu, Lepalwa and Komu, which are still cut off. view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the consultations are too loud. view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for protecting me. The Universal Service Fund was designed for hard-to-reach infrastructure. In places like Isiolo County, even the basic 2G network does not cover many places. Places like Gotu, Leparwa, Komu, parts of Odlonyiro and other parts that are very close to Isiolo Town itself beyond just a radius of 100 kilometers. We do not have even the basic 2G. As the Machakos County Assembly goes about their benchmarking on an e- Parliament, I encourage them to also look at accountability and primary oversight of the Universal Service Fund. The Committee on ICT of ... view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: Additionally, I congratulate the people of Machakos County on empowering women by electing a woman as your Senator. She has done for you a great job, as you have been told by all other the other Senators. I would also like to add my voice and say that you are well represented. Please, continue to ensure that good leadership, as provided by women, is upheld and you continue to give women the chance you have given them already. I welcome but also urge you to look at these things that are facing our electorate and common mwananchi. view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this. I congratulate the distinguished Senator for Vihiga County for always being spot on with things that are really important. One of them is the obsolete equipment being used by our Meteorological Department. The link between our agricultural productivity and the public weather systems cannot be gainsaid. It is true that 35 per cent of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) comes from agriculture and 40 per cent of export earnings come from agriculture. We cannot afford to just play with this kind of livelihoods and lives of ... view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: I support and look forward to a time when our departments and Ministry will take these things seriously. Data is becoming the new gold and the new productivity driver. We are not looking at the right fundamentals. This House has a responsibility to ensure that we look at these things. We cannot just be playing politics with the future and economy of our county and not look at some of the issues facing our farmers and even our own risk management. Disasters are happening every day; we are not seeing the disaster patterns that used to be there many years ... view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is my colleague, the Senator for Kericho County, in order to start linking this Statement to this Government? He is part and parcel of this Government. In fact, we should be asking him the question. You should rule him out of order for jumping on blaming the Government of which he is actually at the helm of. view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on a point of information. view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not fair for this House and the country to be misled, and we allow that to happen. view