Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I will not even speak about the Division of Revenue Act (DORA); I think we should move on from DORA, the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA), the Appropriation Bill to the integrity of this House, devolution and the constitution that we are supposed to be defending. This is because it is no longer about DORA. I know that at the end of this, once this debate is closed, we will sit back, give ourselves the excuse that counties need money; we will pass CARA and we will move on. ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr Speaker, Sir, therefore, there are two things here; the integrity of the Senate is under threat, and if we don‘t do something, let us move on. I know that we are going to give in, because we will tell ourselves that counties need money. However, immediately we do that, this House should embark on reclaiming the integrity of this House and ensuring that the existential issues about counties being there in the next few years will be dealt with. This is because we will be presiding over a dying, lone buffalo, which are the counties. Thank you, Mr Speaker, ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was beginning to wonder if Senators of nowhere were ever going to get a chance. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I withdraw and apologize. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: I had said that Senators of nowhere are getting a chance now. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: My apologies, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: It referring to myself. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I apologize, those were not my words though. An ancient Roman thinker, I think Cicero, said that national budgets must be balanced, public debt reduced and arrogance of the authorities controlled for a country not to fall. When we look at what is going on now, and we are discussing CARA which ideally should have been determined on the basis of Article 217, which is the Division of Revenue Bill--- As it is, we have belaboured that and I would not go back. We must continue with these discussions in a flawed process. One of ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, add me on minute. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am just finishing. Our counties must learn to work for themselves and stop relying wholly on the collections by the national Government. As much as we will fight for them, they should behave as a government which collects revenue and stand up for themselves for a short period of time. I support. view