Adan Mohamed Nooru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have just read the Statement as it is, and as presented by the Ministry. However, the Committee has carried investigations on this issue and we have a lot of information and within two weeks--- In fact, we have The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you for your ruling. I have no problem with an ad hoc Committee if our report has not addressed the problems conclusively. If there will be need for further investigations, it is okay. However, I assure this House that within the next two weeks, the report is going to be ready. On the issue of farmers, I agree and sympathize with the situation. It is a fact that farmers cannot be paid because millers cannot sell sugar because of the excess sugar in the market. For now, there is no importation going on. We have just ... view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, they are many but I will try to address as many as possible. There are two issues. There is the smuggling of sugar and the most critical one is what measures have been put in place to stop the excess sugar in this country. First and foremost, the importation of sugar arises out of the shortage of local production in this country. So, there is a shortage of over 230 metric tonnes for the local consumption that the local factories cannot meet. That warrants the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB), which is the regulatory body, to authorize the ... view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have just read the Statement as it is, and as presented by the Ministry. However, the Committee has carried investigations on this The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: issue and we have a lot of information and within two weeks--- In fact, we have summoned one of the agencies tomorrow, the Commissioner-General of KRA to question him on how that excess sugar is coming into the Port without taxation or verification. We will have the Inspector-General of Police next Tuesday. We have also called the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director and within the next two weeks, we will give you a detailed report and not this Ministry’s answer. The report will be from the Committee. We can give you the recommendations and the way forward on this ... view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you for your ruling. I have no problem with an ad hoc Committee if our report has not addressed the problems conclusively. If there will be need for further investigations, it is okay. However, I assure this House that within the next two weeks, the report is going to be ready. On the issue of farmers, I agree and sympathize with the situation. It is a fact that farmers cannot be paid because millers cannot sell sugar because of the excess sugar in the market. For now, there is no importation going on. We have just ... view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: want to get rid of is the cartels selling sugar directly from the factories to anybody who requires a 50 kilogramme bag or any wholesaler who requires 50 tonnes of sugar. That is one way of controlling those cartels. There used to be some cartels which almost closed the entire production of--- view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as you have said, some of us have three, four or five wives. So, we leave one in one place and may forget. The Marriage Act has allowed us this. view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I do not know what is wrong with it. With a light touch, some of us are married to four women and are waiting for the fifth one. So, I I have forgotten my card in the coats. view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is a problem of the new marriage law. So, you can excuse me for that. The Member very well knows that the functions of the Department of Fisheries have been devolved to the counties despite the fact that the Ministry was just trying to complete some plants, which were tendered for before devolution came into being. They were just trying to complete the few plants and hand them over to the counties. view