Hon Ahmed Abdisalan Ibrahim

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• 12 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: 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
• 12 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: This is a House where justice is observed. We must be fair. Mistakes have happened. Now that mistakes have happened, shall we continue with the mistakes made or should we stop at a certain position and ask ourselves whether it is not the right time to correct those mistakes? We should not be creating dangerous precedents where a petitioner can make an amendment to a magnitude that changes the entire Report. Under Article 119, I appreciate that any person has the right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority but we must put safeguards in place to ... view
• 12 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also want to add my voice to this Motion. The performance of the short rains and long rains in 2021 was poor across the ASAL areas. There was late onset of the rains; it was below average and it was poorly distributed both in time and space. As a result, this is one of the worst droughts we have ever seen. About 12 counties are at an alarming stage as we speak. Access to water by these counties have been extremely poor, both in the household and livestock as well. You will find that trekking ... view
• 12 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the President recently declared drought a national disaster. Our assumption was that resource mobilisation was supposed to be done, both at the national as well as at the international levels. Both the Government and other non-state actors such as the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) were supposed to mobilise resources, put them in the same basket and start immediate interventions. Currently, that has not been done. I thank Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani, who has done his best. He has made disbursements of Ksh2 billion to the Ministry of Devolution and Planning. At this juncture, we cannot accept some ... view
• 12 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Timely interventions must be done if we are to save lives. Some of the interventions I am talking about include provision of water to both humans and livestock; supplementary and blanket feeding of those affected by the drought; provision of food aid, the aspect of cash transfers and in terms of education, including food subsidies for school fees, which should be provided. I am sure that without those kinds of interventions, lives will be lost. Currently, the livestock mortality rate is already extremely high. We must do our best to ensure that we save the remaining humans and livestock. view
• 12 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: The Cabinet should call for an urgent meeting to discuss drought issues in the country. If we are discussing other rapid onset disasters like COVID-19, why not the drought, where many humans and livestock have been lost? We must… view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also join my colleagues in supporting the Bill. First and foremost, we are in a very difficult period of drought. This drought would not have been realised had we used the skills of irrigation effectively, especially in the arid and semi-arid counties. You realise that we receive lots of rainfall during the rainy season but then storage of the rain water is always a problem. As a result of that, there is now a high mortality rate of livestock. As we are speaking, we are already at the alert level of the drought. ... view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: That said, I think we need to change our way of doing things. In terms of budget-making, we must make sure that the right budget is allocated to this sector such that we improve the food security in the arid and semi-arid parts of this country. Secondly, we must make sure that there is multi-agency or multi-sectoral approach in how we carry out this thing. You will find that besides the Government, there are different actors on the ground supporting these kinds of activities. However, there are cases of duplication of resources in some areas. You may go to a ... view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: I was wondering, if a small pan that was constructed by the National Irrigation Board can give us large production that has improved food security in Bute Town, why then do we take so long and delay important projects that would have improved the lives and the livelihood of the entire population of North Eastern? If the mega pan of Bute is realized, I have no doubt that food supply in Wajir North, Wajir West, Mandera, Isiolo and Marsabit would improve because it is strategically located. The Government departments involved in such important projects, and are The electronic version of ... view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: delaying them, must come out of their comfort zones and ensure that projects are delivered at the right time. That way, issues of bureaucracies will be reduced and service delivery will be provided at the right time. view