Ali Mohamud Mohamed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, definitely, land to resettle these people has not yet been identified, but following this incident a team has been set up. A meeting is scheduled for Thursday, next week so that a lasting solution for the area is found. view
• 14 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important for hon. Members to also listen when we are on the Floor answering Questions. I have just said that next scheduled meeting is going to be on Thursday and solutions will be found from then. view
• 14 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, that is a very good question. I will agree with the hon. Member that we do have plans. We already have submitted to the Cabinet Sub-Committee on humanitarian affairs the policy to be able to handle these matters efficiently. But I agree with you that we need it. view
• 14 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: When you ask how much time it takes to respond from the response unit, my answer will be “immediately.” But you will appreciate that this has been relatively a new Ministry, but we have made a request to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance to facilitate and enable us to be able to mobilize resources to the sites when such disasters occur immediately. The requests that we made include acquisition of equipment to be used on particular sites and also, helicopters for our teams to move very fast. Otherwise, at the moment, we do not ... view
• 14 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, like all other citizens in the country, wherever there is need for food, as a Ministry we have made plans to ensure that the affected citizenry is fed and nobody goes hungry. This includes the people who are living alongside Kwanza River. view
• 14 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I mentioned at the beginning, line Ministries are coming together and the next meeting will be on Thursday next week. The outcome of that meeting will be able to indicate when action actually will be taken on a permanent basis. view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to give a Ministerial Statement on the status of food distribution by the World Food Programme (WFP) and selection of lead agencies as demanded by Mr. Ethuro. The Government, in partnership with WFP, has been providing food assistance to needy populations in the country for many years. That has been done through various programmes. From 2000 to 2009, the Government and WFP implemented emergency operation programmes which provided relief food to millions of needy Kenyans. However, from May last year (2009), that programme was replaced by what is now called protracted relief and recovery ... view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will gladly do that. I was just considering time because the hon. Member asked for a very detailed Statement; I will do that in a while. The roles of lead agencies include the following: Lead agencies have many responsibilities, but the obvious ones include warehouse management, transportation of food to the final distribution points, hiring of staff to monitor food distribution and do other duties related to operations, work with communities in identifying and implementing food for assets projects, work with communities to register beneficiaries of food for assets and general food distribution, attend district ... view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as for the management of the warehouses, it is the prerogative of the World Food Programme (WFP) to handle them. It can either manage them itself or contract other agencies to manage them on its behalf. The staff employed for this work is determined by the WFP rules and regulations. However, the overriding objective is to minimise operational costs, so that resources can go towards purchasing food to help more people in need. view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, stiff competition among various agencies interested in being lead agencies has compounded the problem of selecting a lead agency. The Government has, however, moved with speed to contain differences arising from the selection process so as not to hamper relief distribution to needy population. The selection exercise has, therefore, been successfully completed in almost all the districts and food distribution is going on as expected. In a nutshell, the Government has acted within its mandate and in the best interest of the country. At no time has the Government failed to assert its authority, ... view