Ali Mohamud Mohamed

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• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with all due respect to my brother, Sheikh Dor, the register was received in our offices on 14th July, 2009. The deadline for submission of those registered was supposed to have been 31st December, 2008 to cut out pretenders. However--- view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, all I am saying is that we deal with information from the DCs. Documents held in the Ministry show that this matter came to our offices on the date I have just stated. However, that is not the point anymore, because the DC justified the delay and we have considered paying the same IDPs. So, the delay is behind us at the moment. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the claim that the lists have been submitted to the Ministry and that the IDPs have not been paid, we have said time and again--- Hon. Members will agree with me that while we were addressing this issue last year, the requests were overwhelming. We ran out of finances. However, after the presentation of the Budget, we reported on the Floor of this House that we had enough provision in this year’s Budget, and that all registered IDPs would be paid according to the laid down procedures, and be re-settled. That process is currently going on. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, however, on the issue of businesses to be compensated, we have not been able to quantify what to pay to anybody. At the moment, the Government has no provision for compensation of the businesses that the hon. Member is asking about. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I agree with the hon. Member that it is a shame to have these people in IDP camps, but he must agree with me on the challenges that go with it. We have explained this time and again. We have even addressed hon. Members, who come from the Rift Valley and Central and Nyanza provinces, where we have the majority of the IDPs. We explained to them the problems we were encountering the whole of last year, and they agreed with us on the problems that we have other than finances. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we ... view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is a substantive Question. I will be able to table the list when that Question comes to the House. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not want to be mistaken here. I want to make it very clear. The process we are in at the moment is to ensure that the basic necessities are, first of all, met. That is to provide food, water and shelter for the IDPs. We are not yet through with that first phase. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as far as businesses are concerned, we have requests. We are also looking at those requests. The Government has not taken a position for me to say that we shall compensate all the businesses; we are not ... view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a ) At the moment, my Ministry makes food allocation as per districts and not as per constituencies as alleged by the hon. Member. However, the food that was delivered to the District Commissioners (DCs) for free distribution in the Financial Year 2008/2009 for the larger Machakos District amounted to 17,500 bags of maize, 1,250 bags of beans, 700 cartons of vegetable oil; all valued at Kshs47,097,000. (b) Yes, the Ministry has considered the food situation in Machakos, but not at the constituency level. We have considered the larger Machakos District. The Ministry ... view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the information of my colleague, we do not give food to every person in any given district. I have just stated that we are handling the whole district, but not only his constituency. The hon. Member knows very well there are several divisions in his district. Each division is targeted by the food security group. Assessment is done twice in a year. The population affected by drought is provided for. Therefore, the 105,000 people affected are the very needy. There is a lot of need in the whole country. Therefore, we cannot afford to give food ... view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will recall that a week ago, I made a statement on the Floor of this House regarding disasters in this country. Indeed, a food security situation like this or drought is one such disaster. If the hon. Member was present in the House at that time, he would have heard that we acknowledge the fact that there are various agencies that respond to disasters. We also said a policy paper has been done. The fact that various agencies are reacting at different levels is getting appropriate attention in the country. As far as food is concerned, ... view