Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I will be speaking about the issues of public participation on this Bill because the contentious issues in this Bill are more political than scientific, and I need to make the House aware of the politics behind the reasons as to why this Bill was not assented to. The Bill proposes that a council should be held in the Presidency. This was a very contentious issue in the Coalition Government because, at that point, it was situated at the Office of the Prime Minister and there was a disconnect between the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: the conflict that was there between the Prime Minister and hon. Michuki, we should take the council to the Ministry of Environment. That is not the view of the Chair of the Committee. That is not my view. That is the view of the public. So, those hon. Members in the Presidency and specifically the office headed by some gentleman called Singoer should know that we, as a Committee, are following the Constitution; that we should listen to what stakeholders have to say. Even I, as the Chairperson, with a different opinion, cannot impose my opinions when the public has ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: So, hon. Deputy Speaker, we need to appreciate that we passed a Constitution and even if it is the 20 per cent that my friend hon. Midiwo says is not so good and it needs to be changed but, as long as it is in the Constitution, we must follow it. If the stakeholders say that they want the council in Parliament with the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, that is what we should do. If they have convinced us, we should pass it. It really worries me that an Office in the Government can ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The biggest role of any Committee of this House is oversight on budgetary provisions. When you have a component of a Ministry that is not the mother Ministry, how would you then hold responsible the Departmental Committee if funds are embezzled? If the climate change funds are embezzled in the Presidency, why would you hold responsible the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources? view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is my final point: That, when we are taking issues to another Ministry, we must add responsibility for budgetary oversight to the Departmental Committee that is oversighting. So, if this House decides that the council should be in the Presidency, then the Committee that oversights the Presidency must be responsible for managing and oversighting the budgetary provisions to that council in the Presidency. 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
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support and look forward to amending it to read the right way. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I beg to support this list. I had initially risen on a point of order to respond to the issues raised by hon. Mbadi, but I am happy that the Chair of the Committee has dealt with him. I request my colleague, hon. Mbadi, to remain on his specialty, finance, and leave cohesion to the right people. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, when hon. Mbadi stood up, I thought he would be dealing with the probable constitutionality of the Act now that the not so new Constitution calls for separation of powers. This Bill came before we actually gave a committee of Parliament 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
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: the job of a recruiting--- I noticed that hon. Mbadi wanted us to go to the bad history of the coalition Government. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker. I just hope that the Committee will take note of that anomaly, so that we, Parliament, remain a vetting institution and not a recruiting agency. Let the Executive propose the names and let them be brought here for us to vet the suitability of individuals. view