Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: As my colleagues have said, the major issue here is to ensure that it is genuine youth-owned companies that will benefit from these amendments. I think the loopholes of the age of the persons considered as youth has not been sealed at the company registry. Something needs to be done so that the registered companies are confirmed to be youth- owned. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: As my other colleagues have said, the Jubilee Government’s 30 per cent rule is open to both persons with disability and women. We hope that the wording will be 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
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: addressed, so that we are able to have both women and persons with disabilities included under special provision. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, my problem with the Public Procurement Act is beyond the issue of the youth. This Act and issues of liberalization are exposing Kenyan contractors to unfair compensation from foreign contractors. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: A few weeks ago, one of the Government institutions gave a 30 per cent quota to youth and women. One of the complainants against that award was a Chinese female who wanted to be considered under the provision of 30 per cent for women quota. This was the case yet this was a contract that was worth only Kshs20 million. If contractors who are youth have to compete with Chinese contractors for Kshs20 million worth of contract, there is something seriously wrong. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: This amendment needs to be included in this Bill that hon. Sakaja has brought. I have had discussions with him to the effect that we need to have a cap as to what kind of figures foreign contractors shall be allowed to compete with local contractors. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, this game is very interesting in that sometimes there are projects which are done in lots. When you calculate the lots, you end up seeing that over 70 per cent of those lots--- These are projects worth Kshs100 million. When will our contractors grow if they have to compete with foreigners in contracts that are worth Kshs100 million? This is the case yet foreign contractors do not have to borrow from our banks that charge very high interest rates; foreign contractors whose governments are giving them concessional loans and sometimes even free loans. How do you expect ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Finally, the other problem is that we are giving the youth money but I do not know whether it is a problem with the IFMIS or it is a problem with the Exchequer. This is because there is a lot of delay in paying contractors who have concluded works. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: The youth of this country do not have their own funds to be able to finance projects. So, when the Exchequer is slow in paying, they are increasing the amount of pending bills that are exposing the youth to bankruptcy very early in life. You know that if you are bankrupt you will not be allowed to occupy a public office. So, we need to ensure that the contracts that we are opening to the youth are paid on time so that they are not exposed to bankruptcy. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, and with the negotiations that have begun with hon. Sakaja, I hope that no activist in this House will come back and tell us that we have to support liberalization and allow foreigners to shut out our local contractors. I think it is time we took responsibility in our nation and said that liberalization is only good when it works for us and we want it to take a back seat when it does not work for us. view