Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Allow me to embark on this matter, because this is the basis of the confusion in this system. Those of us who are Chairs are suffering in the Liaison Committee, looking at how to accommodate issues that are not compliant with a presidential system. What happened, for those of you who were not here, was that we had Members in the last Parliament who had hang-ups and really wanted to cling on to the Question Hour which was the comedy hour, and the Motions and Statement issues. We have four years of this process; we have been amending the Standing ... view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I apologize. Sincerely, I want us to appreciate that there are so many things we have in the Constitution that we are reluctant to put in the legislation and in our Standing Orders. One of them is the fact that we are supposed to be legislators, not to deal with non-business like Statements and Motions. We are representatives, I agree. What representation would you do by nudging and urging a Ministry? view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Kaluma, remember that you are a lawyer, do not start being emotional about this thing. view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Having said that, I am pleading with Members on that side; the Minority side, I am really pleading. view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the hon. Member to state that hon. Mututho refused to be vetted? I, as the Mover of the NACADA, Act put Section 6(2) to deal with the fact that we feared that the persons appointed to this position would be drug dealers or persons who work with the people in the alcohol sector. I was on record as saying that I was disappointed with the work done by the previous Chair of NACADA, because he was a consultant for responsible drinking. That is the basis on which ... view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Wildlife Conservation and Management Bill that was moved by the Leader of Majority Party and seconded. I want to acknowledge those 20 minutes because we have a lot to say; if we 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
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: were allowed the normal time for contribution, it would have been a disservice to the work that my Committee has done. I wish to thank Members of my Committee for the great work that they put in, in reviewing this Bill. view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: As we are all aware, Kenya is rich in natural resources and many of our wildlife conservation areas are categorised as of mega diversity. Others are recognised as world heritage sites and historic sites. About 70 per cent of our tourism revenue emanates from wildlife related tourism; it contributes 25 per cent of our GDP and 10 per cent of our formal employment. Most of our water towers are also found in protected areas like the Mau and the Cherengani hills. All those water towers are protected areas. The protected areas and wildlife resources of this country are important for ... view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: It is for this reason that in the last ten years, Private Members, the Ministries and all successive Governments, have tried to amend this law. I want Members to note that because of divergence in opinions of stakeholders and the fact that we, as a country need to make a very substantive decision as to whether we want to allow conservation of wildlife or continue with the colonial, the protectionist approach to wildlife, we have had a lot of opposition to having this law amended. Fortunately, the new Constitution has provided us with opportunities that allow us to marry the ... view
• 20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: This Bill received substantial public input prior to the 2010 Constitution and after the massacre of some lions in the Tsavo; the Cabinet moved very fast and approved a Bill for publication. At that point, some of the stakeholders felt that the Bill that was approved by Parliament and subsequently published under the name of the Leader of Majority Party, had left out a few things that were of concern to them. However, I am pleased to report that after consultations with these stakeholders and even the Ministry, we have agreed to almost 95 per cent of the concerns of ... view