Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to congratulate Mrs. Shebesh because it is very difficult to support one Amos Kimunya. This is because he is a very unpopular hon. Member of this House and an extremely rigid Minister of this House. As a Member of this House, I would have very serious difficulties looking at this as an issue of assisting Mr. Kimunya. He is my friend but he is a very unpopular and difficult individual. When you lump any issue with Amos Kimunya, it is so easy to sell and pass in this House. Having said, that, ... view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to paraphrase what the late hon. Seroney said, that that is a rhetorical question because that is the reality in this House that he is an unpopular hon. Member. If you bring anything apart--- view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: He has no problems with those remarks, but I withdraw in the interest of time. view
• 4 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I was trying to say is that we need to separate the personal grievances we might be having with Mr. Kimunya with the issue at hand. I am saying that because only last week, we appreciated the contents of the Constitution that say a person is innocent until proven guilty. So, if we are saying that we want this person to be investigated, we cannot then again say that we want this person investigated but he should not hold public office. We are already sealing his fate, then there is, definitely, no need to ... view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will put that blame squarely where it belongs. The Committee on Delegated Legislation had written to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on 14th May regarding the timelines for these regulations. Now that these regulations have been tabled, it means that we must do a report before Tuesday next week, and the House will have to allocate time for its discussion, noting that they had all the time. So, even if we are to be given the regulations now, we will have a meeting tomorrow and Monday to come up with the report ... view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mine is to seek direction from the Chair. In answering a Question regarding the two thirds principle yesterday, the Assistant Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs told the House that the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill, 2011, that is before the House is the document that will be used when debating the two-thirds principle, yet we are aware that that Bill incorporated two amendments, one of which has already been overtaken by events regarding the elections date. Knowing that the tradition of this House is that we do not amend ... view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, mine is a question on procedure. Considering what the hon. Karua has stated that in the past, the previous Constitution was very clear that constitutional amendment Bills cannot be amended. Given the fact that the Bill that is before the House has two issues, one of which has already been dealt with, how does the Ministry intend to pass through that procedural quagmire of having every clause that needs to be deleted requiring the 148 Members required by the Constitution? We are concerned that maybe the Ministry is playing public relation exercise with this amendment. view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to thank the two Members who have spoken on the Bill. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the development of this Bill has taken over three years and it has been extensively reviewed. So, I would just like to respond to what Dr. Kones said about a maximum of 28 days. That is a valid request and we intend to look into it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I need to make the House note that the lack of this regime of how to scrutinize delegated legislation can put us in a very difficult situation ... view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Dr. Khalwale, is the taskforce report signed? Could we see a copy of it? view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: So, you confirm that the four names that you have mentioned are the ones for those people who did not agree to appear before the taskforce? view