Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the National Drug Control Authority Bill be now read the Third Time. view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to take this opportunity to thank NACADA and the Departmental Committee on Administration and view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: It is a public holiday! Mr. Speaker: Order, hon. Amina Abdalla! You can do better than that. The Question is deferred to Wednesday morning. Yes, the Member for Mutito! view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you. I wish to support the Statement of public exposition made by His Excellency the President yesterday. I would like to applaud the development component that he raised. We have seen the roads. I know that my colleagues have stated that the roads are concentrated in one area. It is true and we also need to look forward to expanding. The network has to start somewhere and we look forward that, that network will be expanded. view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also wish to applaud the President’s affirmation that he will deal decisively with groups that are calling for cessation like the Mombasa Republic Council (MRC). However, it is my wish that the Government stops putting under the carpet the underlying factors that are being raised by the MRC. There are genuine issues. There are issues of land. It is unfair that the indigenous people at the Coast do not have title deeds, whereas new settlement schemes at the Coast have title deeds. It is my belief that it is the Government’s responsibility to create dialogue ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President raised a very fundamental issue regarding International Criminal Court (ICC). Yes, despite the fact that I was one of the hon. Members who supported a local tribunal, my colleagues who were not supportive of a local tribunal had their reasons. I had a different reason why I wanted a local tribunal. Having worked in an international arena, I understand that a Kenyan’s language and actions are easily misinterpreted by somebody who does not live in our context. I did not believe that a person from a different cultural context was going to understand some ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Let me give you an example. It is a common political statement to say: “Money has been poured to finish me.” If you tell a European the word “finish”, his understanding is that if you want to finish, then you just want to kill. But in Kenya, it means that you want to finish me politically or businesswise. But somebody from a different culture does not understand our context. That is why I was pleading with my colleagues to pass a local tribunal. That is because with a reformed Judiciary, you will be going before a judge who understands the ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to give you an example of what I equate our cases in the ICC to. I will tell you a story about two border towns. One is a Dutch town and the other one is a German town. The German town decided to have local solutions and resources for everything. It produced its own food, wine, courts and everything. The Dutch town decided that it was going to buy anything that is cheap. It decided that if it can get something cheaper than the cost that it will produce that item, it will buy ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the hon. Member for Gwassi to impute improper motive on the Office of the DPP and go ahead and prosecute a matter that is before court? We need to know whether that evidence is true. He cannot prosecute it here because we do not have questions to ask for them. view