Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2101 to 2110 of 2343.

• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I am unable to be convinced by why we should be specific on the National Assembly given that, so far, without the Senate, we have been able to deal with the matters in the House. So, I think the amendment called for is actually unnecessary, unless you want to prescribe things that might need to be further legislated upon once the Senate is formed. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As you heard the hon. M. Kilonzo say makofi kwake . Much as I would have liked to be convinced by what he has stated, I would have preferred if he had risen at the time you made a ruling that despite the fact that Chapter 9 is suspended, the President was not going to do a State Opening, but he was going to make an address to the House. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: So, as you make the ruling on the questions raised by hon. Khalwale, we also need to deal with that precedent that we have already set. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. What hon. Isaac Ruto is talking about was on the One o’clock news. It is very interesting for us to hear that, because it would amount to a suspension of the Standing Orders. We would like to know if there is a constitutional crisis and the Standing Orders have been suspended. view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is unfortunate that I have to direct this Question to, “His Excellency”, Mr. Bifwoli, because I think he will probably not do justice to what I want to ask because he is too intimately involved in this subject. A story is told about how the people of Lamu asked the Government to give them machinery so that they can take advantage of their fertile land. However, instead a settlement scheme was established on their land. The settlement scheme has title deeds. The land question in Lamu represents one of the most serious historical ... view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Could I strengthen what my colleague has said? The problems of land in Lamu are much wider that even if the Minister was to come and answer it, we may not give it the time required. May I suggest that the Question be referred to the Departmental Committee on Lands and Natural Resources because we do not want another settlement scheme that overlooks indigenous persons? view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to make a Personal Statement pursuant to Standing Order No.76, following a 29th July, Nation newspaper article titled “Minister and MP give cash to terrorists.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, the report quotes a UN, Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Unit and claims that hon. Najib Balala and I made donations that were then later used for terrorism. The report and subsequent coverage portrayed me as a person who supports terrorism and gives donations to questionable charitable activities. The report alleges that a Kshs500,000 donation that I gave to the Pumwani Riyadha Mosque was used to fund Al ... view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in 2004, I attended meetings planning for the demolition and reconstruction of the mosque. It was, therefore, frustrating for me that each of the three view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: that were organized by this mosque were never able to raise even ten per cent of the reconstruction budget. Out of this frustration, I decided to make a significant contribution, to give a boost to this construction. It, therefore, came as a surprise to me when a Nigerian individual, claiming that he was an investigator for the UN, came to see me on 11th May, 2011, at my Continental House office and claimed that he was investigating an extremely large donation that I had made to the mosque. I explained to him that the size of the contribution was as ... view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will conclude in less than a minute. If the SMG did not share that information and, especially, our purported linkage to terrorism, I will be demanding that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sends a protest note to the UN Security Council Secretary General for allowing inaccurate reports to be adopted by the UN Security Council. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not condone, nor have I ever supported terrorism and fundamentalism of any nature. I believe very strongly that my contribution was used for the reconstruction project and not as alleged by the UN Report. ... view