Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2331 to 2340 of 2343.

• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: asked the Minister of State for Public Service:- (a) if he could confirm that the six Permanent Secretaries who were retained after the reshuffle that took place on 21st April, 2008 have attained the mandatory retirement age; (b) what the rationale was for retaining them; and, (c) considering that the retained six Permanent Secretaries are men and noting that all women who had attained the retirement age were retired, if he could confirm whether the retirement age for men and women is different. view
• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, whereas I greatly admire the intellect of the Minister who has answered this Question, I am disappointed with the fact that he said that only four Permanent Secretaries were retained. That is one too many for us. Three years ago, the Kenyan Government, with a lot of pomp, had all Permanent Secretaries sign performance contracts telling Kenyans that all Permanent Secretaries will from then on be judged based on the performance of their Ministries. I was hoping that the Minister would give us the rationale of retaining these Permanent Secretaries yet when the performance rating was read ... view
• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this was done despite the Government having head-hunted her from the United Nations (UN). Could the Minister--- view
• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for that. My colleague is still a mono. view
• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I withdraw that word, but appreciate that the hon. Member is still learning. view
• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the women of Kenya serving in the public sector, and who hope to be Permanent Secretaries would like to know these special skills that these grey-haired men have so June 19, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1277 that they can also get them and be retained. Could the Minister elaborate on the special skills that these men have so that we can tell the women of Kenya to learn from them too, so that we can retain them until they are over the age of 70 years? view
• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, given the fact that the Minister had problems and used the excuse of the appointing authority as the reason as to why we are having these contracts being renewed year in, year out for the same people, yet others do not have their contracts renewed, what is he doing in the long-term to ensure that we have professionalism in appointing officers in these positions? We should have an age limit, which is probably more acceptable to the age bracket in power. view
• 30 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Leader of Government Business to give a Ministerial Statement and we do not get an opportunity to comment on the contents of the Ministerial Statement? view
• 30 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for that clarification. But the House Business Committee, as constituted, is not the normal House Business Committee that we have had in the past. The House Business Committee is too lopsided in that it is full of Ministers. There were no comments from the Backbenchers on the contents of the list presented by the House Business Committee. So, this is authoritarianism from the House Business Committee. You are not taking this opportunity by breaking new grounds of managing the House Business Committee. view
• 17 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I agree with much of your ruling, I am of the opinion that given that the Standing Orders Committee of the Ninth Parliament spent a lot of resources travelling all over the world, and having amended most of the Standing Orders, would I be in order to suggest that instead of the new Standing Order Committee dealing with the amendments to the Standing Orders, which is, in my opinion, the only blocking point; you facilitate a Kamukunji to finalise the review of the Standing Orders? This matter can be settled once and for all. It ... view