Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The other amendment is still on Clause 7, but we disagree with the Senate on this. The Senate is asking the Members of the Council who are not representing Government entities to be vetted by both the National Assembly and the Senate. Articles 95(5)(b) provides:- “The National Assembly exercises oversight of State organs.” It is our contention that Article 95(5) of the Constitution provides that the National Assembly is responsible for oversight of State officers. Article 96(4) says:- “The Senate participates in the oversight of State officers by considering and determining any resolution to remove the President or Deputy President ... view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The other amendment that we have a problem with relates to the fine of Kshs1 million for a person who disobeys the instructions of the Council. The Senate has increased this to Kshs10 million. We believe that this is punitive given that most of the industries in Kenya are mainly small and medium scale. As such this figure is punitive and we would like this House not to approve that amendment. The Senate has also added New Clause 25(A), which provides for incentives to persons who are involved in mitigating the effects of climate change. We support this amendment given ... view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I beg to move, Hon. Speaker. view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: No, I stopped. view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to begin by congratulating Hon. Gumbo for producing the Report from an extremely messy process and having it tabled in the House. I am also happy that the many concerns that I had on the recommendations have been cured by the amendments. The only recommendation that I still have an issue with its wording has been overtaken by events. This is the one that is ordering the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to commence investigations. Parliament needs to ensure that we do not make recommendations that imply that we do not respect the rule ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: We must accept that our standards are low and that is why the matters are remaining as they are and these individuals are serving under the current JSC. I do not like giving recommendations to others when a lot of what has happened to the JSC is something that we, as a House, can resolve. I sat in the Committee that midwifed the JSC Bill. I also sat in the Committee that vetted the first members of the JSC. I sat in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs that increased the budget of the JSC from Kshs3 billion ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, my recommendation to Hon. Chepkong’a is that if we want the JSC to be representative, we must reduce the number of lawyers in its membership. We must have representation of the non-lawyer staff of the Judiciary being represented. We must deal with the anomaly that I, as an individual, feel that the Chief Justice, as the Head of the Judiciary, should not be brought to Parliament to be asked questions on small administrative matters. We should change the law such that somebody else can come and answer to those administrative matters. view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: We have now lumped up his judicial responsibilities with administration and we have to bring him down to the level of asking him: “Why did you pay allowances?” Therefore, the JSC Act must be amended. We must re-consider having the Chief Justice as the Head of the JSC. We must re-consider the fact that we have two judges from the Supreme Court and a judge of the Court of Appeal in the JSC. We have too many lawyers. It is my contention that that is the reason the JSC has the highest number of court cases against it by its ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: On the issue of the amounts of money that we have given to the JSC, in the 2012/2013 Financial Year, we increased their budget by 500 per cent. We, as a House, must readdress the issue that the Government insists – that we should move from incremental budgeting to project- based budgeting. It is clear that any time you give funding for projects through project-based budgeting, the issue of corruption crops up. Unless we address the structural problems and streamline the budgeting process to ensure that we do not give money to an institution which does not have the capacity ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: It is my contention that we have to move the JSC from their ivory tower-cum-mother of impunity that this Report has indicated. This Report shows that the JSC needs reconstitution. Hon. Chepkong’a’s Committee tried the tribunal way and they were taught the lesson that has already been learnt by the staff working under the JSC – that you will never win a case against the JSC or a law firm that is represented by a member of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) that has ever served in the JSC. We should then move with speed to amend the JSC ... view