Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House today, Wednesday, 16th December 2015:- Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the vetting of Principal Secretary nominee for the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. Charles Sunkuli, State Department for Environment and Dr. Margret Mwakima, State Department for Natural Resources view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the vetting of persons for appointment as Principal Secretaries laid on the Table of the House today, Wednesday 16th December 2015 and pursuant to the provisions of Article 155(3)(b) of the Constitution approves the appointment of Mr. Charles Sunkuli as Principal Secretary, State Department of Environment and Dr. Margaret Mwakima as Principal Secretary, State Department of Natural Resources. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was “seconding” the Forest Conservation and Management Bill in which I was highlighting to the Members the major changes. I had noted that pre-publication scrutiny of Bills tends to assist in the amount of amendments that are needed because the Committee had already interacted with this Bill. The issue is the process through which the de-gazettement or the realignment of forest boundaries is to be undertaken. In the 2005 legislation and in the current proposal, it is the Ministry and the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) that is to provide a Motion for de-gazettement or ... view
• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am waiting for the Sessional Paper. view
• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. On a light note, I notice that Hon. Lentoimaga is wearing traditional shoes known as “ akala ”. I would like to urge you to consider in your ruling whether mixing formal dressing and traditional clothing is accepted. view
• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: I am reliably informed that, that could be the case, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts Sessional Paper No. 12 of 2014 on the National Wetlands and Conservation Management Policy, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 2nd December 2014. Whereas I agree with you that the issues that have been raised on the two previous policies are very similar - in fact, the environment policy includes a wetlands component - I wish to highlight to the House that wetlands are natural areas that are seasonally or permanently flooded and comprise 3 to 4 per cent of our land ... view
• 3 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: process should go on? Much as this policy has been under development for long, it does not take into account the fact that wetlands are being explored for oil, gas and other minerals. Also, this House just dealt with a very sensitive petition regarding sand drenching at the Coast. The policy seems not to have identified the drenching and harvesting of sand in rivers, oceans and other wetlands as a concern. The other concern is that research, creation of awareness and education on wetlands has not been addressed. In the interest of time, the Committee recommends that this House adopts ... view