Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: On the issue of monitoring the Budget implementation process, it is not even an issue of monitoring the process. We are monitoring the targets they are claiming they want to achieve. For some of us, we have been very diligent at following some of the targets, especially where targets relate to national Government function. Let me give this House an example. It is the role of the national Government function to increase the storage capacity in the water sector. In the Budget Policy Statement, the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources had said that they were going to add ... view
• 12 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, currently, the next source of money for water storage is what comes from devolution. That will cover 16million cubic metres. The rains are starting next week yet the money has not been released. Therefore, the Budget of the 2014/2015 Financial Year will do only 4 per cent of the annual targets that the Ministry has given us. Let us look at what the Ministries tell us during the Supplementary Budget and the targets that they give us. They do not match. Therefore, we raise the needs to make them match with their targets – which end up raising ... view
• 12 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I am saying this in relation to some of the things that they have cited. For us as a House to come and say that we are only adding to oversight institutions and not to the institutions that we are overseeing, then the many hours that we are spending looking at these budgets and the reports from the Auditor- General are a waste of time. Another issue is the timeliness of this review process. One of the major oversights that we have been following as a Committee has been on duty waiver for a radar at the Meteorological Department. This ... view
• 12 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: been cleared and this radar has been sitting at Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) for the last five years. All we asked in the last budget process is for the Treasury to ask Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to waive this so that the radar can be used. Chairs do not have time to sit and wait for the Permanent Secretary (PS) Treasury to come and give his explanation. The Constitution of Kenya was passed in 2010. That is when we were told that everybody must pay tax including Government institutions. However, this radar arrived in 2006. So, the constitutional excuse being ... view
• 12 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Let the minority have their say. You will have your way. view
• 12 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I withdraw the “bribe” and say “entice.” view
• 10 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. Is it in order for the Member for Changamwe to cross the Floor without bowing to the Chair, not once, but thrice? view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I am actually at a loss on the direction that this debate is beginning to take, especially in relation to some of the recommendations that hon. Midiwo and hon. A.B. Duale have raised and the fact that they are asking you for direction on privileges relating to conduct of members from their coalitions. It is their job to deal with the conduct of their members in those Committees especially because they have print outs. For them to bring this debate is to reopen a matter that is within their powers as leadership of the two coalitions. ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: issues here that some of us do not even know apart from what we read on the newspapers is a bit unfair. We have accusations of rent seeking and the newspapers are talking about corruption in this House. These are matters that the leadership and the Powers and Privileges Committee should deal with rather than having a session in this House to spend valuable time discussing privileges which is the responsibility of leadership. Secondly, I want us to deal with the question that hon. Ochieng has said. This is about two Committees dealing with the same issue. Again, this is ... view
• 4 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: on this matter. If you are going to do a ruling on this, you also need to apportion responsibility to leadership. One of the things that hon. Midiwo has raised about the leadership of these watchdog committees, which are being led by the coalition in the Opposition, is a matter that was debated during the Standing Orders. Whereas in the past the leadership of the Opposition would be in the House, now we are dealing with those who are unable to make it to the House. This is because the presidential candidate in the Opposition is not here. So, for ... view