Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to tell hon. Bowen that good things are confined to CORD rebels and since he is not one of them, there is no hope. We are forming county environmental committees. In the Bill, it was stated that the secretary to those county environmental committees would be appointed by the governor but because of the need to link it to the national Government, we are proposing that the secretary be the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) officer in that county. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. As I said, the secretary is supposed to represent the national Government in that board. The presence of an officer from a regional authority is to deal with cross-cutting issues around there. For example, the Environmental Committee of Isiolo County must have a person from Ewaso Nyiro North Development Authority (ENNDA) so that if ENNDA is handling an issue of environment that is cutting across the seven counties that they are responsible for, they would be able to bring it up. So, hon. Member if you are from Marakwet, then an officer from Kerio ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 20 and substituting therefor the following new Clause ─ 20. The principal Act is amended in section 31 by deleting the words “Public Complaints Committees” wherever it appears and substituting therefor the words “National Environmental Complaints Committee”. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this is a significant amendment. The proposal from the Ministry was to repeal the Public Complaints Committee (PCC) which we have reinstated in the Bill and renamed as “National Environmental Complaints Committee.” So, that is the import of this amendment. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move:- THAT, clause 21 of the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 21 and substituting therefore the following new clause─ Section 32 is amended by─ The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: (a) deleting the word “complaints Committee ” wherever it appears and substituting therefor the words “National Environmental Complaints Committee”. (b) inserting the following paragraph immediately after paragraph (b)─ “(ba) undertake public interest litigation on behalf of the citizens in environmental matters” Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the first one is a consequential amendment in terms of the renaming the “Public Complaints Committee” to the “National Environmental Complaints Committee” The second amendment is very substantive in that we are adding National Environmental Complaints Committee a function to undertake public interest litigation in environmental matters on behalf of the citizens. You can complain ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 22 of the Bill be amended by deleting the word “department” wherever it appears and substituting therefor the words “ National Environmental Complaints Committee”. This is a consequential amendment, in that when they repealed the Public Complaints Committees they provided that the reporting should be to the Cabinet Secretary through the department. So, we have replaced the Cabinet Secertary with the National Environmental Complaints Committee. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we did not devolve the National Environmental Complaints Committee. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 23 of the Bill be deleted. This is a consequential amendment of reinstating the National Environmental Complaints Committee. view