Abdul Bahari Ali Jillo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: I also want to thank the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives for bringing out issues that they have come across. I wish he can do it by way of a report to this House, so that this matter can be debated extensively in broad daylight, not at night like now. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: I was just wondering how we will organize our business here. When it comes to the issue of finances or budget, indeed, the timetable should be changed such that the Votes of the Ministries come first and the Questions should come last. This issue is not even getting attention from the Press. The Press gallery is empty. I want to request although he is not here, I will personally talk to him to make sure that he brings the report that he has on the injustice in the budget and all other issues that he has brought up here, so ... view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to say that pastoralism or livestock rearing is supposed to be a very enjoyable business. It is supposed to be a stress-free business. When you see most of the ranchers, they are hefty fellows. Even physically you can see that they are well fed people contrary to what we see in parts of northern Kenya or the pastoral community. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: This is because this Government has deliberately neglected this Ministry. I do not think we will allow it to happen next time. We will make sure that this Ministry is taken care of. It has been allocated less than one per cent of the Budget. It is unbelievable yet the contribution to the GDP is 12 per cent which is even, perhaps, understated because we have not even invested in it. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: I know the example of Botswana has been given. I have had the opportunity to be in Namibia to look at how that industry is developed. They have a meat company in Namibia called Namibia Meatco. Since the place is a desert the entire industry has been taken care of from the time of production up to the time of processing the product which is meat to the final market. These are people who have been trained here. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: If the Ministry does not take us seriously, what we can do as the pastoralist community is to withhold the product and see what will be on the dining table. We will want to see how long they will sustain what they will have on the dining table Probably, that kind of a sanction will do us good and people will realize that this Ministry is important and it must be supported. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, while supporting the Vote of this Ministry, I would like to request the Minister to consider supplying free seeds to the arid and semi-arid areas where there is a bit of irrigation. This includes areas like Kina and Malkadaka, so that we can be able to produce a lot. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, while supporting the Vote of the Ministry the issue of laboratories is very important. We still guess on animal diseases. The laboratories are not on the ground. Specimens have to be brought here for verification. That needs to be corrected with speed so that we are able to do diagnosis where the livestock is. In addition, I wanted to say that the issue of breeding needs to be looked at very keenly. I had an opportunity to attend an agricultural show in South Africa and I realized that some goats could deliver as much as ... view
• 19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This question is very important and the Government has already recognized that. That is why the Government is going out of its way to ensure that--- view
• 19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Would I be in order to ask the Assistant Minister, due to limited time, to come up with a detailed Ministerial Statement on how that plan will be rolled out? view