Bashir Sheikh Abdullah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: officers of IEBC. The accounting officers are known; the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the secretariat. From that point, it means they have delved into a mandate which is not their core business. view
• 7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: The centre of gravity of the entire Report starts and ends with removal of commissioners. All these other reports which are in the middle about procurement and other things are immaterial. Their target which is the centre of gravity is the ultimate removal of commissioners, which is not in their mandate. Why is PAC talking about that issue while the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs oversees IEBC? Does it mean that if IEBC commissioners have failed to do their oversight role, they are culpable and should vacate office? The same can be said of Members of Parliament. We ... view
• 7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support this Petition. It is timely and TVET institutions since 2013 have not been fully operationalised. I think most of the functions are still being carried out by the TSC. It is high time the function of management and training of lecturers is taken up by the TVET Board. The TSC is currently grappling with the problem of managing teachers. So, loading them with more work will not be of help to Kenyans. In northern Kenya where I come from, the TSC has completely failed in the management of teachers. They are the ones ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was prepared to contribute to Order No.12 and not this one. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. This is a very good Motion because we are in the frontier of ICT. Businesses are transacted nowadays through the internet. We are a global village and that means for us to take advantage of the essence of being a global village, we must have access to internet and Wi-Fi, e-commerce and e-governance are done through the internet. Job advertisements and procurement of essential Government services are done through the internet. So, all these facilities are currently available mostly in urban areas. If this is extended to all parts of the country, it means everyone will take advantage ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: The M-Pesa has revolutionised our country and has now gone international courtesy of Safaricom which has put in good business practices to ensure that it is global. It started with us here in the country and is now global. So, it is important to acknowledge some of the telecommunication companies such as Safaricom that are doing great job. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Once this infrastructure is put in place, access comes with discipline and so, having passed the Cyber Crime Bill we will ensure that there is much discipline and maturity in the use of internet. This same Bill presupposes that all parts of the country are covered by mobile network. So, I believe that the Government through the Communication Authority of Kenya will ensure that all parts of the country are covered by mobile networks. This can be done because the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Government has funds through the Universal Access Fund that is controlled by the Communication Authority of Kenya. We have seen in most of our Facebook pages and social networks persons tend to abuse the facilities that are accorded to them. There is a lot of abuse especially from the youth who go beyond their limit by virtue of having free internet and network facilities. Defamatory messages, abuse and uncouth materials are shared on platforms courtesy of having free Wi-Fi. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: So, this should be curbed because the Cyber Crime Bill has been passed. It has penalties and means of getting to people who abuse and misuse these kinds of facilities. The issue of ICT will take us through the Big Four Agenda. Without ICT, things will not move. I call upon the Government and Members of this House to look into the issue of abuse of internet facilities by some of our youth. view