Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I want to congratulate Hon. Keynan and the Parliamentary Service Commission for bringing this Bill which is long overdue. This Bill is not about insulation of MPs from the jurisprudence of law in this country; rather it is about showing the sense of separation of powers between the Legislature and the other arms of the Government. In recent times, we have seen citizens coming to the precincts of Parliament or outside Parliament to picket, demonstrate and to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: show their anger because this is a democratic society. That has been captured in this Bill. Citizens must speak out if Parliament is not doing what the Constitution says it should do. There are important bits that this Bill has attempted to bring out such as immunity from legal proceedings for witnesses coming before Parliament and Committees of Parliament and Members speaking out on either the Floor of Parliament or in Committees. In Kenya, since Independence, for lack of such laws, MPs who have the privilege to represent their people and speak out on issues affecting those they represent, have ... view
• 20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to support this amendment. Straightaway, I want to point out that when we were debating this Bill, the issue of the Public Service Commission was never challenged. Article 233 of the Constitution clearly lays out the responsibilities of the PSC. More to that, the import of the amendment that the Committee has suggested provides us with a clear trail on how individuals are selected and interviewed, and how the paper trail arrives before this House. Further to that, we do not have control over panels which are appointed by the ... view
• 20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this chance. I rise to contribute to this Bill which is important. Reading it tells me that our tax regime must be people friendly particularly in accessing goods which our people use daily. For example, if we give view
• 20 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: tax exemption, what net effect does it have on our people? This Bill lays down to the citizenry what they have to pay to the tax man. Currently, we have the East African Common Market and the Customs Union under the East African Community. For Kenya and Kenyans to operate effectively in that market, they should clearly understand the tax regime throughout the East African Community. What has been happening is that if the tax regime in another East African country is much more amiable--- The citizenry have been taking goods to Uganda or Tanzania and bringing them back to ... view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this petition. As my colleagues who have spoken before me have said, this is a weighty issue. As Hon. Sakaja has said, it is wider than just education. There are cases of Muslim students who are not allowed to put on hijabs, which their religion allows, or to put on a long dress, which is what the religion says. This petition addresses Article 19 of our Constitution on rights and fundamental freedoms. As we know, the Akorino religion is one of the oldest faiths in the Republic of Kenya. ... view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the adoption of Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2013. 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
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Sessional Papers are very important documents, or instruments that provide us with the roadmap to move this country forward to a level where we will be are competitive, and able to catch up with the forerunners, or the developed countries of this world. The importance of this Paper cannot really be gainsaid. To an extent, the first paper that we had as a country in 1965 grounded this country in terms of where it should go. Although fault lines which developed in terms of making some parts of this country marginalised because of the focus it had, we really thank ... view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the adoption of Sessional Paper No. 4 of 2013. The import of this Paper is that it provides a policy framework upon which both employers and employees are able to see fundamental rights of institutions and employed individuals. It is quite worrying sometimes under what policy individuals are employed by industries or institutions in Kenya. You can only realise the problems when you go to listen to what actually goes on at the Industrial Court. Because of lack of that policy framework, individuals ... view