Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I wish to make very precise comments. The first comment is on the minimum of 20 per cent in public procurement being given to the county residents. Rather than the minimum, we should have set the maximum, so that outsiders in the counties are aware of how much leeway they have in terms of getting contracts in the county and also reinforces what the county residents can get for the value of devolution. This is important. On that, I congratulate the Senate. Clause 124 is on financial and technical capability. ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. As a matter of procedure, we cannot discuss what is not on the Order Paper. That does not tell us what the substantive amendment to the Bill is. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Bill. This Bill is important even though what it seeks to achieve is just a tip of the iceberg of the constitutionally envisaged free basic education that should be accessed by our young people. Even after paying the examination fees, the majority of our youngsters in primary schools are not able to transit to secondary schools. It is a pity that we can only help at the tip-end of one’s primary education. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: As Nelson Mandela said, education is the single equaliser of any society. Our Government must begin to look at both primary and secondary education as basic education. It needs to think beyond the FPE. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the issue of bursary is very significant when we talk of basic education, particularly in secondary schools. As the Hon. Member who spoke before me said, we need to begin seeing why a bursary is important. Can the bursary be offered from one source? This is because today the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) offers bursaries. The county governments and the Ministry of Education Science and Technology offer bursaries too. I am aware of all this because my constituents have been beneficiaries of the bursaries. Instead of penny-packetting all these efforts, it is important for us to ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I want to thank Equity Bank for their “Wings to Fly” initiative. I know there are big banks that have been here for almost five generations. It will be important for other major players like Safaricom to come out and, in a transparent way, with such initiatives. As leaders representing the people, we need to be fully aware of the efforts made by corporates towards improving education. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, examinations must be transparent. Examinations must be done on a level playing field. A student sitting for examinations should be confident that no other student has undue advantage over him or her during the examinations. In this country, we are always closing our ears and eyes to cases of examination leakage. Some schools have undue advantage in examinations because they access examinations questions way before the examinations are on. Unless we address this challenge, the equity that we are looking for in education will remain elusive. Finally, on the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), there are ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. If this section was in the Bill, then it must have been designed to safeguard something. If it is deleted, and the Chair is saying that it has been covered elsewhere, then are we not hiding corruption which we are trying to get rid of by deleting this clause? The Chair has more explaining to do. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I am opposing it on the grounds that the Chair has not provided sufficient information as to why we are deleting the clause. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support this amendment with a lot of reservations, because I believe that this particular Act should apply across the board to cover all professions and institutions in Kenya. If we are going to have lacunas or to say that these professional entities have a way of procuring, then we will appear to be sidestepping the Act, as we may wish to favour certain professions. I believe that is not the intention of the Committee. Thank you. view