Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 551 to 560 of 672.

• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: However, more and more as we read the activities of different county governments in this country, they are spending money on buying vehicles, travelling and all sorts of largesse that actually do not provide services to our people. We are seeing competition between different entities in this country, that people are actually postulating different interests by supporting or opposing this Bill. I want to say that devolution does not mean that you give fief powers to any individual. That resources are used with opulence; that resources are concentrated in one hand and that resources can be skewed based on political ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at all this and come to the prayers of the Senate to come up with the County Development Board--- What we have witnessed since 2013 when the county governments came into being is lack of participatory democracy where we, as legislators, have not at any point--- Maybe, I might say that some are exceptional to contribute to the affairs of the county in which the constituencies that we represent are represented; and where our people are. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: If we do not rein in the bull and stand by the Senate to have a structured system where services are rendered to our people, this House may lack its purpose and we may not serve what we are expected to provide to our people under Article 95 of the Constitution. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to support the Bill. view
• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I wish to support the appointees. I also wish to take note of the Report by the Committee, which actually has been done exhaustively. They have been very balanced in their views. view
• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I think considering some of the views raised by hon. Members here, sometimes, you can be the minority or the marginalised and then, you may be considered at other points. So, I think we must show leadership in terms of appreciating a position when it favours us or otherwise. view
• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is a very important Commission and I noted from the Report that, since August 2012, the Commission has not been active and people have been silent. I come from Marsabit County where, in recent months, we have had communal conflicts. Some of it borders on human rights yet no investigation has been done. We found that one of the reasons why that has not happened is because this Commission has not been active. I thank the Committee for having taken proactive measures to bring this Report before the House. view
• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this being a constitutional commission, one important thing with regard to it is funding. If these commissions are not well funded, they will lack funds to carry out their mandate. In the process, you will see them seeking funds from external organizations and will end up not serving the people of Kenya. Therefore, I propose that there must be adequate funding for these commissions in order for them to be effective. view
• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The previous KNCHR did not live up to its mandate and purpose. That is why we hear today in The Hague, about witnesses having been coached, or witnesses who say that they have been approached by KNCHR to testify in that court, when they did not witness the post-election violence. view
• 4 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would like to say that Kagwiria Mbogori is one person I met in Monrovia when I was on a United Nations (UN) mission in Liberia. She was working with the UN as a lawyer and she supported the Government of Liberia. She did extremely important work, particularly in the field of human rights, tackled child soldiers issues and gender-based violence. What was very important was the sort of reform laws that she helped to put in place. Whereas women have been saying that they are marginalized and excluded from important decisions, I think these are the sort ... view