Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 641 to 650 of 672.

• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: When we talk about miraa, some of us who come from those areas talk with passion because the Government of Siad Barre was brought down because he attempted to ban miraa . If you go to the streets of Djibouti or Yemen and you attempt to say that miraa is a drug that can be banned, you will face a revolution. This is because whenever something has a benefit to the low families--- For example, the Member for Igembe has said that miraa farmers are the poorest of the poor. There is no single cent of Government investment towards miraa ... view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: When we talk about miraa, some of us who come from those areas talk with passion because the Government of Siad Barre was brought down because he attempted to ban miraa . If you go to the streets of Djibouti or Yemen and you attempt to say that miraa is a drug that can be banned, you will face a revolution. This is because whenever something has a benefit to the low families--- For example, the Member for Igembe has said that miraa farmers are the poorest of the poor. There is no single cent of Government investment towards miraa ... view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: marketing do not get any benefit from the Central Government in terms of finance. view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: marketing do not get any benefit from the Central Government in terms of finance. view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, there should be discipline within the society and we should also follow our culture. This is because alcohol has always been there but not at any one time has it been banned or the negative--- view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, there should be discipline within the society and we should also follow our culture. This is because alcohol has always been there but not at any one time has it been banned or the negative--- view
• 9 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Listening to the speakers, there is a lot of repetition; we are even allowing some Members to go beyond their boundaries and insinuate things that they cannot substantiate. For the sake of time, I request you to call upon the Mover to reply. view
• 9 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, and hon. Opiyo Wandayi for this Motion. I think this Motion is timely. The only thing I wish to tell the august House is that we must move forward. Let us not dwell on the past; if we do that then we are not likely to make much progress. My concern as far as corruption is concerned at this point in time is that we used to have one central system. Now we have 47 plus one units. That actually means that we have to be zealous in our fight against corruption, because ... view
• 25 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. Initially, I had intended to rise under Standing Order No.95 but I have changed my mind. I want to contribute to this Motion. view
• 25 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: I support the two nominees because their dockets are very serious departments within the Jubilee Government. This is because they are about normalcy, order and good running of the Central Government vis-à-vis establishing a good working relationship between the National Government and the county government. Any lapse on the part of these two individuals in their dockets will result in very serious crisis in our country. view