Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 661 to 672 of 672.

• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the fact that the requirements of 70 per cent of our population are so many cannot be over-emphasised. If we make the National Youth Council (NYC) operational, the Government will focus on the youth agenda. At the same time, the youth of this country will have a central organ through which their issues can be properly articulated. We have seen our youth experiencing mundane problems like attachments while in college; something which should not be happening. The youth should be able to get attachment within the Government and in private companies without a lot of stress. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Another thing that I would like to say about this Motion is about employment and, more so, the quota system of allocating Government and private sector jobs. A certain quota should be set aside for the youth. That way, they will access those positions after college. We have said that the youth are involved in certain misdemeanours. That problem has been brought about by the failure of this House and other public institutions to put the youth agenda in the proper perspective. Those institutions are not playing their noble roles. As the august House, we have a role to play ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the Motion. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say on the outset that we pay special tribute to teachers in the ASAL areas as well as to the girl child, who endures so much hardships as she goes to school. As previous speakers said, educating the girl child is educating the nation. Within the ASAL areas, at the entry point of Standard One, the numbers of boys and girls are equal. However, as time goes by, the number of girls reduces drastically. Towards ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, culture is also endemic and it is something that we, the leaders from the ASAL areas, must address. These are issues of female genital mutilation (FGM), early marriages and discouraging the girl child from pursuing higher education. That discouragement disables the girl-child from pursuing higher education. view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I wish to thank Hon. Gitari for this very important Motion. I notice that had Hon. Gitari not brought this Motion some of us would have done so; we support this Motion passionately. Our people are dying from cancer and renal diseases in large numbers. The adage that prevention is better than cure should apply in this case. However, we notice that it is not likely to happen very soon. The question we legislators should be asking is: What are the causes of these two diseases? Why are they killing ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: I come from Saku in Marsabit County. Currently, cancer is the main cause of deaths for people between the ageS of 35 years and 55 years. The mortality rate is such that between two and four people die every week. There is nothing in Marsabit Hospital, and so people are referred to Meru Hospital. There are no diagnostic units in Meru. They are, therefore, moved to KNH. What normally happens is that since many of these cases are people with very little means, they are forced to go back to the rural areas to wait for their last days. That ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I wish to thank hon. Gitari for this very important Motion. I notice that had hon. Gitari not brought this Motion some of us would have done so; we support this Motion passionately. Our people are dying from cancer and renal diseases in large numbers. The adage that prevention is better than cure should apply in this case. However, we notice that it is not likely to happen very soon. The question we legislators should be asking is: What are the causes of these two diseases? Why are they killing ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I finished. view
• 7 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, ASAL areas are synonymous with poverty, illiteracy, insecurity, underdevelopment and marginalization. For those of us from the ASAL areas, it is a tragedy if you look at Kenya. When 70 per cent of our country is ASAL, and 30 to 40 per cent of the population resides there, it means a large part of this population is absolutely poor. The people have generally been condemned to the lowest of the low quality life. Year in year out, the people in the ASAL areas have been view
• 25 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir. My name is Colonel Dido Rasso, the Member of Parliament for Saku. Let me on the onset congratulate you and your deputy for a resounding approval by this House and also at the same time, I wish to thank the people of Saku for electing me to the august House. view
• 25 Apr 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I wish to contribute to the two Motions. Although there are two Motions, there is a lot of relevance in them in that what they reflect shows abrogation of responsibility somewhere within the Government in terms of discipline and superintendence within our healthcare system. What it also shows is death of healthcare and “privatisation of life” because if within a population you do not have things like district hospitals and clinics--- The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) charges 500 per cent for defaulters. This simply means that this is a system that actually lacks the basic conforms. ... view