Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: us in a big way, more so, the Jubilee administration. Their agenda is to build 10,000 kilometers of road both tarmac and well surfaced murram. They are looking at putting this money into good use. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, one observation I want to raise on this Bill is the aspect of coordination between KeNHA, KURA and KeRRA. I want to see this coordination in the Bill and how the different authorities are coordinating. The other issue is on the membership of the different boards. While they have clearly pointed out the suggested membership, we must have representation from the ... view
• 5 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. It is a good Bill. The Copyright Act that we have, which is the substantive Act, has gaps in many areas. It was just last year when we saw the community of the blind and visually impaired approach this House, particularly to amend Section 50 of that Act. This Bill is about protection of intellectual property rights where those who can write books or come up with music are safeguarded in their talents so that they earn from their sweat. This Bill addresses substantive amendments to the Act ... view
• 5 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: carrier. If that carrier is penalised because somebody is posting their music, their books or whatever talent on them, we will be penalising the wrong person. I also think that the Copyright (Amendment) Bill will address the media and other areas of reproduction and distribution of other people’s efforts without seeking permission from the original author of a particular talent. In Kenya, it is common knowledge that artists are very poor. They are poor because the knowledge and the energy that they have invested in, Kenyans have never tried to put a penny on it. We have seen fellows who ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. This is a money Bill. We are here because of the Constitution. Article 114 (1)(2) and (3) talks of the roles of the National Assembly. In the 11th Parliament we rejected this particular Bill on the grounds that the 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
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Senate had no capacity to allocate monies to any institution that will not have passed through this House. That is the import of it. It is the Constitution. So, when any of us sitting in this House thinks that we can use the Constitution on the right hand and reject it on the left hand, is wrong. That is principally even on those appointments. We say we bite and live by the Constitution, and then I think the constitutional order is good all the time. We use it when we think and feel that we can use it and get ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: I support this Bill and I think we should pass it with necessary speed on the grounds that the counties are cash struck. By the time we were rejecting this Bill, we were going for elections and there was the general feeling in the 11th Parliament that some of these monies were going to be used for electioneering purposes. Now that we are all beginning afresh, the counties are starting afresh, and then we believe that these monies should go for the purposes they were meant for. I want to go further and say that, the Senate should not in ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Finally, it is on the issue of tax collection. In the 11th Parliament, there was a lot of talk of what counties should be allocated in terms of what is defined as the Commission on Revenue Allocation formula. On the other hand, what we have failed to do, or to realise is tax collection by our counties. It is said by the taxman, that what they used to collect before devolution in the municipal councils supersedes what counties are collecting today. This is an act that must be corrected. It is this House that oversees how taxpayers’ money is collected ... view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. I rise to support this amendment primarily on the grounds that the attempt by the Joint Parliamentary Select Committee is so that we do not have a gap at any point in the IEBC. From what the intransigents are saying, in our electoral process, there could easily be an attempt for both the Chair and the Vice-Chair to even decide to stay away. As legislators, we want to ensure that there is no gap in IEBC at any point in time. view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. view
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