Dido Ali Raso

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support this amendment. This particular clause was arbitrary and also very subjective. I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party that if we give individuals a lot of leeway and room, laws can easily be abused. For that reason, the amendment is good and it sits well because paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) fulfill the intention of the Bill. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support this amendment. The strength of the KDF, now and in the future, will very much be dictated by how we look after veterans and their families. Any attempts within this Bill or the future Act to discriminate against a particular group will not sit well with young serving members aged 19 or 20 years old. They are young men and women. For that reason, the amendment that the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations has proposed is good, and I support it. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to support this amendment. Any law that we make in this august House is a living thing that will have a life of its own. In the fullness of time, I believe that once the Bill becomes the law of the land, those implementing it will be able to see where there are gaps. Among the gaps will be how to look after veterans with special needs. Maybe they will need a home or a sanctuary but putting up a Defence Forces Retirement Home is like putting the cart before ... view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The original definition in the Bill is generic. In the amendment, we are relating the child to the beneficiaries in the Bill; that is, military veterans. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. 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
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. At the outset, I rise to condole with the family of Hon. Sankok, who lost his son in the most tragic circumstances. We wish them God’s grace. I believe he would have contributed to this debate and embellished it because from where he sits, he has a better understanding of a lot of issues that people with disabilities go through day in, day out. I want to pick up from where Hon. Dennitah Ghati stopped. In the last Parliament, we were in the same Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations as we began ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: Comparing the two lives, you find that life has changed completely. Learning from her, this particular Bill is a landmark Bill as far as I am concerned because in most of our societies, many of the persons living with disabilities are never brought to public limelight. Their families tend to hide them and protect them because they feel that they can easily be ridiculed. Some mothers will protect them to the extent that they will keep them in their houses. For that matter, if this Bill is passed, the Government will have the authority to seek out particularly young people ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for your kindness. I rise to support this Bill. I consider it to be a watermark Bill for somebody who comes from a military background. I joined the Military when I was 19 years old. I left the Military when I was in my 50’s to become a politician. I changed my military fatigues for a civilian suit but, in my bones and blood, I still believe I am a military person for the kindness of serving my country with patriotism and honour. This Bill coming at the tail end of the life of ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: off to that fighting operational area and then the wife is separated from the individual and they start it all over again. So, as the Leader of the Majority Party has rightly said, they may not have the opportunity to have a life that you would call comfortable which we in the civilian part of life tend to enjoy. In the evening and the weekends we will go to our families. When we have time, we go to tend to our properties or farms. They do not enjoy that. What this Bill will eventually do is to allow the military ... view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. We have heard your guidance on this Bill. This is not an ordinary Bill. The contents of this Bill will have very serious ramifications on the Republic of Kenya and its citizenry. If we look at Clause 70 of the Bill, it talks about a raft of issues. It talks about registration of adoption, registration of marriages, public pension, registration of taxpayers, licensing of drivers, national health insurance, national social security, refugees and asylum seekers, public labour records, et cetera . view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I like the way you have stopped this thing. If you look at this House, it is not your doing. Most of the Members are in their constituencies campaigning. But when this law is passed and some of them will come back to be Members of this august House, they will have a raft of issues to deal with. For that reason, the Bill no longer belongs to the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. It belongs to the House. The House will decide on how to proceed. Hon. Speaker, while you have rushed them to bring ... view