Dido Ali Raso

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support and would like to see this Bill move to the final stages. Thank you. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill and thank Hon. Maj. Bashir for bringing it because it is timely. For unknown reasons to us pastoralists, this Bill was killed in the last Parliament. At the heart of pastoralists is livestock which is the basis of our economy. As we sit in this House, we talk about many issues like agriculture but livestock has never been a major subject to be considered by this House. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: We have a Departmental Committee on Agriculture and livestock in this House. While we talk about agriculture in the broad sense, I think the Chair will agree with me that we have never seriously considered matters livestock. So, I thank Hon. Bashir for kicking this Bill back to life. When a particular product contributes 12 per cent to the national GDP this is a lot of contribution and Kenyans, the National Treasury and the Executive must take note of this. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The ASAL areas supply 80 per cent of the meat consumed in the country. In every other meal we take there is a meat product. This shows the level of contribution by ASAL areas since almost 70 per cent of Kenya is occupied by the ASAL people and their livestock. The thrust of this Bill is about marketing of livestock and livestock products. If we just take an example of one country to the North called Djibouti, its port is largely sustained by export of livestock and livestock products. They are able to get livestock from Ethiopia, Northern Kenya and ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Kenya is the third largest producer of livestock and livestock products after Ethiopia. We need to take cognisance of this fact and put money in this sector. The debt of the Livestock Marketing Division (LMD) and KMC to a large extent actually undermined the value of livestock as the mainstay of pastoralists’ economy, therefore, making them achieve results using abattoirs in Kiamaiko and Dagoretti as throw away markets. This is where the livestock are sold at prices determined by brokers and middlemen who invest zero to the product they are buying from you. The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Through this Bill, I think we need to recognise the importance of management of range lands. This is because in the range lands only 20 per cent of livestock is maintained. Therefore, for this economy to thrive we should maintain the 80 per cent of Kenya that produces this livestock and range lands. There are a few things about this Bill and one is the Board. We need to clearly focus on the Board which must represent the pastoral economy. The Members of this Board must clearly reflect the diversity of this particular sector. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: In the Bill there is also a suggestion of a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who will be appointed by the Board. But the Board has not said for how long he will be in office. I think that may be an oversight. The Mover of the Bill must think clearly because it means that the Board can hire and fire at will. Maybe, we should allow the CEO to be in office for three or five years so as to have security of tenure and to effectively serve in that office. Finally, livestock farmers find this sector no longer beneficial ... view
• 3 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I do not wish to raise a point of order on the same. I think the issue Hon. Yusuf has raised requires solutions and not just a Statement. As you have said, this issue was in court and some arbitration was done. Both the civilian and military sides claimed to encroach on each other’s land. As you have rightly guided, both the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations and the Departmental Committee on Lands need to sit together to get a lasting solution. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I rise to contribute to this Bill by Hon. Nyoro. Hon. Nyoro in his Bill, is asking for stiffer penalties in the fight against corruption. Hon. Members who have contributed before me have emphasised how corruption has become a bane in Kenya. It has affected the economy, trade, business and welfare of the nation to the extent that we are told that almost 30 per cent of this country’s budget goes into this dark hole called corruption. We see the fight against corruption as the domain of the EACC, but this is far from the truth. If we must fight ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Nyoro suggested penalties and incarceration. That is in itself good to an extent, but what happens to that entire asset that has been looted in hundreds and billions? We must also look at how we can recover the assets. We must force the individuals who have stolen to have their properties sold and bring back the loot, with severe penalties, including putting certain stringent charges on them. What happens in Asia, and it is a region we must borrow from, is that whereas the courts do their jobs, because of noninterference, individuals who are caught in corruption and economic ... view