Dido Ali Raso

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: The first thing that I would like to highlight to the House is on EPAC. In East Africa, it is only Kenya and Rwanda who have signed EPAC while the other three regional countries have not done so. That is an issue of concern because it is likely to make us bargain at a slightly much lower level because when you are negotiating with two countries, it is the opposite or there is not much gravitas as when you are negotiating with five countries from the region. view
• 30 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: The other thing is on the Post-Cotonou 2020. The Cotonou Agreement that was signed in 1975 will come to an end on 20th February 2020. It is a major area of concern because it is about political, social and economic negotiations that have been going on. For that reason, Kenya is within the central negotiating team for the East African Region. As a delegation, we are concerned and seized of the matter on what happens on Post-Cotonou 2020. view
• 30 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: The third area is wildlife trafficking and trafficking of endangered species. As a country, we are spending much and putting a lot of effort in protecting our wildlife and its habitat. There are other ‘smarter’ countries trying to destroy what we have preserved all these years. For that reason, for us to protect our wildlife heritage, we need to make it an international agenda so that our wildlife and its habitat are protected. view
• 30 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: On the Women’s Forum, one of the major concerns throughout the world today is the role of women in governance, family affairs, economic and social contribution to the wellbeing of societies. In the African, Caribbean, Pacific and European Union (ACP-EU), the Women Forum is given gravitas so that the women agenda can be propagated at the international, regional, national and sub-national levels. One of the issues is the right of the girl-child, education, female The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 30 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: genital mutilation and early marriages. These are among the major concerns particularly in the developing countries. view
• 30 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: The final issue is on weather and climate change. Climate change is a major concern that the ACP-EU is seized of. In recent time, we saw a cyclone that affected Mozambique, the coast of Tanzania and the Comoros Islands. Climatic changes that have been brought about by humans disturbing or interfering with our environment and this is a cause for concern. It is considered that if the effect of climatic change goes on unchecked, islands in the Pacific and the Atlantic are likely to disappear under the sea. The effect of failed rains or delayed rains in Kenya can be ... view
• 30 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to reply and seek deferment of putting of the Question under Standing Order No.53. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. I applaud the President for his Address to this House. For once, he has proved continuously that he believes in this Constitution and walks it. I want to talk about just three issues. The first one is education. The gentleman, Mr. Peter Tabichi, the best teacher in the world, has demonstrated that Kenya is up there on top of the world in terms of education. However, critically, if you look at our education sector, you will find that it is ailing. There are wrangles that are continuously being ... view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: The second issue is devolution. Some of my colleagues have talked about this. That the President said since 2013, almost Kshs1.7 billion has been put into devolution. For those of us still from marginalised areas and communities, we feel that devolution is a new dawn. It has opened a new era and opportunity. But what is currently happening is that devolution is being drip-fed from the Treasury, as opposed to providing funds that are budgeted by this House the Treasury gives counties money on a monthly basis. I think that is unacceptable if we really want to support devolution and ... view
• 23 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute to this particular amendment and I oppose it. I oppose it on the grounds of what the Chair of Public Accounts Committee was refusing to say. It is the practicability of this particular amendment. As Kenya, we do not live on an island. We live in an international system where the international tendering process has its own standards. view