Dido Ali Raso

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I also wish to add my word that Hon. Millie really contributed to this Bill. This amendment is very important because among that which can be paid into this charity is zakat . Actually, this was missing in the Bill and was a serious omission. I beg to support. view
• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, listening to the MP for Mavoko and also the Report by the Hon. Chair, is the Hon. Member for Mavoko in order for justifying the pollution by London Distillers and yet, he represents those people who are affected by that menace? view
• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. 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
• 11 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to remind my friend from Mavoko that whenever I stand on the Floor of the House, if there is insecurity in my place, I will talk about it. If there is negligence on the part of the Government in power, I will talk about it. You are lucky that, at least, you have some industries because this Government is looking after you. We must take issues of the environment very seriously. I was listening carefully to what Hon. Osotsi said on the issue of climate change and its effect on, not just ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I have listened to the Statement by the former Leader of the Majority Party. The same was asked by Hon. Rehema Jaldesa and also by him a few months ago, until the President declared drought and famine a national disaster. As far as we are concerned, once the President has made a proclamation, then something should be happening on the ground. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we depend on rain-fed agriculture and our main subsistence economy which we survive on is livestock. From what we are seeing, Nairobi is sleeping. There are people who ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I wish to add my voice to what Hon. Duale has raised. This is the House of people’s representatives in Kenya. It is constituted of 349 Members, but only 112 are able to sit in here. In that case, almost two-thirds of the House is missing at every sitting. My colleagues have raised the issue that COVID-19 is still with us and that people have been vaccinated. Those are all issues out there. However, you should use your wisdom as you have always done under Standing Order No.1 to increase the number of Members ... view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 19 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, very much, Hon. Speaker. On the first Petition on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), as far as this country is concerned, scientifically, there are issues that must be looked at in breadth and depth, to see if we are ready for that. Of importance is that agriculture contributes 22 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employs 60 per cent of the Kenyan population. So, this is an important sector and the question we must ask ourselves is: why is our agriculture not competitive? Are we paying our farmers enough as an incentive for food production? Hon. ... view