Elias Bare Shill

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 25 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I do not know whether you heard Hon. Wamalwa referring to Hon. Kamama as Asman, instead of calling him Hon. Kamama. Is it in order for him to call him Asman? view
• 19 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I take this opportunity to thank all hon. Members who have spoken and supported the Report. I have all the faith that this House will adopt the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the vetting of the nominee for appointment as ambassador and approve the appointment of Major General (Rtd.) Lucas K. Tumbo as ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia. Of late, the relationship between the two countries has been rated low because of the absence of active diplomatic or political relationship which is due to our absence in Mogadishu. ... view
• 19 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, for a while, our embassy since the civil war in Somalia, was based in Nairobi for many reasons. It was based in the NSSF Building, but it is not tenable anymore. After we approve this nominee, we expect the Executive to immediately post him to Mogadishu so that he can raise our flag among other countries. I expect to see a day when our Executive will send a high-powered Government delegation to send a strong message that we are there and it must be felt properly. One of the reasons why we should have an embassy down there ... view
• 19 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: routes. It is worth to note that one of the terrorists, who involved in Westgate, passed that route. Therefore, it is very important that we establish our embassy so that we can give services to the people so that we discourage them from coming through panya routes or trying to do human trafficking. Apart from that, there are many Kenyans in Somalia. There are over 10,000 Kenyans in Somaliland, over 5000 Kenyans in Puntland and another 5,000 in Jubaland and elsewhere. In Mogadishu alone, there are over 5,000. These are teachers, medics, nurses, architects, builders and many of them are ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I would like to second the Motion. Somalia is a neighbour to this country. It has been in problems for years. People say that you can choose your friends but you cannot choose your neighbours. For the last 20 years or so, our neighbours were unfortunately in turmoil. It is through the help of the African Union (AU) and other well wishers that we have put the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which is now giving some strength to that Government. Having been to Mogadishu for so many times, he is the right person we have ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: available in Somalia at this time is if you know how to shoot. However, we can change that. There are areas in Mogadishu where people sell arms. You will find that even some mothers sell bullets instead of tomatoes just because they are helpless. It is this country, which is a neighbour that can change that kind of situation. Al-Shabaab has given this country and Somalia a big problem. We know that they have killed many people in Somalia. They always hide behind the banner of religion. Somalis who are 100 per cent Muslims still have that kind of problem. ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: That can never happen. I say that because recently, we saw seen an intense kind of fighting. I urge our security forces to change their techniques and strategy. We must ask ourselves why they do not touch a country which also neighbours Somalia like Ethiopia, even with ten-foot pole. The Ethiopian troops do not use airstrikes. They follow these criminals on foot. We want our forces to do the same thing. view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I ask my colleagues to watch the Al Shabaab propaganda video, and how they attacked the Westgate and Mpeketoni. For Mpeketoni, they came on foot from Somalia through the Boni Forest. In the footage, you can see a number of people speaking in Kiswahili. There are over 400 Kenyans who are trained by the Al Shabaab . They are very lethal. We should not bury our heads in the sand only reacting when Al Shabaab hits. We must have a strategy on how to handle this menace. Sometimes we ask whether our security forces are up to the task. We ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if you join the military or the police, you must be ready to be in the firing line. You cannot say that you are going to defend people when you fear death. You should not fear because death will come to us, anyway. view