Farah Maalim

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2661 to 2670 of 2901.

• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: I want you to hear my point! Mr. Speaker, Sir, if there is need to create that threshold, Goralgi and Kora Kora are exactly three or five kilometers from Garissa Town, or even ten kilometers from Garissa - from the municipality of Garissa Town - and they belong to the rural Dujis which is now Balambala. It has got one community interest. You must understand this Mr. Speaker, Sir, and the House here. The idea of carving out a ward from Garissa is designed to disenfranchise and disempower a section of the society. If that would be the need, if ... view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I also oppose Mr. Mungatana’s amendment. We are making a debut on something that is unique and this is the beginning. Unless we have the right capacity in these county governments, then the thing is not going to be any different from the municipalities and county councils that we have today. Therefore, it has to start off with something. We should start on a note that essentially puts a minimum requirement of expectation. You cannot have a minimum requirement of expectations if you do not have a minimum requirement of qualifications. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think, whereas I agree with the hon. Orengo, if it says a majority, 50 per cent is not a majority. So, maybe, you need to further amend it and say 50 per cent plus one. A majority is more than 50 per cent. So, if that can be further amended to say the quorum of a meeting of a County Executive Committee shall be one-half plus one of its membership, so that we conform to the requirements of the law itself. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am moving a further amendment to the amendment. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the further amendment should read:- view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: “The quorum of a meeting of a county executive committee shall be one half plus one of its membership”. For to it be able to establish the majority required; one half is not adequate. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think the fact that a majority is required to be able to reach a decision in any deliberation is very critical in this, so that this is not abused by the Executive. When you say one half plus one, or a majority which is essentially more than a half--- A half is not a majority. I could further amend it to say that the quorum of a meeting of a county executive committee shall be more than one half of its membership. view
• 14 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 14 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This matter has been determined by the court and this is common knowledge. In essence, a matter that has been determined by a court to be debated on its own merit, I think it is an infringement on that sanctified separation of powers. When a matter is within the Judiciary, we are not here to debate that. But having said that, the process of voter registration is an ongoing exercise. North Eastern Province has had a history and a tradition of only capturing voters within the urban centres themselves. This is the ... view
• 14 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rose on a point of order and I want you to give us the direction on this. My point of order is that the nullification of those census results was contested in court and the matter was determined by court. Once a matter has been determined by the court, can we still talk about whether that population census is valid or not? The court said it is valid. So, the validity of those numbers is not a matter that can come for debate today. That was my point of order although I gave him an added ... view