Farah Maalim

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2841 to 2850 of 2872.

• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, whereas I do not want to contest your ruling, but my assumption is that it is out of order for an Assistant Minister, who is bound by the collective responsibility principle, to give an insufficient answer to a Question and say that the other parts of that Question be dealt with by another Ministries? The Question is about food security for this country. Having said that, and while respecting the ruling of the Chair and also being in conformity with its ruling, could he tell us, based on the principle of collective responsibility and the cumulative efforts ... view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think it is time Ministers started taking their business seriously. The Assistant Minister has got an answer which was prepared by his office. Part "b" of the Questions says:- "Is the Minister further aware that, as a result of the big discrepancies in the salaries of teachers vis-a-vis those of mainstream Government employees, many teachers are moving to other sectors of employment and thereby impacting negatively on the teaching profession". The answer which is typed here says: "The disparities in salaries of teachers vis-a-vis those of other mainstream Government July 8, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1671 employees ... view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very proud moment for hon. Members and the country at large. For the first time we have a system that works, and a Parliament that is essentially supreme in every sense of the word. The beauty of Parliamentary democracy is that the bulk of its work is done in Committees. We have Committees that are relevant to this issue. We have the authority and the power to summon everybody, including, in my opinion, the Prime Minister and the Vice-President. Let this Committee, first of all, as a Parliamentary Committee, with the authority of Parliament ... view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: I have in mind the Director of the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS), the Governor of the Central Bank (CBK), the development partners who have come here and who have not done any other crime other than seeking investment opportunities in this country, and as a way of giving us an easier access to development in this country, because they have a lot of capital. That is also going to free us from the shackles of such other development partners like the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the rest of them who have colonised the Third World ... view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir! view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a point of order. Is it in order for Mr. Munya to mislead the House while I am here? I said "incontrovertible" evidence, through the Committee. When it is done on other people who cannot defend themselves is when you can bring it to the plenary. This is my position. It is good you understand the language very well. view
• 24 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 24 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, whereas I appreciate the interest that we all have in this issue, I think the House has some rules. The Committee of Ways and Means is supposed to start business not later than 3.30 p.m. I think we will be flouting some of the rules of the House if we proceed with other debates and fail to start debate on the Budget. view
• 11 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support the Motion of adjournment. Two things that 1122 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 11, 2008 come to mind when I think about the late Mr. Kones--- I have known him for about 15 years now. I knew him when we sat in opposite sides of the House. The Prime Minister has ably described him, about two things: He was courageous; he had the courage of a lion and the will of a principal. When he believed in something, it did not matter whether the rest of Parliamentarians thought otherwise; he stood by it. It did ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to support this Bill. I have been a member of the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) for many years. Our own statutes have been the baby of that body for many years. We have tried as much as we could to get our country and our municipal Parliament to also ratify those statutes. It is very welcome that now we have also seen crimes against humanity in our own midst and we are ready, and do appreciate the importance of this thing. There is one thing that worries me about the Rome Statute; ... view