Farah Maalim

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2891 to 2901 of 2901.

• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: April 15, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 427 Thank you. Hon. Members, there is yet another Communication from the Chair. LIVE COVERAGE OF PROCEEDINGS BY THE PRESS Hon. Members, you may have noticed that the Press is within the precincts of the Assembly and are going to cover the proceedings live on television. Under Standing Order No.1, I allowed this due to the uniqueness of the sitting today, coming immediately after the formation of the first ever Grand Coalition Government in Independent Kenya. However, I have instructed the electronic media covering the proceedings to ensure that they only focus on the hon. ... view
• 25 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I appreciate the concern of the Minister on the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), in the same breath, is he aware that schools in North Eastern Province like a school in Daadab, which is supposed to have 18 teachers, has only nine teachers? The only way we can have as many students in secondary schools as possible is for us to create special boarding schools for the nomadic communities, because that is their catchment area. As a result of the fact that we do to have these schools, enrolment in secondary schools is low, yet you ... view
• 25 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We are starting the Tenth Parliament with the same old games. I am talking about specifics. I told the Minister that we cannot get sufficient students into secondary schools, because of the nature of the lifestyle of the people. They are not farmers; there are no industries and there is no employment. These are nomadic people. You do not have to reinvent the wheel. You have to have sufficient boarding schools for it to become--- view
• 25 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, he has evaded my question! view
• 25 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, how soon is the Minister going to establish the boarding schools in North Eastern Province and other ASALs? We wanted them yesterday! view
• 18 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to report that a Committee of the whole House has considered The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill and approved the same without amendments. view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: I want to appeal to all of us, including hon. Musyoka. I think this House has had a tradition. I was an hon. Member from the 1992 to the 1997 Parliament. It was a very divided Parliament and the intention of the hon. Members was known through, basically, the kind of spectre we had here. There has been a claim that you have emasculated and stolen the verdict of the Kenyan people. We are not saying that now. It will be very sad for you to try and emasculate again the wishes of elected Members of Parliament who are representatives ... view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: You cannot change the rules and you cannot force an hon. Member to do what you want him to do. Voting by secret ballot is there in the Constitution, but it is not clearly specified in our Standing Orders. The Speaker has the prerogative to give a ruling on anything that is not clearly spelt out and specified in the Standing Orders. The Clerk does not have that power. Let us not turn this thing into--- view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: This is the only institution right now in the country which has the respect and the hope of the Kenyan people, because all other institutions have problems right now. We want to unite this country. Can you allow this process to continue without us wasting a lot of time on acrimony? view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: That is a very valid point, indeed. Hon. Members, I want to give you an opportunity, but then I will ask you to be very brief. Mr. ole Ntimama! view
• 22 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Order! Order! You are making this House a two-Member affair! Listen, Mr. Mwenje; the document was requested by the Minister, and it is going to be given to the Minister because he asked for it. You did not ask for substantiation; he asked for the document. The Chair is within its rights to provide the document to the Minister. As a matter of fact, the Chair could as well have ignored the Minister's request, because he did not demand substantiation when the hon. Member was on the Floor. He said: "As the Minister responsible for public service, I would like ... view