Farah Maalim

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Onyonka is making it difficult for hon. Members to hear my voice. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to have a civilian component. We also need to engage the civilian administration of both the Transitional Federal Government and the local administration in the regions that are next to us, so that we can have elders and politicians on our side. We need to win the Members of Parliament in that area. The Members of Parliament from the region that is closest to Kenya have no business being in Mogadishu today. They must be there with us. They must be moving inside the liberated areas to mitigate between the military force, which is achieving ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was told that the Israeli Prime Minister is coming on a visit of this area. Any move to try and bring Israel into this conflict will defeat our own purpose of going into Somalia. The Al Shabaab and the other groups will instantly get what they need. I must say that any effort to try and reach out to Israel on this matter was, in my opinion, wrong. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to applaud the work of the AMISON forces in Mogadishu, particularly the Burundian forces. They have lost many lives, they have gone out ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that point of order would have been raised by the Minister for Foreign Affairs or the Minister of State for Defence. They know what I am talking about. But nonetheless, I know what goes on there. For many of our people here, this is the story. I want us to engage the Somali people because, at the end of the day, if we do not train their own forces, it is only they themselves who will liberate their cities from Al Shabaab . We must train the forces of the Somali--- view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought because the Deputy Speaker, does not always contribute I would get a small leeway. I only contribute when you are there. I plead with you to give me three more minutes because I do not always get this opportunity. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you very much. I also want to really congratulate the professionalism of our forces and the Ministry of State for Defence even in dealing with the forces that they have trained in offering them leadership in terms of command. We now need to train the Somali army, so that they are able to perform; they are able to be the force before us. That is the only way that they will own the process themselves. They will not see this thing as an invasion and they will see us as brothers who have ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Order, hon. Members! view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: There is no way that we are interested in either the sea land or mainland of the Somali people because we do not want to create another problem for ourselves while we are trying to solve problems in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I want to thank you and I support the Motion. view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We cannot take the security of this nation so lightly. There is no way a place can fall under the county council of a district and then administratively fall under another district. Ngarimara has always been part of Isiolo District. Have you done the work of the Electoral Commission yourself now to create a boundary to put it as part of Tigania? view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am a seriously worried person for this country and our people. We have an Assistant Minister who is unable to tell where the administrative centre of a small location is and keeps on prevaricating and saying that the matter is going to be dealt with by somebody else. That is part of the Provincial Administration. Is the Assistant Minister in order not to be able to tell us where Ngarimara is, administratively? These are district and provincial boundaries, which were fixed a long time ago, and which he has no powers ... view