Farah Maalim

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3481 to 3490 of 3590.

• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Minister, my memory serves me very well. General Scott Gration, who is the Special Envoy of the President of the United States of America (USA), more precisely, Obama, has said that there is no genocide that has taken place in Darfur. Could the Minister confirm the authenticity of that to this House? Mr. Minister, the United States of America, as you stated very clearly, is not a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Not only is it not a signatory to the ICC, but it has got what is the called the Hague Invasion Act. Any country that ... view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Order! Order! I can stand on my very own. The fact that the current President of the United States of America has got an “O” and has the first name “Obama” Hussein and has got parents who are partly from Kenya, does not mean that he is the President of this country. It does not mean that he is any less American than any other American! But the point is--- view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya cannot lie. If there is anything, he can only mislead. The hon. Member is out of order by saying that the Prime Minister lied. That is unparliamentary language. view
• 14 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, throughout the modern history of the world, no country has reached any meaningful level of development without having food security and having taken care of its farmers. Our policies have been those that take care of traders, millers and international conventions, but never takes care of our own farmers. Our farmers, when they produce, are told to maintain a market; do not get engaged. The World Bank, IMF and others, stopped the Government from investing in those farmers and put in a lot of money, so that farmers have a reason to farm the next season. The ... view
• 14 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could you give us a food policy? When you do policies, you do not have to do subsidies that essentially become so open that the World Trade Organization and other countries--- You cannot help farmers in Eastern Europe who are subsidized by their Governments to come dump into our markets and kill our farmers, kill our industry and create unemployment. What powerful departure from the beaten track, from 47 years of bad policies in taking care of our families, do you have for us now? view
• 14 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Basic economics teaches us that the fiscal policy of a country is a very powerful tool, either in developing a section of the economy or in killing it. We have killed our rice production because farmers do not earn sufficiently from it and Government policies. view
• 14 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to develop it to show the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance that he is out of order. He is out of order by saying that it is in the wrong Ministry. We have killed our rice industry because we never gave our farmers incentives to develop production of rice that is sufficient for the region. It is the same thing with maize and wheat. The farmers cannot produce if they cannot get the right prices and the right Government protection. You need the fiscal policies. Is the Minister in order to tell ... view
• 14 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 14 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 14 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, given the intricacies of our economy which is basically all these, this is the only Ministry that has a role in our food production which can only be enhanced if we have the right tariffs. There is what we call contractual economy and expansion economy. If he wants to expand our economy, he has to have the right policies and tariffs in order for us to be able to have the right food production and policies in the country. This will enable us create the kind of production that we need. So, it is--- view