Farah Maalim

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3921 to 3930 of 4065.

• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the hon. Member seated next to me tells me that we do not have a presence that is good enough even in Migingo in order for us to feel that we are secure. Parliament is here. In the event there is a need to team together or pool together certain funds and do certain things for a given department, Parliament will always be informed, it will be justified and will be explained by the Minister---- Parliament will, in respect of our national security but sufficiently satisfied, always pass that and reallocate the funds. Parliament has the ... view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the problem we have is that we want to have an open book in this country. The DOD is one department in which we were told that this is a national security matter and that it is not subject to the Controller and Auditor- General and it is not subject to any audit. As a matter of fact--- view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it used to be and it was removed in the 1980s. Those of you who have your memory right and if you go back to the records, you will see that it was removed in the 1980s. We have reason to believe that a lot of money went the wrong way. All we are doing right now is that we are saying that we want massive transparency. There is nothing national security about buying a low loader, which is a Mack truck or a Mercedes truck. There is nothing national security about that! view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: There is nothing national security about buying boots for our forces! We want to see that when we buy boots, those boots are of the right quality and we are getting value for money. That is the reason why we are dissecting it. Actually, this country is devolving funds and expenditure so that there is micro management in the sense that people are able to see where every penny goes. When it is a lot of it together, it is very easy for these things to go the wrong way. That is why I am inclined to believe that in ... view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to oppose. view
• 22 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, land is a very sensitive issue in Kenya. The Minister has already admitted that the indigenous land of the Bajuni people is the only land which has been declared Government land in this country, to the exclusion of the indigenous people of that area. Could he confirm that not only were people taken there from the rest of the country, particularly from areas we know are occupied by ethnic communities other than the Bajuni themselves, but Government officers and well-placed people, including politicians, have also grabbed the land that belongs to the Bajuni people of Lamu? Can ... view
• 22 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I really respect the Minister, and I understand that he definitely means to support the people of Lamu, but I was in Lamu one week ago and the forests are being reclaimed by settlers. The people who are being settled on a daily basis are there. Could the Minister confirm that he is going to send out a team to find out the situation on the ground? He should give us a list of all those people who have been given land. The information we have from the Lamu people is that ... view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you. I want to join my colleagues in the House here who have gone to very great lengths to tell this country and the Government how serious the situation is. I have just come from a section in my own constituency and I have also had an opportunity to travel through two other constituencies that are affected by the drought. The situation is very bad. It has become a tradition for our Government to respond to situations and not to plan ahead. For two months now, we have been telling the Government how serious the situation ... view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: I do not see this Government taking adequate measures in time to alleviate the problem because of the history of droughts, disasters and calamities in this country. That is because the people in the Government system have always played corruption with the lives of Kenyans. view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: All the maize we have right now in North Rift should be purchased immediately. History has shown us that they will not purchase that maize. Instead, they will go and look for maize that is infected with aflatoxins from South Africa and other parts of the world, to try and make money out of it. We are telling the Government that this time is different. This time is different! Kenyans will not accept it; hon. Members will not accept it and the Minister had better watch out. We need the Government immediately, as a matter of urgency, to declare that ... view