Farah Maalim

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4041 to 4050 of 4065.

• 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
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just hope this is not another ploy! The clause says: If a request for surrender of a person is received from the ICC and a request for the extradition of that person is received from one or more states for conduct other than that which constitutes the crime for which the ICC seeks the person, the person to be surrendered, the Minister shall determine whether the person is to be surrendered to the ICC or to the requesting state--- I read a lot mischief in that clause. I equally read a similar mischief where ... view
• 6 May 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The hon. Assistant Minister is evading the Question. We are not talking about salt or anything else which is a luxury. We are talking about the basic needs of Kenyans. We are talking about accessibility of food. If they cannot access food, they will die. The question the hon. Member is asking is: What interventions is the Assistant Minister taking to make sure that food is easily accessible to Kenyans? He should talk about subsidies and other things. He should talk about how the Government will intervene. view
• 6 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, given that leakages in examinations have become the order of the day in this country for the last 40-plus years; and given that since the doctoring of results of examinations kind of keep certain sectors of this country as permanent under-class and stops them from going to the right schools and right institutions and given that their being used the Government is endemic--- We remember the Musa Gitau Primary School saga in the 1990s. Further, given that we May 6, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 833 had the East African Examinations Council (EAEC) before and that the East African ... view
• 30 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, given that you do not have a presumption that even if you are going to have a border between two districts, there is no community that lives on the other side, effectively you can have the Pokot District and the Turkana District have an official boundary. But that does not necessarily tell you that there are no members of the Turkana community living in Pokot or Pokot community living in Turkana. These are fluid communities. They are nomadic communities. Even if there was a border and a Turkana crosses over to Pokot, you will not take him ... view
• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir--- view
• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know why Maj. Sugow would want me to be gagged in this House. I support this Motion. It is important that we have fewer documents, and it is also important that we take into consideration the number of man-hours we use every time we have to go for these documents. We spend hundreds of man-hours and we lose so much. If that could be converted into capital, this country would be a First World country. But because we spend a lot of time in trying to get those documents, we are losing ... view
• 23 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: bring in the right kind of reforms to his credit. I will credit what Minister Michuki, who is right in front of me here, has done in every Ministry that he goes to. We want to see that kind of performance in your Ministry too. view