Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1031 to 1040 of 1656.

• 20 Feb 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Apart from contributing to this Bill, I just want to make a general observation. When Bills from the National Assembly come to our House, we expedite the process, but the same is not accorded to us. Some of the Bills that we passed when we first came to this House are still nowhere to be found. No one gives feedback on what happened to the Bills. People work hard to prepare Bills. It takes a lot of time to prepare Bills and make sure that they are sensible. However, when they go to the ... view
• 20 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, all that will not be possible if we get the process of nominating these people wrong. As you are aware, elections cost billions of shillings of the taxpayers’ money. Kenyans queue to ensure that they get their choice. If we do not get people who do the right thing, then we are getting it wrong. This House needs to bring a lot of amendments to ensure that this law is fit. If the process of filling gaps within the IEBC does not exist, let us put it here. I support this Bill, but let us have ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to discuss this important issue concerning our region. I also wish to thank Sen. Iman for bringing this Statement. In 2005, during the Darfur crisis in North Sudan, I was a trainer there. I was training on accounting and donor reporting. At that time once I finished training, I left that place. Six months down the line about ten people that I trained left that organisation and went to the United Nations (UN). One of them sent me an email saying that in their mother tongue there is a ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said about 3,000 students got Grade E. Maybe because of this disruption, another 3,000 students will get Grade E next year. Where do you expect these people to go? Those are potential recruits for Al-Shabaab. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, affirmative action should be given, so that people with lower grades from North Eastern join teachers’ colleges, so that the problem is solved in the long term. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the meantime, let them not continue taking teachers away, especially where it is away from the border and there is absolutely no threat. view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I support the Motion. The Senators in the list are capable. Before I go to the substance of this Motion, allow me to pass my heartfelt condolences to Sen. Gideon Moi and his family on the passing of his father. I wish them fast healing and acceptance of what God has ordained. I also want to speak about the issue of corruption in the counties which continues to be unabated. This time, the Committee needs to prioritize Bills that deal with issues of corruption because we need to ... view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: Kenyatta has emphasised many times how much he wants corruption to end as part of his legacy. The idea of fighting corruption is good for this country, its economy and the future generation. I feel that this year is the defining moment for the Senate. Towards the end of next year, people will be on election mode. Therefore, we should pass more Bills that are life-changing to the wananchi whose taxes we are spending in this House and who elected us. We need to make sure that they get value for money from this House by passing Bills that will ... view
• 5 Dec 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. The environment is very important. However, due to lack of protection of our environment, we are having consistent floods and droughts that are very close to each other. It is important that we protect our environment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are certain people in this country who sell land to vulnerable people, who unknowingly buy this land. In most cases, some of these people use their retirement money to buy this land, where they do their farming and everything else. Consequently, when these people are evicted, the persons who sold ... view
• 5 Dec 2019 in Senate: As the Petitioner mentioned, the land was given for people to be resettled, but the right people were not settled. There should be consequences for those who settle there and those who settled them, because that was not their right. That is because they are settling on other peoples’ land. There is need for serious discussion regarding these issues, because when the evictions happen, we are taking people back to living below the poverty line. How do you expect the economy of this country to develop and for us to become a middle-income country when all you do is to ... view