Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Dec 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will not attempt to speak Kiswahili because mine is not advanced. I join you in welcoming the delegation from Kilifi. The wage bill is high in most of the counties. It is supposed to be a maximum of 35 per cent but most counties have exceeded it. Therefore, I urge the County Assembly of Kilifi and other county assemblies to be vigilant about the wage bill. We all know that devolution works and has brought services closer to the people. However, there is the element of corruption that makes our counties not to deliver. ... view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I wish to support Sen. Wario for bringing this Statement to the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, every time there is drought, people from the area where Sen. Wario and I come from, suffer from hunger. When there is abundant rain, they suffer from flooding. They live from one catastrophe to the next. It is high time the Government made some effort in ensuring that people from this area are supported in terms of how to deal with these disasters. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is more sad when the disaster is ... view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to second. Thank you, Sen. (Dr.) Ali, for giving me this opportunity. Madam Temporary Speaker, in terms of relationships among African countries, that is what we need to take this continent to the next level. I am glad that we are taking that route. However, I sometimes feel that there are too many impediments that are impacting on some of these issues. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, as I went through the report, I read in one of the pages that Anne, who is a representative of World Bank (WB), was saying that Members get investments of up to US$17 billion from the WB. If African countries were cooperating very well, helping each other and supporting each other in terms of business and markets, then Africa would not have been the highest recipient from WB. We do not need that aid because Africa has the highest potential in terms of human capital. We are the only continent that is growing in terms of population. ... view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: between Africans if we have the kind of attitude that the citizen of South Africa have. That will remain a dream. The parliamentarians of the PAP should demand that its headquarters be moved to another destination. Madam Temporary Speaker, the other issue is fighting cybercrimes and other ICT related crimes. We need to have harmonised regulations and policies on that. There is also the issue of money laundering by Africans among African countries and the rest of the world. It is good that Africans are coming together to fight that. Only if we are united and fight as a bloc ... view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, freedom of the press is also one of the things that were discussed by the PAP. It appears as if the BBI Task Force was listening to the discussion. One of the recommendations in the BBI Report is to outlaw defamation as a way of fighting corruption. Whistleblowers and media reporting are curtailed because media personalities fear being sued by cartels that have a lot of resources at their disposal. They use the same to fight the media so that their bad manners are not exposed by members of the fourth estate. I am happy that the ... view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: The other issue is creation of the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) space. Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and CSOs should conduct more research so that we are told who is the most corrupt. My recommendation is that we should have a list of shame every quarter if we have to achieve financial freedom in Africa. I believe that the game changer is allowing freedom of CSOs space and the media, so that the ills within our society are exposed all the time. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: Therefore I am in agreement with the recommendations of the PAP in terms of outlawing any laws regarding defamation. There are countries that have beaten us in this game. Both South Africa and Ghana have passed legislation. Yesterday we were told by Tanzanian Foreign Affairs Minister that it is the economic engine of East Africa. For us to survive beyond our time, we have to address the issue of corruption and how media freedom can be enhanced. view