Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1081 to 1090 of 1656.

• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, after we speak to them and make them understand that they are such a powerful committee, and it is across the board issue, by the time we leave each of those county assemblies and the executive, the executive feels that they have lost an opportunity to make some of the things that they were doing with no legal basis, and now they have an opportunity to make it right. That is what our Committee has been doing. First, we start with county assemblies and then, together with the Chairperson of that Committee, we sit with the executive. ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, can I add something? view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. There is something else that I need to add, if you give me the opportunity. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, sometimes the executive feels that they do not want to meet us. For some reason, they feel that if they are before the Senate, there is an issue that can come out. There are a few counties where we did not meet the executive because of the fear that we could raise issues with them. Those are some of the things that, going forward, we might need to do some civic education in terms of the role of this Committee. We are not like the CPAIC, which asks them to account for something. Therefore, they have absolutely ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I have stood up on a point of information. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: I was supposed to be part of that delegation, together with Sen. Faki. Unfortunately when we were supposed to travel on Saturday, my mother in-law got sick on Thursday, and she was admitted into the Intensive Care Unit (ICU); so, I could not travel. That is why he was the only Senator in the delegation. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to speak on this matter. I also wish to thank Sen. Poghisio for giving a comprehensive Report. Sometimes, it is very difficult to speak on an issue after such an eloquent person who provides leadership through the way they articulate issues. If you speak after them, you feel like all the points have been exhausted. So, all you need to do is fill in the gaps. There are a lot of resources in the Great Lakes Region. The resources include minerals, opportunities, rain, and many other things. However, due to ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Part of the conflict that is there is created by the fight for resources. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is no democracy in some of the countries in this region, other than Rwanda and Kenya, of course, which has a big economy. There is a bit of a gap in the way we can move from being a poor country to a very sustainable economy. Unfortunately, sometimes most of our leaders are not able to connect, even though some of them are trying. If you compare importing finished goods to exporting raw materials, the prices are quadruple. ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: around 18 months before the world’s heat rises to unimaginable levels unless we do something about it. There is a lot of politics involved in terms of saving the environment, people grabbing land and innocent buyers being duped to buy Government land. These were people who had financial independence and they used their money to buy that land and they are taken back to poverty. Unless we tell each other the truth, the issue around poverty and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will remain a dream. For example even the Western world and the bigger economies have already exhausted ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I think Rwanda is getting there, but how sustainable is that? As a country and a region unless we remove the “I” mentality and we have the “we” mentality as a nation, then this economy will crumble in our faces. I think this is a challenge we need to address together. The Legislative arm of Government has tried in terms of putting a lot of legislations in place. We need the good will to ensure that those legislations are implemented by those who use tax payers’ money, who are in charge of prosecution, investigation or audit. They ... view