Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity. I also thank Sen. Halake for bringing this Statement. Sometimes I wonder whether we should split the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources and double their numbers so that there are enough people to handle the issues brought to this House by Kenyans who think that this House has an answer to their problems, so that the Committee can tackle them. I think about two-thirds of the issues that come to this House belong to the Committee on Land, Environment and Natural Resources. That shows how important land is ... view
• 24 Sep 2019 in Senate: Let me also bring to the attention of this House that pastoralism is a way of life. A pastoralist is vulnerable, whereby if there is drought in one year, all his livelihood can be wiped out. Those people do not need an extra burden because they already have enough to deal with. It is unfair for an institution of Government to bring more suffering and undue problems to the pastoralists. Mr. Speaker, Sir, pastoralists, just like everybody else in this country, also have rights including the right to their communal land. If the Government wants to take that land, they ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I wish to join my colleagues in thanking the Kitui Executive and the County Assembly for welcoming us here. We are honoured to be in their Chambers today. What puzzles me is that Members make laws – I am talking about our brother or sister House or whatever you want to call it – when they make laws, they expect people to follow those laws; the same laws that they blatantly continue breaking. In this House, we have always spoken what we thought was right for this country. I do ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have a few comments in terms of the Bill. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: During the public hearings, Makueni County Assembly is one of the county assemblies that gave their submission. In their submission, they said that from the last Financial Year they have lost about Kshs43 million. If the county generally lost money because of lack of fiscal responsibility, the punishment should not be to the county assembly but the executive. So, the funds that go to the county assembly should not have been reduced. This is because we always talk about inflation and other factors that affect expenditure, and yet we now give them less money for a mistake that is not ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Out of that small amount, a lot of money still remains at the centre. For example, when we were looking at the Budget Policy Statement, Kshs 99 billion was allocated to the national Government for health. Even if counties try and give them 10 per cent, that is only Kshs31 billion. That means that counties are short of 300 per cent of what they were entitled to in order to deliver that service. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. No wonder services in the health sector are deplorable. Three hundred per cent of the amount that should have been set aside for health is still left at the center, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let this not be a bubble that we talk about this issue now, but in terms of Appropriation Bill being passed after the DORA, even if we follow up through the courts, let us have that. If everybody was stuck including this House by not receiving salaries for three months, I think a resolution should have been found. Mr. Deputy ... view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Thursday 12th September, 2019- REPORT OF THE SESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON DELEGATED LEGISLATION ON THE VISITS TO MACHAKOS AND KAJIADO COUNTIES view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: Report of the Sessional Committee on Delegated Legislation on the visits to Machakos and Kajiado counties. view
• 12 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view