Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join you and the Senator for Bungoma County in congratulating St. Mary's Sosio Secondary School for visiting the ‘upper’ House. Here is where serious business is discussed. As they may be aware, we have so many senior counsel in this House. Everything here happens for the right reason for the people of Kenya. view
• 4 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Omogeni for bringing that Petition to this House. The cries of the students of the KSL are real. Students who did well in their primary, secondary schools and got A’s in universities fail multiple times. So, the question any human being would ask is whether the exam is real or it intends for people to fail. Mr. Speaker, Sir, a friend of mine who was widowed at a very young age brought up her two children by herself. One of her children failed four times. Where is she supposed to get all that money ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this Statement. I join my colleagues in thanking Sen. (Dr.) Milgo for bringing it here. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We have become a country where we are borrowing from Government to individuals, even from mobile phone apps. How are these mobile lending platforms taxed in the first place? Are they in the tax bracket of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)? How are they monitored and how much do they make out of this? I agree with my fellow Senators that this mobile phone lending apps are just like shylocks. They have replaced legalised shylocks. Where there is no regulation, members of the public who are vulnerable will be taken advantage of. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with my fellow Senators in terms of having a regulation or even a law to regulate these people. We should not only regulate mobile apps, but ask ourselves whether all these people who do business online pay taxes? That is why we are not meeting our tax threshold. The KRA is, probably, falling short of tax collection because these people do not fall under any tax bracket. Who is taxing these people and what is the framework? How do they even know how much they have made through these apps? This House is known to ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: As a Member of the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget, I also support Sen. Mwaura that we need to dispense with this issue as of yesterday. view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. We do not lack laws in this country but implementation. This is a very well- thought-out Bill. My only worry is whether it will it ever be implemented to the letter. Where I come from, conflict, unfairness and discrimination perpetrated by people who hold office is just part of the norm. People from Northern Kenya always support whichever party is in power and yet many atrocities have been committed against them like the Wagalla Massacre. Sometimes we think that if we do not support ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: former CEO, of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Committee (EACC), Halake Waqo, ended in January this year and up to now, he is just there. His deputy got another job when he was still working. I have worked with Mr. Waqo and I know that he is competent. That is the reason as to why I always wonder if he was a victim of ethnicity. People notice these things and that is the reason why our Government must address the glaring discrimination or the perceived discrimination. I have nothing against the former deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) because I know that ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: The Bill also talks of early warning systems and response to conflict. Many people die and destructions are caused by conflict between clans or tribes. It is sad that this is allowed to happen yet warnings are always there. We have cases where the law enforcement officers have intelligence about impending conflict but they fail to use that information to address the underlying issues so as to prevent the conflict. This Bill is good because it talks about proactiveness and it provides for the establishment of mechanisms for early warning system to prevent brewing conflict from turning into fully-fledged conflict. ... view
• 28 May 2019 in Senate: ―The Commission shall ensure that all its services are accessible to all parts of the country and may establish branches at any place in Kenya as it may consider necessary.‖ view