Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion- THAT, this House notes the Report of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) East African, Sub-region Sensitization Workshop. Thank you. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Allow me to also congratulate you for being elevated to the Speakers‟ Panel. From the onset, I support this Bill, because retirement is very important for everybody. I have an issue with the wording in the Bill, because some of the terms that have been used were already clearly articulated in the Retirement Benefits Act. We should first refer to the RBA Act. I can see reference to “actuary” and among the things that board members are supposed to appoint, there is no mention of an actuary. That anomaly needs to be rectified the way ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: invested. Whatever comes out of that is what is used to pay sitting allowances, et cetera. For two Principal Secretaries (PSs) to be on board, I do not see the sense in that. The problem is with regard to the Board Chairperson being appointed by the Cabinet Secretary (CS), Finance because this is how the powers of county governments are usurped as we watch while we are protectors of counties. I will bring an amendment to remove that. Madam Temporary Speaker, we could allow the PS, National Treasury to be a member of this Board but we should not allow ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: end of the day, we are talking about people‟s retirement. Therefore, the people concerned should be given an opportunity to make decisions on who sits in that board of trustees. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is the other bit on appointing a custodian, fund manager and administrator in Clause 14(2)(b). For me, we should either keep an Administrator or a CEO, but you cannot combine the two. This is because you either have a CEO who appoints staff to monitor the distribution of the cost and all that and have an external administrator keeping the records and everything else. However, you ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: “There shall be a chief executive officer of the Scheme who shall be appointed by the Board through competitive recruitment process on such terms as may be specified in the instructions of appointment.” It is also my contribution that this person should not serve for more than six years for the reasons I stated earlier. Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 18(3)(c) states that- “A person is qualified for appointment as the chief executive officer if that person- (c) has at least ten years of experience of which five years should be at senior management level in a profession relevant to the ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: I still have a lot of issues to discuss. Could you give me more time? I would appreciate if you can give me five more minutes. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I am requesting for more minutes. 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
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Clause 24(1) says that- “Every member shall, so long as he or she remains in employment of a sponsor, contribute not less than seven and a half per cent (7.5%) of his or her pensionable emoluments to the Scheme.” However, in Clause 24(2), it says that- “Every sponsor shall contribute to the Scheme fifteen per cent (15%) of the pensionable emoluments of every employee who is a member of the Scheme plus the amounts necessary to cover the premiums for insured benefit.” The same should apply. It should also be „not less than‟. Otherwise, the ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: Clause 24(6) states that- “Upon commencement of this Act, contributions required to be made under subsections (1) and (3) shall be deducted by a sponsor from the salary of the contributor on each occasion on which the salary is paid and shall be paid into the Scheme together with the sponsor‟s contribution before the 10th day of every calendar month or before any other day which may be notified in writing and approved by the Authority” It is my humble opinion that, “shall be deducted by a sponsor from the salary of the contributor on each occasion” be replaced by ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in Senate: Clause 26(3)(a) states- “Where a member leaves employment before one year of membership, the member may opt for payment of his own and the whole of the sponsor‟s contributions, together with allocated investment income;” This goes against the spirit of saving in a pension. I think that this Clause should be removed. Unless it is to cater for a Member of County Assembly (MCA) who can get it when his or her term expires but other than that, this Clause should be removed. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this ... view