Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 May 2022 in Senate: redouble their efforts to come up with new strategies and undertake full advantage of the month of May to conclude pending business. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you and hereby lay the Statement on the Table of the Senate. view
• 4 May 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate today Wednesday, 4th May, 2022. view
• 4 May 2022 in Senate: The Annual Report of the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties for the financial year 2020/2021. view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to join you and my colleagues in condoling with the family of His Excellency, the former President of this country, Hon. Mwai Kibaki. view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: The first time I engaged in politics was 2002, prior to President Kibakis’ election. As colleagues in an office, we had agreed to go to our neighbours. Each one of us was supposed to cover a certain number and talk to them, so that Hon. Kibaki could be elected as the President. The late President took office at a time when Kenyans had a lot of optimism and patriotism. I did not have an opportunity to work with him, but as a Kenyan, you cannot help but appreciate him as a person; a leader and the President of this country ... view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: People from counties that some of us come from used to say that we are going to Kenya when coming to this side of the country because we never considered ourselves as part of Kenya. However, because of his contribution to this great country of ours, we can also feel part of this country. Truth be told, devolution should be managed better. He did not envisage that people would mismanage it because the intent of devolution was to empower Kenyans at the local level. view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: If the first term governors had the integrity that our former President believed in, I believe that the lives of Kenyans would have been transformed with the kind of monies going to counties. I urge Kenyans to ensure that they elect governors with integrity. There are so many Kenyans who still have some level of integrity, but we cannot say the same for others. Counties should be thriving. If that was the case, we should not have had cases of people killing each other and doing all sorts of things in the name of ensuring that people from their communities ... view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to commend our President for the level of patriotism he created in Kenyans. So far, that has not been achieved by any other President. Kenyans will remember how citizens arrested a police officer who tried to take a bribe from a matatu driver. That was a common phenomenon. It was during his tenure and because of his leadership that many Kenyans volunteered to pay taxes because they felt that their money was going to be put into good use. One of the canons of taxation is that when people feel that the taxes they ... view
• 27 Apr 2022 in Senate: We now know who started the idea of public participation that we talked about. That was a great leader and a son of this country; a son who has made a difference and Kenya will never be the same again. The other quote is: “The Government will no longer be run on the whims of individuals.” He also said: “I promise not to let you down. I will be your servant with all humility and gratitude.” Governors in this country feel like small gods. They were given responsibilities by the people from the counties, but they feel like they own ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr Temporary Speaker, Sir. I normally sit in this House most of the time. From what I have observed, if we say we need to have physical sittings, we may never get a quorum to transact any business in this House. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you appreciate that majority of Senators cannot vote on any matter in the House. Only specific Members are allowed to vote. Therefore, given what Sen. Khaniri and Sen. (Eng.) Maina have reaffirmed, the hybrid system would work better for this House at this political time. I, therefore, urge SBC, together with the Speaker, ... view