Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Dec 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to draw the attention of the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to the fact that I also have two other Bills: The Two Thirds Gender Bill as well as the EACC Amendment Bill that also has far reaching impact in terms of fighting corruption. If those two can also be fast- tracked in addition to the Lifestyle Audit Bill, I will really appreciate. Thank you. view
• 22 Dec 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I happen to be a Member of the Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industrialization and there are some public views that have not been incorporated as well. We will request that it should be deferred. I think the Vice-Chairperson was supposed to be here to submit to that but I cannot see her. I am doing that on her behalf. Thank you. view
• 22 Dec 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I beg to second. view
• 22 Dec 2021 in Senate: Asante, Bw. Spika, kwa kunipa fursa hii kuchangia mjadala huu. Wacha hata mimi nijaribu leo. Hua napigia Maseneta simu kila siku nikiwaomba wapigie mjadala fulani kura. Nina washukuru sana kwa kuitikia mwito wangu kila wakati. Nina wahimiza Wakenya wachukue chanjo kama wanataka tupigane na Korona na maisha yetu iendelee vile ilikua inafaa kuwa. Serikali inatoa chanjo bure. Watu waende kwenye hospitali na wapewe chanjo. Bw. Spika, nina wahimiza magavana walipe watu pesa ambazo wanandaiwa. Walipe watu wa mashinani pesa ili watu waanze kujiokoa kutokana na umaskini ambao umeletwa na ugonjwa wa Korona. Nina wahimiza Maseneta kuwa Mungu akitujalia tupate fursa ... view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I second the Motion. This Bill used to be part of the County Allocation of Revenue Bill which was a mandate of this House. There was a court judgment that decided that the grants and conditional grants should not be part of County Allocation of Revenue Bill. That forced the Senate to draft a grants Bill. After deliberations, consultations with the stakeholders and all the work that this House did, there were rumours that the ‘lower House’ had said that this is a money Bill. If they considered it as a money Bill, then the ... view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I beg to support the Budget Policy Statement, but I have a couple of concerns and some recommendations as well. In terms of revenue targets, in this House, we have dealt with five budgets. In all the five budget cycles, we have never met the revenue targets. Why do we always get it wrong? Where I worked before, I did a lot of budgets. The history informs the future of budgets. You stretch a little so that you are not lazy in terms of achieving your targets. At the ... view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: As you realise, we are living in hard times because of the COVID-19 related problems. With the Omicron variant and other problems, I hope we will not lock down the economy. From what I have seen, we have locked the whole world for almost 18 months, but diseases keep on increasing from one country to another. I urge Kenyans to be vaccinated because it will enable us to have a healthier nation that is more productive and supports the growth of the economy. In terms of county allocation as per the Budget Policy Statement, proportion increase to the allocation of ... view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the BPS is proposing that counties should be given Kshs370 billion. If we do not factor in inflation, that means the money that the counties are disposed to spend, will be less than what they had last year by the percentage of inflation. view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this House should not accept the same amount now nor in the future. Inflation always affects our ability to spend. I am glad that I am also a Member of the Committee on Finance. I am happy that we are proposing 35 per cent of the revenue of the last audited accounts. view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we always have the issue of the commitment fees in terms of money borrowed but not utilized. If you have no target for that money, why borrow? Borrowing is costly. There are two things. One is the commitment fee charge. Secondly, there is a lost opportunity for the sector that could have used that money because it was not given that money. Therefore, there will be a lost opportunity in the sector that would have grown with that increment. Instead of generating more revenue, they were not given money. There is not only the cost of ... view