Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 771 to 780 of 1656.

• 16 Sep 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I also wish to thank Sen. Wetangula for bringing this to the House. The fact is that Sen. Wetangula was a Member of and he still is a Member of Committee on Finance and Budget when we were proposing that counties should be given Kshs335 billion. Because they agreed in advance that we should retain Kshs316 billion, our hands were tied. Governor Oparanya is hypocritical because he purports that he supports the handshake. One of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s legacies and the Big Four Agendas number four is UHC. Let ... view
• 16 Sep 2020 in Senate: of Kenya (ICPAK) should take, they should start with Governor Oparanya because he has brought the name of ICPAK to disrepute. view
• 16 Sep 2020 in Senate: I wish to support and, like everybody else has submitted, Senators are here to protect counties. People who want money in their pockets and not services to the people have no business leading any county, let alone the Council of Governors. view
• 16 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the statement by Sen. Halake. I congratulate Sen. Halake for the well-reasoned statement. I support the fact that we should have very robust political parties. I also agree that the big-brothers of political parties should sweep away everything in terms of funding from the Government. There should be a more reasonable mechanism whereby even the top 10 political parties can benefit from Government funding. The smaller parties continue to suffer due to lack of funding. The internal democracies within parties are not transparent, especially for ... view
• 16 Sep 2020 in Senate: it is because of lack of fair playing ground. That means these disadvantaged groups will always be marginalized. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let us say even if they are nominated like our case when the critical matters in this Senate are discussed, our voting inability when it comes to matters concerning counties. It puts us in a disadvantaged position because we are not part of the people who are voting. Unless your Senator is not there, then as a Member of that delegation, you can vote. Even if they are given an opportunity like nomination, there are still disadvantages that ... view
• 16 Sep 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for adding me one more minute. I urge that prerequisite legislation needs to be passed so that we have fairness across the board. When you come here, the person who is in the constituency does not understand the difference between the person who is elected and the one nominated. You are disadvantaged in terms of the nomination process because sometimes there is violence and stuff like that. Even when you come to the House, you are disadvantaged again because of procedural issues. Let us have the political space fairer for all competitors so that ... view
• 16 Sep 2020 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 Sep 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I wanted him to give us additional information. Was Governor Oparanya asleep when the President was saying that this stalemate will be sorted out after the additional money or was he in the room for real? That is what I wanted him to clarify. view
• 8 Sep 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wish to join my colleagues in congratulating Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve. Like everybody has said, if you bring something on procurement, she will always ask: Where are the PWDs? If you bring another issue, again she will want to know where the representation of PWDs is. In life, you cannot do things the same way and expect different results. Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve has proven that you can do something exceedingly well and get rewarded for it. Since you gave me one minute, I respect the directive and wish to congratulate her for this appointment. view
• 8 Sep 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Some of these things are shocking because what we should be doing is that, we should have policies that encourage renewable energy. Industrialization is part of President Uhuru’s agenda for this country. However, if you look at the incentives of including 14 per cent VAT for renewable energy, it makes energy more expensive. If you go back to the use of fossil energy, that means you are making electricity much more expensive. If you make electricity much more expensive, then you are curtailing the development of industries in this country. In counties like Wajir, most ... view