Farhiya Ali Haji

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jul 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to thank Sen. Khaniri for bringing this matter to the House. There is a lot of work that needs to be done in this country in terms of how we prepare, how we prevent, how people are informed and the way forward. The Director of Medical Services has just confirmed that there is an interesting development at Oxford University in terms of the development of a vaccine. Whilst mass testing appears to be helping, are we waiting until that time, or should we start engaging now so ... view
• 21 Jul 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. This is almost the fourth week I am sitting here with a Bill that is almost on the top of all the Bills. They have never reached my Bill. Madam Temporary Speaker, we either bring the morning session so that we allocate some time for Statements and the Bills where Members with Bills can attend the morning sitting. This is because if we do not dispense with these Bills, we have limited time. Unfortunately, our Bills have to go to the other House. Therefore, they take a lot of time. We need to find a ... view
• 21 Jul 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to join my colleagues in congratulating the Committee for coming up with concrete solutions. They say that extraordinary times call for extraordinary solutions, and that is exactly what our Committee has done. The fact that we are taking this innovation to the next level is good. As mentioned by Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, as much as our deliberations are public, and the Committee work and everything that we do is for the public, there is need for some level of protection in terms of unwarranted interference in terms of people who are getting into the ... view
• 21 Jul 2020 in Senate: We should organize our agenda in such a way that during voting, Members are able to move from the extended Chamber to come and vote here, so that their votes are recorded in the HANSARD. We do not want a situation where a person voted, but their vote is not counted. This is because we are here to transact business in a manner that is acceptable. Due to these current solutions are innovations in Parliament, I think we are creating an environment that is also friendly to our environment. Imagine the number of traffic jams that we would avoid if ... view
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I got distracted by Sen. Kihika and Sen. Wambua. Madam Deputy Speaker, our society has learnt to take children to school, so that teachers can take care of them. We do not know how to handle children who are at home now and have absolutely nothing to do. At least in my county, there is space for children to play outside. However, in places like Nairobi or other cities, there is not much space for children to play. Most children are, therefore, cramped up in small rooms. In terms of abuses that Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve ... view
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this Motion. From the few times that I watched the proceedings of this Ad Hoc Committee, the kind of questions and the engagements they were involved in shows that they were in the right direction. We cannot be talking about corruption all the time, yet it has no mothers or fathers. We must give them the same. Given the kind of issues that they were tackling and the interests, it involves how procurement was done on behalf of the counties. With COVID-19, business has not been usual because ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to thank Sen. Kwamboka for bringing this Statement. The state of affairs in this country in terms of teenage pregnancies is dire. It demands attention from the authorities, parents and everybody. As a House, this is an issue all of us should speak to. It is sad to an extent that some of the pregnancies are as a result of some parents, relatives or teenage boys. Some girls who get pregnant are not mature enough even to determine their own destiny in terms of what is good and what is bad. They may have matured ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: When I was growing up, when a child was found doing some funny things, whoever found you, whether it was your parents or somebody else, they would cane you thoroughly until you got disciplined. However, all that is water under the bridge. We have become so westernised that we have lost our values as Africans or people who believe in religion; whether Islamic, Christianity or any other religion. People who are not married should not engage in such behaviour. We need to evaluate our own social fabric to determine where we went wrong. I also challenge the churches, mosques and ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I wish to join the ‘super’ Senator in congratulating you on that seat, because I think you deserve that and much more. I also wish to thank you for the opportunity to read my Statement. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 48 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, concerning the alleged stalled payment of sitting allowance to members of Wajir County Land Tribunal Board. In the Statement, the Committee should - (1) Explain why Wajir County Land Tribunal Board has not been paid its sitting allowance ... view
• 30 Jun 2020 in Senate: Madam Chairperson, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the Senate its consideration of the Pandemic Response and Management Bill (Senate Bills No. 6 of 2020) and its approval thereof with amendments. view