Hassan Omar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why I thought the Committee on Implementation has that broad mandate--- view
• 23 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like the chairperson to tell us the particular process where certain people are authorized to hive off school land. I was in Lenana School and someone wanted to hive off part of that land for building certain amenities. My former primary school was brought down and other amenities put up. I would like to know the criteria used for allocation of school land to private individuals for other purposes. In this era of grabbing public school land, when can we expect that all schools will have title deeds? view
• 23 Mar 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. When the Chairperson started to answer the questions, he assumed that he is the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Lands and Natural Resources. Is it possible that he is still making that assumption? view
• 22 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity. Those of us from the coastal counties, particularly those who share the coastline; Lamu, Tana River, Kilifi, Mombasa and Kwale, have been concerned over the lack of interest or regulation over the years by successive governments in terms of ensuring that we exploit our seas in a manner that benefits our people. Our people live in the coastline. They have the natural port, the Port of Mombasa, for that matter. Hardly is there any benefit that accrues. That is why at the centre of some of our politics in the ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in Senate: Ama tutakuwa wabaya safari hii. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, my Chairperson of the Committee on Devolved Government, Sen. (Prof.) Lesan is quite optimistic. We have tried this in the last two conferences, sat in those committees with optimism. In fact, I remember that in the first devolution conference, we threatened not to participate before some of our concerns were taken on board. So, these are some of the challenges. We do not want to simply go and glorify people; and that conference is managed in such a manner that it tries to glorify and not necessarily give a very objective critique of devolution and even take ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, just to inform Sen. Khaniri, Safaricom Ltd is a public entity largely owned by Kenyans – taxpayers. As much as their interest is making profit, I think some of those profits can be diverted to ensure that these services get to some of these areas as catalysts for growth. If you want to grow these areas, you must provide them with electricity, communication and build infrastructure. Just because an area has been marginalized, it does not mean that in the scheme of business particularly of public entities like Safaricom Ltd, they should marginalize these areas further because ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a travesty for the Committee Chair to say that this answer is very satisfactory. There is a demand that more money should be allocated to these compensation committees and that they should be operationalized. It must be noted that most of these conservancies are in some of the most marginalized and under-developed parts of Kenya. It is important that the Government commits its resources to shield some of these most vulnerable societies. These wildlife conservancies bring this country enormous revenue in terms of tourism. Therefore, it is only prudent and right for us to ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Sorry. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I hope there is a day in this country that we can use words majestically. Where ‘he’ can connote ‘she’ and ‘she’ can connote ‘he’. That way, people would not feel offended. That when I reer to you as madam Mositet, madam, can also mean mister in a majestic way. However, I take note. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Okay, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. We should interrogate whether these compensations that KWS gives families upon death and injuries are reasonable and proper. When a life is lost, the compensation is just about Kshs100,000. This is not enough. It is so immoral as a country, that we can expose our own citizens to harm by failing in our responsibility to protect them in areas that are of wildlife nature. The fact that when a life is lost, the compensation is Kshs100,000 is the reason we do not do much to protect our people. If today the Government of Kenya knew ... view