Junet Sheikh Nuh

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: This is an omnibus Bill that is supposed to make very minor amendments. But, by looking at it there are two or three amendments that I feel should have been brought as amendments to the real Act itself, than putting them here. For example, the National Intelligence Service Act and the Kenya Defence Forces Act. Looking at them in the Bill here they are consuming almost three to four pages and that tells you how strong those amendments are. As I was listening to the Leader of Majority Party, he said that he had written to the Speaker and the ... view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: form to the commission. You know in this country how institutions are misused. I want to be assured that, that commission is independent of any interference because that can be used politically to bar people from assuming any office in this country. The issue of the political party has been canvassed well here and I agree that we need to have an independent panel, with approval of Parliament, to appoint the Political Parties Registrar. It is good this amendment has been put in place, but even now the office of the Political Parties Registrar does not look like it is ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I am sorry, Hon. Speaker, I had pressed it before Hon. Chepkong’a completed. I wanted to request you to call the Mover to reply. Everybody was supporting the Bill. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak on this Bill. I stand to support it and say that it is a very important Bill. This is a Bill that is going to operationalize one of the big economic sectors of this country. Mining is one of the sectors in this country that has not been exploited fully by Kenya so that it can add to the development of this country. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The country has been focusing much on agriculture and tourism, and other normal and usual sectors of the economy. Mining is a great sector in the world. There are countries in the world that depend wholly on mining. When the workers in the mining The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: sector in South Africa go on strike, the whole country grounds to a standstill! That tells you how important that sector is to the biggest economy in Africa, before Nigeria made the mathematics in another way to become the biggest economy the other day. I come from a mining county; Migori has a lot of mines. There is gold, copper and iron ore in that place. Even the copper that was recently intercepted at the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) by the Cabinet Secretary for Mining was from Migori. It was intercepted from some Chinese people. So, for that reason, this ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, one of the issues I wanted to urge the Committee to look into is when a company is incorporated to do mining in this country. It should be forced to be part of the Stock Exchange so that Kenyans can buy shares in that company and own it. Secondly, the Bill is concentrating more on large scale than small scale miners and forgetting about the majority who are the artisans. So, the Committee should bring an amendment to make sure that the artisans are taken care of. There is the issue of sharing of revenue which ... view
• 17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not need to respond to that. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Bill because it is an important one. Thank you, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, for giving me this chance. This matter is very important to this country. So, let us look at it diligently. view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, for giving me this chance. This matter is very important to this country. So, let us look at it diligently. view