Hon Kassim Sawa Tandaza

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: mention quite a number of schools, including the most recent one. A teacher lost his life and all his entire family in Malindi High School because his house caught fire at night. Disaster management is not about the curriculum only. How did he lose his life? It can even happen to one of us here. There is a way we build our house because of security issues. We barricade ourselves. We are in bunkers. Even if the door was to be opened, you will still have some grills and an electric fence. Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) cannot allow us to ... view
• 20 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Apart from the curriculum and the information that the students and teachers should be taught, there is need to see how we can make our places safe generally not only the schools but also our homes. Our kids are in schools most of the time but when they come home like now during the holidays, they are not safe should a disaster happen. Disaster management is not about information or knowledge. The first point is disaster detection. That is the best weapon to handle disasters. Unfortunately, in most of our schools, even where is looming danger and everybody who passes ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to such an important matter touching on the lives of most of Kenyans, and that is land. I support this Motion without any amendments as my colleague Hon. Kapondi has alluded. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: When it comes to matters land, the Dorobo people, whom we are talking about and who are basically supposed to be the beneficiaries, fall under the category of the marginalised. Just like the Digo people of Kwale, we are marginalised and landless. So, any effort that the Executive would be putting in place to give land to the landless requires total support. As my colleagues have already said, without land, we would be stateless. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The issue of turning this one into a settlement scheme is welcome. However, through experience, I know that the word “settlement scheme” has always been misused by Government officials thus creating a loophole for land grabbers, shylocks and politically-correct people to get land. We have so many cases even in my constituency. Talk of Golini Settlement Scheme, it was land that was occupied and developed by the locals, but because it was designated as a settlement scheme, we ended up with over 50 per cent of that land being given to non-locals. I think there is a law which says ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to support the Motion. view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Water and Sanitation the following Question: a) Could he explain how many Kenyan construction firms and engineers are involved in the building of dams currently under construction and those awarded for construction, which number approximately 57? b) Could he provide the list of those dams and the names of the international and local firms awarded the construction works? c) What measures is the Ministry putting in place to enhance the capacity of local engineering firms to undertake such works and also fast-track the completion of all dams currently under construction? view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Lands the following Question: view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: (i) Is the CS aware that the landowners in Matuga Constituency are yet to be compensated for their parcels of land acquired for the construction of the Mombasa Southern Bypass Road also known as Dongo Kundu Bypass that was expected to commence on 1st March 2019? view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: (ii) When will the Government compensate the said land owners? view