Mohamed Abdi Haji Mohamed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to congratulate the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to which I belong and its Chairman for doing a commendable job. It is true that this is a constitutional provision that we are supposed to meet by passing this law and we have done very well. 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
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Our criminal justice system is not a perfect one up to now. We know there are many people who are serving long sentences behind bars not because they are criminals but because of some errors in the justice system. Therefore, as much as we want to give dignity to these people, we know that we cannot do much about the fate of people who have been wrongly imprisoned and put behind bars. What we can do for them now that our system is not perfect is to give them dignity and a human face in the conditions of the places ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I join my friends in thanking hon. Keynan for bringing this very important Bill. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I am sure if some of us knew what we were getting ourselves into when we decided to join politics, we would not have come here. That is a fact.This is a very hazardous job. From the statistics that I was given, that is the rate of turnover, nearly 80 per cent or more will not come back. This shows that this is a very difficult job. The difficulty is not because somebody is not able to perform but other factors like the party and party patrons. I was once a serving Member of Parliament. I served in the Ninth ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you are not employable after you leave here because of so many factors. Whatever you say and do, is taken with a pinch of salt. The other reality is that if you are a medical doctor and you serve here for five years, by the time you go back after being kicked out, so many things will have happened. For example, technological advancements will have taken place. There will be so many drugs in the market and many technologies and techniques of doing operations and, therefore, you will not fit in your profession. What is left ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I summarise by saying that this is a very important Bill and we must support it. For those who have served in this Parliament, there is provision that after you serve for five years and you are sent home, the pension that you contribute will be given back to you. The most stressing thing is that when you come back, there is a provision for you to buy back your term. That means you are supposed to refund the money you had taken but with interest. This means that you will be given Kshs. 4 million or Kshs. 5 million ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Bill. view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not want to speak on this. view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I want to start by sending my condolences to all Kenyans including the families of the 28 people who were killed in Mandera, others in Kapedo and so many others who have been killed by senseless people. These terror groups, for example, have agenda. One of the agenda that they have for Kenyans is for the people to fight against each other in terms of religion. That is why they separated Christians and Muslims and massacred some of them. This is a scheme to divide Kenyans. We should not fall prey ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: and terror groups will have achieved their mission. We have to stand and fight together. United we will stand as a country. What these terror groups want to achieve should not be encouraged. We appeal to the TSC and all the other unions to appeal to their workers to stay, so that they do not leave Mandera. The Government should provide security for everybody wherever they are. Secondly, somebody must bear this responsibility. Heads must roll. If that is not done, if people are not responsible, the buck does not stop somewhere. That means that we will continue lamenting and ... view