Dr. Mohamed Dahir Duale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the BPS. I want to first thank the Committee and all the other committees because this was an effort from all the Departmental Committees with the final report by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: I want to speak on the issue of public debt. One of the biggest problems we have in our country today is that our revenue base is dependent on tax and we are not generating enough to cover for what we need. We have been borrowing money to cover our recurrent expenditures. We must try to see in a very innovative way through this House and other policies, how we can create more money in the pockets of Kenyans. Today, one of the challenges that every Member is aware of right now is, wherever you come from, there is the ... view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: The Jubilee Government has done quite a lot on infrastructure. As it was said earlier, the investment in infrastructure is quite remarkable. The effects of this development will not be felt now. However, some of the priorities were upside down, for example, the Standard Gauge Railway. It would have been more advisable to have a dual carriageway between here and Mombasa. This would have spurred much more economic growth. Today, the SGR only carries containers from Mombasa to inland port but the containers go back empty. Many people are disappointed. Many towns along the road died. What the Government has ... view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me also talk about pending bills. Members have spoken about it. Some of the county governments have refused to pay pending bills to people who provided services to the Government. This means that these people have been rendered economically unable to pay tax. We need to see how we can enforce county governments to pay pending bills to people who provided services to them. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: There is also the issue of Equalisation Fund. I come from these areas which were supposed to be given affirmative action. When some of us look at what has happened, we feel that we have been cheated because this money would be provided for a period. Even though the period is almost coming to an end right now, we have not benefitted because the funds were disbursed once. We are aware that what will be done next will include many other places. This will be a trickle down which will be of no significant value. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I thank you. I support the Motion. view
• 10 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As Hon. Members, we have serious challenges with the flow of funds from the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), mileage, subsistence and constituency office support. Today we are at the eighth month of the financial year and as has been read, the amount of money released is a trickle. The NG-CDF is the most visible in constituencies in as far as bursaries, educational infrastructure and security matters are concerned. We appeal to the Executive to have all funds meant for Parliament starting with the NG-CDF to have clear timelines so that we do not ... view
• 10 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As Hon. Members, we have serious challenges with the flow of funds from the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), mileage, subsistence and constituency office support. Today we are at the eighth month of the financial year and as has been read, the amount of money released is a trickle. The NG-CDF is the most visible in constituencies in as far as bursaries, educational infrastructure and security matters are concerned. We appeal to the Executive to have all funds meant for Parliament starting with the NG-CDF to have clear timelines so that we do not ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you so much for giving me this opportunity. First of all, let me share my experience as a COVID-19 patient. I suffered COVID-19 and was admitted at the Aga Khan University Hospital for six weeks. I also ended up in the High Dependency Unit (HDU). I was on oxygen for 40 days. I almost lost my life save for the fact that I was under the care of good doctors, good nurses and a good facility courtesy of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). The bill that was paid for me as an inpatient was Kshs3.5 ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: acute respiratory distress syndrome, a complication of COVID-19 which can easily kill. You can stay without water or food for days, but you cannot stay without oxygen. In my county of Garissa, the county referral hospital, which is a Level 5 hospital, does not have an oxygen plant. Many patients have died on their way to Nairobi because the hospital lacks oxygen. That hospital has an allocation of Kshs340 million per year as conditional grant and yet, the county government has failed to provide an oxygen plant in Garissa. The nearest oxygen plant is in Nairobi. A COVID-19 patient who ... view