Mohamed Ibrahim Elmi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I fully support the work of the Committee. view
• 30 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I would like to congratulate hon. Abdullahi for bringing this Motion. As he has stated, it looks like the cost has gone almost tenfold yet he is proposing only three times. The proposal to increase it to Kshs3,060 is reasonable. We hope that the Executive as the other arm of the Government will take this Motion seriously and even before we bring a Bill, they will implement it. A lot has been said as to why this is necessary. There is a disaster, a national security disaster in the making in the ... view
• 30 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I would like to congratulate hon. Abdullahi for bringing this Motion. As he has stated, it looks like the cost has gone almost tenfold yet he is proposing only three times. The proposal to increase it to Kshs3,060 is reasonable. We hope that the Executive as the other arm of the Government will take this Motion seriously and even before we bring a Bill, they will implement it. A lot has been said as to why this is necessary. There is a disaster, a national security disaster in the making in the ... view
• 30 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: inequality has been reduced. By all indicators, those countries are doing well. They are the Scandinavians. I want to support this Motion. Members, we must make sure that this becomes a reality. Education is the equalizer of all human beings. You are poor, you get good education and you will meet with your rich neighbour at the university. Take Muthaiga and Mathare for example. If you can make sure that the child does not die under the age of five years due to preventable diseases and he can get free primary education, get bursary in secondary school, they will meet ... view
• 30 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: inequality has been reduced. By all indicators, those countries are doing well. They are the Scandinavians. I want to support this Motion. Members, we must make sure that this becomes a reality. Education is the equalizer of all human beings. You are poor, you get good education and you will meet with your rich neighbour at the university. Take Muthaiga and Mathare for example. If you can make sure that the child does not die under the age of five years due to preventable diseases and he can get free primary education, get bursary in secondary school, they will meet ... view
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I fully support this Motion and I congratulate my good friend, hon. Jamleck Kamau. This is the right direction. This is just the first step in putting things right in this country. The political elites in this country, we 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
• 23 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: are living a lie. What is the price of a Kenyan’s life today? The other day you heard that somebody killed his wife for Kshs50 and yet somebody wants to travel for 40 minutes in the Business Class. That is living a lie. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, 67 people died in Westgate and corruption has something to do with it. We talk of democracy and yet everything that we do is divided along tribal lines. We know that 70 per cent of drugs in this country are counterfeits. So, we are living a lot of lies. It is high time ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First and foremost, I would like to thank hon. Lentoimaga for moving this Motion. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, our country is bleeding from ineffective security services. Most of what I am going to say here are things I have shared with the security chiefs of this country. I want them captured here for the record of this House. Hon. Lentoimaga gave a lot of examples. So that this House understands the gravity of this matter, I want to also give an example from my county and my constituency. view
• 10 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: It is public knowledge that four months ago, there were clan clashes in my constituency, during which three towns were burnt down. The residents of those towns are now Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in other towns. Schools were closed. Four months down the road, even after the leadership of Wajir County were shot at, no security personnel has gone there. Even the County Commander has not visited the scene. Not even the County Commissioner. I have done rounds to the Principal Secretary and everybody else responsible for security in this country, but nothing has been done to-date. view