Mohamed Faki Mwinyihaji

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1191 to 1200 of 1995.

• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) to make a Statement on the ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict dates back to the end of the 19th Century and in 1947 when the United Nations (UN) through resolution No.181 sought to divide the British mandate of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, protect me from Sen. Cherargei. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Mhe. Naibu Spika wa Muda, kwanza kabisa nachukua fursa hii kukushukuru kwa kunipa fursa ya kuchangia ombi hili ambalo limeletwa na Maolo Kiprotich kuhusiana na kuhamishwa na kupokonywa ardhi kwa jamii ya Torobeek ambayo iko katika maeneo ya Nandi. Jambo hili ni dhuluma za kihistoria ambazo zimefanywa na Waingereza, sio hapa Kenya pekee yake lakini sehemu nyingi ulimwenguni. Hivi tunavyozungumza, kuna dhuluma kama hizi zinazoendelea kule Palestine ambapo Serikali ya Israeli inawahamisha kwa lazima Wapalestina kutoka ardhi zao za jadi. Hii sio suala geni ulimwenguni. Ni suala ambalo limekuwepo katika vichwa vya habari kwa miaka mingi lakini jambo la kusikitisha ... view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 14th May, 1948, the State of Israel was--- Holocaust War under Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion who won the immediate recognition from the United States and Soviet Union while at the same time sparking the first Arab-Israeli War that ended in 1949 with Israel’s victory. It is estimated that by then, about 700 Palestinians and 600 villages were evicted, displaced and sought refuge in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and Gaza, often without citizenship being granted. The displacement of the Palestinian people on the date is still observed every year on a day called Nakba Day which ... view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: This was followed by the Oslo I accord of 1983 that mediated the conflict and came up with a framework for Palestinians to govern themselves in the West Bank and enabled mutual recognition between the newly established Palestinian authority and Israel Government which further expanded to the Oslo II accords of 1995 adding provisions that mandated the complete withdrawal of Israel from six states and 450 towns in the West Bank. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Israel continued to seize control over the West Bank and Gaza and increased its illegal settlement stagnating the peace process. There was hope that the progress ... view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Israeli armed forces are using lethal weapons against unarmed defenceless Palestinian civilians, including infants, children, women and the elderly. Further, the Israeli forces are going round forcibly displacing Palestinians from their homes, confiscating their properties, attacking worshippers in mosques and depriving Palestinian people of the right to practice their legitimate rights. In the recent weeks, the Israeli forces have been undertaking forced displacements in the Palestinians neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, home to Palestinian refugees who had already been displaced elsewhere. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as per the Gaza Health Ministry update this morning, about ... view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: in Gaza and Al Jazeera in Gaza were all destroyed in a matter of seconds. Unless the international community succeeds in brokering a ceasefire soon, the conflict seems to be poised to spiral in a fully-fledged war and a third Intifada could break out and renewed tensions would escalate into large scale violence. The situation now is that the tension between Israeli and Hamas fighters is at its peak. The dispute is more than a century old, just that the conflict is new. However, this time the conditions have gone out of control and it seems the international community has ... view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to move that we proceed to hear the Governor, unless any Member has a burning issue to debate. view