Mohamed Hire Garane

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I am a member of this Committee and I was among the teams that went round this country to see the status of the stadia. We found them in a very sorry state. The intention of constructing the stadia was to nurture and develop sports talents in the country. The kind of work that has been done by the contractors is really bad. One of the things we noted is that the contracts were awarded in January 2017. That was barely six months before elections. So, we wonder what the real intention was. Was it to give value for money ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: In future, one of the things we need to do is that contracts of those magnitude should not be allowed to proceed in an electioneering period. Virtually, all the contractors who were awarded those works did not have capacity. How do they remain at the level of between 5 to 10 per cent when they have been given mobilisation money of about Kshs100 million? Before they started the work, all the contractors were given about 20 to 30 per cent of the monies of the contract value to start mobilising their resources so that they could begin to work. In ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: This is very sad. What is happening is that three years down the line, from 2017, the stadia still remain at between 20 or 30 per cent complete, while we have made payments of between 50 to 60 per cent. This means that those people have misused taxpayers’ money. That is why, as a Committee, we recommend a special audit by the Auditor-General, investigations be done by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and if there is any public money that has not been utilised properly, we need to recover it because we did not ... view
• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I also want to echo the sentiments of Hon. CNN (Charles Nguna Ngusya). The distribution of the stadia is in specific regions. If the objective of constructing those stadia was to develop talents across the country, we wonder why a region like northern Kenya has not been given even a single stadium. Going forward, when we allocate resources, whether it is in the sports sector or any other, we need to be fair, objective and make sure that every part of this country benefits from the resources. That is because Kenyans, wherever they are, pay taxes. view
• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Finally, I strongly support the recommendations of the Committee. Thank you very much. view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to ask Question No.322 of 2020. (i) What measures has the Ministry put in place to ensure that contractual obligations owed to various contractors in the country with regard to construction and upgrade of various health facilities in the marginalized areas under the Equalization Projects Programme since January 2018 are fulfilled? (ii) Could the Ministry provide a list of the various health facilities whose construction or upgrade was done under the Equalization Projects Programme and indicate the completion and handover dates for each? view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I wish to thank the Committee and commend them for a good job. The Refugees Bill has come at the right time. view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: The issue of refugees is a global phenomenon. With the many displacements that are happening all over the world, it is likely that refugees will increase. This refugees’ problem which is a global scenario requires us to have proper laws to address it. Kenya has hosted refugees for the last 30 years. It is embarrassing that we are talking of having laws to address their problems 30 years later. These laws should have come at the beginning of this problem. The global problem of refugees is not unique in Kenya. Kenya being the country that hosts the largest or second ... view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: I represent a constituency that neigbours Dadaab Refugee Camp, which is the largest refugee complex in the world. Being a neighbour to that complex, I have first-hand information of the life in refugees’ camps. It is not a good thing. There is this perception that refugees are lesser humans which is not the case. Nobody wishes to be a refugee. It is a natural process which happened to those people. It can happen to anybody. There is tension, demonstrations and killings in Ethiopia. If they spill, I do not think that the neighbouring countries are prepared to handle them. Having ... view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: I want to go back to the Bill which is good. There are some critical issues that it is expected to address. One of it is the integration of refugees which does not come out clearly. For instance, refugees are kept in camps. There are so many countries that accept refugees in this world, including Germany and Turkey, and their population is large. Those people are not put in camps. They have proper policies and laws that allow the host countries to integrate them to be part of the society. If we allow these people to live within the society, ... view