Mohamed Muktar Shidiye

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, thank you very much. As much as I really appreciate the extended period, I think it should go for six months. Sometimes refugee matters take a long period; verification takes a long period and many other things happen in between. Therefore, three months will be a very short period. I believe it should be six months. That would be very good. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, thank you very much. As much as I really appreciate the extended period, I think it should go for six months. Sometimes refugee matters take a long period; verification takes a long period and many other things happen in between. Therefore, three months will be a very short period. I believe it should be six months. That would be very good. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: seconded. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. From the outset, we cannot treat cattle rustling casually. This matter needs deep thinking. It also requires us to change our strategy completely. This is if, as a country, we want to have peace and the pastoralists to stay in peace. Cattle rustling is not an ordinary business these days. In the old African traditions, we had people rustling from their neighbours. When you had drought, you could steal animals from others. When your livestock population decreased, you could go and steal animals without necessarily killing people. When those ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a very serious matter and that is why it never stops; it is a circle. You steal my animals, I go, look for firearms and steal yours. It is a vicious circle that does not end. If you look at the colonial time, you will find that cattle rustling was at its lowest. Successful African governments have never been able to control it. This matter has been taken very lightly. It is not only among the Pokot, Maasai, Turkana and Marakwet but also in my neighbourhood in Garissa and Isiolo counties. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: For the last three months, I have almost been absent from this House. Animals were stolen from my area and taken to Isiolo and I had to rush to that place to look for those animals. I went with the security officers and home guards and spent nights in the villages and in hardship places. If we are not going to treat cattle rustling as a national disaster, we will not achieve anything for the people of this country. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: I think pastoralism will come to an end in this country if we do not tame cattle rustling. Pastoralism is a way of life because 80 per cent of Kenya is arid and semi-arid land. We got our meat and milk and people led a good life, but now, life has become very difficult in those areas. There are firearms from South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda and Tanzania. Cattle rustlers have more firearms than the Government of Kenya, the KDF and the police. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: We have only two options. One is to fully arm the pastoralists so that they can fight and two, we disarm everybody. If we do not do either of the two, then we are in trouble. We have one community which is armed and another which is not armed. You can remember what happened in Suguta Valley in Maralal, where 60 police officers were killed because we were not organised. Where are the intelligence officers, the regular police, the Administration Police (AP), prison wardens and KDF? If KDF is being terrorised by young guys who are morans in those villages ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: commissioners, assistant county commissioners, chiefs and the security apparatus of this country? We are not serious. That is why our people continue to suffer. These are people who are earning salaries and getting promotions but not performing. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Where are the police, the chiefs and the other security apparatus? These are people who are paid. They have developed what is called “a do not care attitude”. They earn salaries but do not want to work. They are ever complaining that they want promotion or want to be transferred from one station to another. This is because we are not serious as a society. If we are a serious society and Government, the people in the village will not suffer. view