Mohamed Muktar Shidiye

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: capital city. They do their activities in other towns. In our case, we can do our activities in Mombasa, Nyeri and other places to show that we are a united nation. If you read Walter Rodney’s How Europe underdeveloped Africa, you will realise that Europeans came to this country and did a lot of injustice to Kenyans. They took away land from African communities. Today this country has serious land problems. If you go to Laikipia today, you will realise that large chunks of land are owned by Britons. The Africans are squeezed in a small portion of land. That ... view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Hon. Keynan did a good thing but we borrow a lot of precedence from other democracies and this is a matter of protocol. These are protocol issues--- view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I do not need any information from him. view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, let me continue. view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I have some “beef” with the issue because we have three arms of Government and, sometimes, when you bring the judges down and then you have the former presidents and prime ministers up, it looks like there can be some little misunderstanding there. Having said that, I propose--- view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Secondly, Cabinet Secretaries should be on a higher level than the Chief Justice or former Heads of State. Something like that! view
• 19 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. From the outset, I take this opportunity on behalf of myself, my family and the people of Lagdera Constituency to console, sympathize and empathize with the family. Indeed, it is a sad day for this country, having lost the late Otieno Kajwang’. He was a lawyer, singer, dancer, poet, actor, writer, debater, story teller and above all he was a sage for the people. We have lost a great man who really could have been a replacement to hon. Raila Odinga. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version ... view
• 19 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: The late Otieno Kajwang’ and I had known each other for a long time. I learnt him better when I lost my elections. I had an opportunity of going to his office when he was the Minister for Immigration and Registration of persons and I saw him carry out a lot of reforms in that department. For a long time, the Department of Immigration had been the most corrupt institution, but he brought a lot of changes which brought good things to the people of my constituency. They were able to get identity cards and passports easily. People became happy. ... view
• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. From the very outset I want to congratulate David Ochieng for bringing such a good Motion; it touches on the youth of this country. Hon. Deputy Speaker, boda boda is a big industry that gives employment to our people, particularly--- view
• 15 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. The boda boda industry is a huge employer. It has employed many youths, who used to be idle before. You will realise that it might very soon overtake the matatu i ndustry. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to say very clearly and from the very outset, that unless and until we regulate this industry we will not go far. The Government and the view