Mohamed Muktar Shidiye

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 181 to 190 of 219.

• 25 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. In the interest of time and the mood of the House, I do not wish to take much time because this matter is fairly straight. We have the report in our hand. view
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• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: ---(off-record) view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. This Motion has come at the right time. Fifty years after Independence, Kenya still suffers from poverty and hunger. In my maiden speech, I said that Kenya is the third largest recipient of relief food globally. Ethiopia is the first one followed by North Korea. We all know why those countries are recipients of relief food. North Korea is a failed communist state and Ethiopia has poor agricultural policies. In 1984, they had hunger problems and the whole world came to a standstill when helping them. This country is endowed ... view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: ask yourself: Are we really independent? China and India have fixed their agricultural policies and these countries have billions of people. If you look at Malawi, our neighbouring country, they no longer have hunger problems. They have fixed their agriculture. The only problem we have is that we have inverted our priorities. The entire agricultural sector is focused on the export of cash crops. You will realize that we export coffee, to which we do not add value, and at the same time, we import the same coffee that we have produced in Kenya. Time has come for this country ... view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. This Motion has come at the right time. Fifty years after Independence, Kenya still suffers from poverty and hunger. In my maiden speech, I said that Kenya is the third largest recipient of relief food globally. Ethiopia is the first one followed by North Korea. We all know why those countries are recipients of relief food. North Korea is a failed communist State and Ethiopia has poor agricultural policies. In 1984, they had hunger problems and the whole world came to a standstill when helping them. This country is endowed ... view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to second and contribute to this Motion. Insecurity in this country has been a pestering issue. Many lives have been lost in this country because of insecurity and particularly in the pastoral areas where I come from. Turkana, Garissa, Wajir, Pokot, Kajiado and all the pastoral areas have a huge problem. This matter has been going on for so long. We are asking ourselves: Why is the Government shifting blame or why is the Government not working hard towards providing peace and security in these areas? Many people have ... view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, between 200 and 300 people have been killed in the last three years, and people are being killed every week in Garissa County where I come from. view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: We know we have a problem in Somalia. There has never been peace in that country for the last 22 years. We have a porous border and people in the name of AlShabaab have made Garissa, Wajir and Mandera counties their home. As I speak, Garissa Town, where I come from is under siege. Before 5.00 p.m. everybody has to go home. This is not because there is no security. We have the police, the Administration Police, the military camp and the prisons officers and with all that security, people feel insecure. So, what is the problem? Is it the ... view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: In Turkana, for instance, the Members of Parliament have nightmares because there is a raid going on every other week or month. We have raiders from Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia. There are raids and counter raids. If you look at Turkana County, you will find that the majority of the people have not lost their animals through drought, but they have lost their animals through cattle rustling or to people who are armed to the teeth. We have only two options; either we arm our people fully or we disarm them fully. However, if you have some pockets of people ... view