Mohamed Muktar Shidiye

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: At the outset, I would like to support this Bill. The biggest injustice in this country revolves around land. In this country, some people own huge chunks of land, some people own small pieces of land, while others are completely landless. The historical injustice in this country revolves around land. Before we talk about Kenya or communities, we must talk about land. We should start with land and then talk about communities. If we did not have land, we would not have communities. In this country, we have big communities and small communities, including pastoral communities, farmers, fishermen, agriculturalists and ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Historical injustices in this country were started by the colonialists. If you go to Laikipia today, you will realize that Europeans still own huge tracts of land that is idle, to the detriment of the black population. This Bill must deal with the issue of absentee landlords – people who have large tracts of land that are idle. The time has come for the Government to revoke titles for such land parcels and revert back their ownership to the communities. This piece of paper called “title deed” has caused mayhem and havoc to some families in this country. You find ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The time has come for us to turn such challenges into opportunities. I am sure that this Bill and the land boards will address these issues. If somebody wants to own land in a certain place, he must come with a proposal. Proposals must be practical because people pretend to have good plans aimed at improving the standards of living of the community but it eventually turns out that they just want to have the title deed and use it as collateral to secure a bank loan for other developments. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Secondly, it is important that we reduce the size of land occupied by wild animals. Our population is growing. In this country, wild animals have more rights than human beings. Animals are in many gazetted game parks. You cannot venture into those game parks in the name of tourism and earn foreign exchange. We have forgotten our people. If you go to any region today, you will find that the land occupied by wild animals, which is gazetted as national parks and game reserves, is about one-third of this country. The time has come for us to de- gazette some ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have gone to Ethiopia and other countries, where land is owned at the pleasure of government. If land is not used for the intended purpose, the Government and the people of Kenya should have the right to revoke its title deed. That title deed is not so sacred or more important than the community. Clashes happen in this country because of land. People fight because of land. We have cattle rustling and boundary problems because of land. Those things can be resolved if communities are engaged and involved in giving out land. If communities are ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We have had cases of school land, hospital land and children’s playgrounds being grabbed by private developers. Such issues arise everyday in every county. It is not in the community’s interest that land set aside for public utility is grabbed. Some commercial developers want to take over school land and sell it to the highest bidder. It is very unfortunate that we have allowed land grabbing to go on for so long. When you look at the way land is being used for speculation in this country, you will be shocked. With regard to the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) that ... view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you for giving me this opportunity, Hon. Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I want to support the Finance Bill. It is one of the key pillars in our governance. If the Government of Kenya wants to improve the livelihoods of the people, it is very important we look at the macro and micro economies of this country. It is important to have a lean Government so that you do not overburden the taxpayer. We have a huge wage bill that the Kenya Government pays. Currently, we have almost three or four structures. We have the national Government, the county ... view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: 200,000 metric tonnes. Naturally, we have to import. We can import from Uganda or Brazil. What Kenyan consumers need is sugar; that sweet product in their breakfast is very important. So, it is very important that we do not politicise issues that affect people of this country. When the President was presenting the bailout cheque everybody was happy. When the President enters into a trade agreement with Uganda, which is our neighbour, people start complaining. By the way, we export more to Uganda than we import from them. It is good to have inter-Africa trade. The sugar industry is not ... view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: sector and the informal sector as the sectors that support our children in school and that give us food. That is the only way to go. The annuity programme has been having a problem since we started. So far, no annuity programme has been rolled out and the Kshs3 per litre fuel levy will be helpful except that we need to amend it to Kshs1 or Kshs2 per litre because fuel prices in this country is on the higher side. Already, we are paying over Kshs100 for a litre of petrol and diesel, meaning that the multiplier effect on the ... view