Amb. Mohammed Abdi Affey

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this country has come a long way. I want to thank this Parliament and the Chair. I know the Chair himself being the Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament from the region that is really affected will have been ready to contribute to this debate. But he has been performing a very important function of presiding over this event. I am sure the people of Lagdera Constitituency and the people of North Eastern Province are happy that this historic day has been achieved because this Parliament is in the correct frame of mind, using the hon. ... view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, some leaders who passed this retrogressive law are still alive. I have in mind fellows like the former Attorney-General, hon. Charles Njonjo. Mr. Njonjo stood on the Floor of the House to move this retrogressive law. I am glad he is alive and walking in the streets of Nairobi. He will be able to realize that the Tenth Parliament has risen to the occasion to repeal the retrogressive law. view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we need to change the frame of mind of the Kenyan people. We have the potential to grow this country to the heights it wishes to grow. If you travel from Nairobi all the way to Mandera, it is a shame that after Garissa we do not have a tarmac road. It is a mindset that has informed subsequent governments that this place called the northern part of Kenya, there is nothing, except problems. I am glad that this House is able to understand that every inch of Kenya is as important as every other part ... view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to plead that this Bill should be enacted. I am happy that the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs is here. Parliament, in its own wisdom today, has supported this Bill. None of the hon. Members who contributed contradicted the spirit and letter of this Bill. They all want it to be repealed. I want to plead that once we move from this stage, it will go to the Committee Stage, and I do not see any problem there. I plead with the Cabinet to appeal to the President to assent to this Bill ... view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Let all of us give the Chairman and the Commission an opportunity and hear them. We want to tell Kiplagat, for instance, that some of the accusations have been that he was in Wajir the week before the Wagalla Massacre but he has denied it. However, when we get an opportunity we view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: 43 Thursday, 8th April, 2010(P) want to ask him, “Mr. Chairman, were you part of that scheme?” He will have an opportunity to tell us; “NO”, which he has already said. We will then say that this is what happened on this day. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Wagalla massacre, Garissa in 1980 and Mandera in fact go outside the Bill itself. It is only the security system that uses the spirit of the Bill. The spirit says, collective punishment or punishment irrespective of whether somebody is innocent or guilty of any offence. This is what has subsequently been used ... view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: 44 Thursday, 8th April, 2010(P) all of them ended up in refugee camps. Somalia was lost 20 years ago and they cannot get it back, despite having one religion, one culture and one physical appearance. What do you think would happen if we lost Kenya through the recklessness of politicians? What I know is that this law currently is in the statutes books. Students of law have an opportunity to access it as they learn. Law students from North Eastern have an opportunity to access it as they learn. They will ask: “What happened that a country could allow a ... view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this country is bigger than all of us and there is enough space for everybody. If we destroy it, leave alone 20 years, we might never get it back again because of the diversity we have. How many languages do we have? In Somalia it is only one language. Here, we have almost 50 languages. How many religious affiliations do we have? How many ethnic groups do we have if we fight towards ethnicity? I am glad that we have found an opportunity to close this chapter to make sure that never again will this Parliament ... view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore, I want to appeal to the people in the affected districts to appear before the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission because the law is gone. There should be no excuse now that Parliament has said “yes” to the repeal of the Indemnity Act, of not appearing before Amb. Kiplagat’s Commission and saying the bits you have and let it be documented. Let us ask those officers who are alive to appear. For those who are dead, they will ask God to deal with them in the way He deals with those who commit crimes on ... view
• 8 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move. view