Amb. Mohammed Abdi Affey

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 681 to 690 of 1040.

• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to begin by thanking the Minister for that comprehensive Statement. My interest was generated as a result of the threats that livestock farmers were facing from the bank. Because of the fact that the Minister himself has confirmed to the House that the pastoral farmers suffered four years of bad weather and the fact that, now, the Ministry is taking steps in order to relieve this pain from livestock farmers, I would like to get assurance from the Minister that as they are doing this auditing and classification of the loans and as this ... view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am fairly satisfied with what the Minister has said, but he has evaded a very important aspect of my question. Could he assure the farmers that nothing will happen to them; their ranches or their property that they used as security to acquire the loans will not be attached until this auditing process is over and until they are able to assess who is able to pay and who is not? There is a danger that as they are doing this, farmers could lose their ranches. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This issue is very critical for nearly 70 per cent of Kenyans. I am happy with the Minister’s clarification. I asked him to clarify something on the aspect of restocking. The drought, as we all know, was so devastating that livestock farmers in the country lost animals. What arrangements has the Minister made to find sufficient resources for these farmers to begin to restock their livestock? view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I seek a Ministerial Statement, I want to find out what we can make of a situation where a Minister of Government comes here, gives a commitment to the country and the House, and even gives a directive to his view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was waiting for direction from the Chair regarding the matter I raised on issuance of National ID Cards. view
• 1 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister is a serious professor. He has read the law very clearly to the House. He went ahead to commit funds for advertisement of this post. If he only required his discretion and not the Board’s, why did he not use it initially and not subject the Board and taxpayers’ funds for the process? view
• 1 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister seems to treat the Question in a very trivial manner. That project was inaugurated in 2007 by the President. When the Government was designing it, the idea was to have a complete set. The intention was to connect North Eastern Province to Coast Province from Ijara. I want to know from the Assistant Minister what happened to the funds that were allocated for that project, before you start seeking for more. view
• 26 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Minister for such a comprehensive Statement and I must begin by also thanking the CoE for giving us the possibility to discuss this Harmonized Draft Constitution so that this country gets a new constitutional dispensation. view
• 26 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: The Minister must be aware that the greatest threat to a new constitutional dispensation is the political class in this country. I do not understand what arrangements the CoE has to engage directly with the political parties so that the debate in the funerals and harambees which, in most cases tends to misinform the country, stops so that the real people, who are the stakeholders, get consulted very quickly so that we ease the burden we place on the CoE. view
• 26 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Secondly and more fundamentally, Mr. Speaker, Sir--- view