Amb. Mohammed Abdi Affey

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 901 to 910 of 1040.

• 9 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I begin by congratulating the Minister for this wonderful job. The Judiciary, of course, is the most critical element and I do not want to emphasize that more than my colleagues have already done. view
• 9 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a problem with the non-citizens. There is a possibility here that we shall have three non-Kenyans. I think there is need for the Minister to review this. If there are nine, let us get nine Kenyans. If they are six, let us get six Kenyans. I do not understand where this syndrome of having to carry on with foreign expertise all the time was borrowed from. I think it is a bad thing and it goes against the spirit of the new Constitution in many ways, because we have absolute ownership and Kenyans ... view
• 9 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, the word “consultation” requires more definition here. It is very strange that the President and the Prime Minister cannot agree on anything. Even now that they have said they met, I do not know under what circumstances they had a meeting the other day to agree on something that already we know there are different positions. view
• 9 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, who vets the group that nominates these people? Is there a possibility of a trade-off? These are all civil servants and there is a possibility of intimidation because people will be asked to apply and the Public Service Commission will, of course, shortlist. The Minister must find some more participation regarding this number and group. view
• 9 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the idea of public participation, there are parts of this country where a High Court has never been a possibility. I am glad that now the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs has started one in Garissa. But how will the people in the north, for instance, participate in this kind of process when they have never seen a High Court or even a Magistrate’s Court in most cases? view
• 9 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, the Bill says that there shall be a secretariat of a board which shall be headed by two joint secretaries. I think this is going to be very dangerous in my view. If you have two joint secretaries, who reports to the other? Are you preparing these secretaries to clash? Is there a way that the Minister can separate this, so that we have got one person responsible for the secretariat? Otherwise, if you have got two people leading the same secretariat, then they can bring in their opinions or political affiliations and, maybe, ... view
• 9 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Roads what plans the Ministry has to tarmac the Wajir-Mandera Road, which is in a poor state, in order to spur development and assist the free movement of goods and people in North Eastern Province. view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is Road B9 and it is the one that connects Modogashe-Habaswein-Wajir-Mandera. In fact, this road accounts for 70 per cent of the road network between the North Eastern Province and the rest of Kenya. The Assistant Minister has said that they have awarded the contract to a particular contractor to do the design work. When was that contractor awarded the design work? Is he satisfied that the time this contractor has taken to do this design work is justified? view
• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I should seek the indulgence of the Chair, because the Assistant Minister is not giving the House the facts as they are. Gibb East Africa was given that assignment three years ago, but the Assistant Minister has claimed that was done one year ago. Could he table the agreement between the Government of Kenya and that particular fellow, who was given that job? The House can agree with me that Kshs166.5 million over a period of three years is not acceptable. Could the Assistant Minister confirm that now it is not one year but ... view