Mohamed Hussein Gabbow

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: (a) Flooding in Gwassi Constituency was reported to my Ministry on 18th April, 2012. The Ministry responded on 19th April, 2012 by sending food and non-food items as follows: One hundred 90-kilogramme bags of maize; fifty 50-kilogramme bags of beans; twenty cartons of soya oil, 20 bales of nutropup, 15 cartons of corned beef, 50 pieces of blankets and 30 pieces of tarpaulin. The flood victims were also moved to higher grounds. view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Further, I personally led a team of Government officials, including the area Member of Parliament, to the constituency on 21st April, 2012 to assess the situation on the ground. The Ministry has continued liaising with officers on the ground, including the Member of Parliament, who have confirmed that no further flooding has occurred, and that the situation has stabilised. view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: (b) The long rains planting season is over. However, the Government will consider providing seeds during the short rains season, which will start in September/October. view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Agriculture provided seeds to farmers in Gwassi but the floods swept away those seeds. If the farmers are still in a position to plant under those floods, we will assist so that they can be given some seeds. view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will look into the request. This is a new request which has just been made on the Floor of the House. I will look into it and report back to the House regarding what we will have been able to do for farmers in Gwassi. view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I want to table a progress report on the ongoing rains and the flood situation in the country, so that each hon. Member can get an in-depth report of what the Ministry has compiled so far. view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, regarding the issue of the Kshs17 billion, my Ministry is not aware of any such Vote Item in Budget of the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. We are not aware--- view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to deal with budgetary issues. The Ministry of State for Special Programmes is concerned with issues of flooding, crises response and all that. I will leave the budgetary issues to the Budget Committee of Parliament and the Chief Executive Officer, who is the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry. What I am doing currently is to help the people of Gwassi to make sure that they get seeds and start planting. I also make sure that they do not die of hunger just because their crops have been swept away. view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I went to Gwassi, we accepted to foot the burial and the hospital bills. My promise still stands and it will be done. view