Dr. Mohammed Abdi Kuti

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 241 to 250 of 503.

• 26 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since this is a countrywide report involving counties, districts, locations and even sub-locations, I will seek ample time; maybe about two months. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the event of death of a beneficiary, I had stated in the Statement that three consecutive stipends are sent and then it is stopped. view
• 25 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, devolution is more effective when our governors, executive committee and members of the county assemblies are aware and are connected with the rest of the counties, the national government and even with the world. I agree with Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o when he said that Senators, Governors and Members of the County Assembly and even Members of Parliament need to have the basic ICT knowledge as a requirement because the world is heading there. You will be illiterate to be using paper and pen. You will be like our fathers who could not read letters. We are now ... view
• 25 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that was a long time ago. What I am trying to say is that it is one thing to have fibre optic in Lodwar and have the Governor there and his executives use it. The county will not move ahead if they are unable to utilize the infrastructure. That is what I was trying to imply. This is a very critical thing because it is very common even amongst us. It is available here. I now have fibre connected to my house. It is important that we all must have that connectivity and utilise it. With those ... view
• 25 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion which I stand to support. view
• 25 Sep 2013 in Senate: The issue of ICT and moreso, the fibre optic is the fastest way that our country can realise Vision 2030. If we do not pay a lot of attention to ICT and especially the expansion of infrastructure, Vision 2030 will be Vision 3020. Since African countries, including Kenya, are not very good at inventing, but copying what has been invented in another world, I think we better fast-track our copying to the fast lane. The fast lane now is what we are talking about today. In fact, if we fast-track fibre optic, we will be able to develop so fast ... view
• 25 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am saying this because with the arrival of fibre optic, towns like Isiolo and Lodwar that are always considered marginalised will be developed. The fibre optic infrastructure has already been said to be effective in trying to modernize health services, education delivery, banking in rural areas, current affairs where local people would be aware of what is happening in the world because information is power. We would have empowered our rural folks because through this availability of mass information, we would bring our people up to speed in terms of knowing the current issues in every ... view
• 25 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of e-government is only now a reality in Nairobi and a few other cities, but if we expand our infrastructure in fibre optic, and they reach in those far flung districts, we will have e-government whereby the issues of people coming to Nairobi for identity cards, passports, benefits from the National Social Security Fund The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 25 Sep 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, devolution is more effective when our governors, executive committee and members of the county assemblies are aware and are connected with the rest of the counties, the national government and even with the world. I agree with Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o when he said that Senators, Governors and Members of the County Assembly and even Members of Parliament need to have the basic ICT knowledge as a requirement because the world is heading there. You will be illiterate to be using paper and pen. You will be like our fathers who could not read letters. We are now ... view