Dr. Mohammed Abdi Kuti

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. view
• 31 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, a new part D with the words “Kenya Livestock Research Institute” and part (e) with the words “Kenya Livestock Marketing and Development Authority” be added immediately after part “c” of New Clause 38A. view
• 31 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the House its consideration of the Veterinary Surgeon and Para-professional Bill and its approval thereof with amendments. view
• 31 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. view
• 31 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that The Veterinary Surgeons and Para-Professionals Bill be now read the Third Time. view
• 31 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will take this opportunity to thank hon. Members for supporting this Bill. I would also like to thank the Committee which has done a great job to satisfy both the veterinary surgeons and the para-professionals. When this Bill becomes law, it will really change the practice of veterinary medicine such that it will remove the quacks and the so-called “bare-foot vets” and, therefore, bring professionalism and sanity to this very noble profession. I want to assure Kenyans that this law will enable them to have safe livestock products that are free from excess ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Veterinary Surgeons and Para-Professionals Bill be now read a Second Time. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the livestock sector contributes greatly to the economy of this country. Barely, no household is without one form or another of livestock, be it chicken, cows, goats or camels. This subsector contributes about 12 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It is about 50 per cent of the contribution of the agricultural GDP. In the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) population, over 90 per cent of the people are employed in this subsector. Therefore, it creates very high employment especially in ASALs and other nomadic communities. The potential also for this sector is so ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, now, we are trying to put the pieces together and ensure that this subsector goes back to its old glory days and is able to contribute its full potential. Therefore, The Veterinary Surgeons and Para-Professionals Bill that is before the House, is one of those efforts to put back this subsector on track. This Bill will reorganize and also bring back professionalism. Just as human beings, the health of livestock must be taken care of because eventually, unhealthy animals will, definitely, lead to unhealthy human beings, especially from contact or consumption. Therefore, we need to have ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, also the fact that only veterinary surgeons are legally recognised and registered, then it means that the animal health assistants feel very much unfairly treated. They are certificate and diploma holders, but they cannot practice. However, the fact is that they are actually the people who are mainly in the rural areas. They are the people who really take care of these animals. There is a lot of dissatisfaction even among the animal health assistants and other certificate and diploma holders in the field of veterinary medicine. This was so much so that hon. Lekuton decided ... view