Eng Mohammed Maalim Mahamud

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: to the best of our knowledge, it has not been repealed. It was established for a purpose. However, over the years, the Government neglected it. In fact, it stopped having the purpose that it had. Instead of funding it, the Government has now transferred it to the Ministry of Defence. I do not understand how a parastatal gets transferred to our military. The idea of militarizing our institutions should stop. Even if it was done, there must be proper public participation. We know that the KMC was not functioning properly because there was a funding problem. It should have been ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. This is a great day; success for all us, the Senate and this country. This Senate of the Republic of Kenya has functions given to it under the Constitution. In fact, Article 93 of the Constitution gives the mandate for us to deal with revenue sharing between the counties. As a former Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget, the process we have gone through has taught me many things. My de-whipping from the Committee and subsequent loss of the chairmanship energized me to fight harder for the downtrodden counties in ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: of Revenue Bill which was very protracted and we were not able to move to anything else apart from it. We can remember when we were dealing with the Division of Revenue Bill in the Financial Year 2018/2019, we were proposing that we give the counties Kshs335 billion for Financial Year 2019/2020. The CoG who are making noise today were the ones who went behind our back and settled for a figure which was far less. This House got divided right in the middle. Instead of acting as Senators for Kenya, working for the counties and defending them as per ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: It might not have been possible if we had all just agreed as the Senate and said, “Yes” and left this to fate. I thank the President for seeing the danger this country is in. He called the leadership and said that money would be allocated. I hope that money will be available. As the Senate, we must ensure we will not pass the next Division of Revenue Bill, without the Kshs53.5 billion. view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: You have the authority because Parliament makes the budget and is not at the mercy of the Executive. Let us stop being at the mercy of the Executive so as to run away from our responsibilities. The Executive is taking us for granted. We, as the Senate, have allowed ourselves to play boys and girls for the Executive. That must stop. The Council of Governors (CoG) was never our partner in budget making. Every time they go to the Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council ( IBEC ), they settle for a small figure and we are told: “Governors have agreed”. ... view
• 16 Sep 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, let me thank Sen. Wetangula for bringing this important Statement. The so-called impending shutdown of counties by the Chairman of the CoG is a joke. Gov. Oparanya is behaving like a trade unionist. We know that all trade unions in this country--- If the biggest of them is not performing as required, we will fail very badly. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Senate does not share its mandate with anybody. The CoG has no business in trying to tell this Senate what to do. The Senate is here under Article 96 of the Constitution to defend counties. We ... view
• 16 Sep 2020 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Planning should also stop joking. The Supreme Court did say that he can give money to the counties. Section 134 of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act authorizes him. He is now waiting for authority from the National Assembly. Shame on him! We cannot accept that. Let this country be given the right it has under the Constitution. Counties collect own-source revenue. They are always dependent on the sharable revenue. A delay by two months, they say they have no money. They should collect that money; do not misuse it. ... view
• 15 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a House of rules and procedures. In fact, we cannot just stand up and say that we adjourn. Unfortunately, we have done this before in this House; it is going to be a practice for us. The Senate Majority Leader should invoke Standing Order No.32 to ask for the House to be adjourned. The practice that we are now adopting, in future, cannot be a practice of the House. Therefore, do not allow something like this to happen. There must be a procedure for asking for the House to be adjourned. I thank you. view
• 8 Sep 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I am sorry to say this but you know on a matter of that importance, where the whole country is waiting for funds to go to the counties; the Senate Majority Leader in this House issued a Statement. You ruled that the Senate Business Committee this morning decided that nobody should contribute. In fact, on other Statements, which are very trivial, you allow half an hour or 15 minutes and we are done. Madam Deputy Speaker, is it in order for the Chair to gag the Senate? view
• 14 Jul 2020 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I stand to support the Statement by Sen. Kihika of Nakuru County. Evictions are becoming a very dangerous phenomenon in this country at this time and era when we have COVID-19. You remember the evictions that were taking place in Kariobangi and the inhumane nature with which that took place. The Government blatantly throws out children and old people in the middle of the night, in the rain in this bad weather and conditions. There are evictions from forests. Of course we are for conservation, but when it comes to evicting people inhumanely without notice, it is ... view