Hon Mohamud Sheikh Mohammed

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: So, this pandemic situation is becoming a serious matter. The Ministry of Health needs to get its act right. Many people are dying. view
• 5 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Although this is not meant to be debated, it is important we contribute to important factual matters. Therefore, unless we get immunity in this country, have more people vaccinated and those exposed can defend themselves naturally, there will still be challenges. We all need to consider ways of getting out of this. The best way is to have the entire population vaccinated or at least a threshold of it, so that we can be comfortable. This should suffice to protect our people. Unless this happens, we will have this challenge continuously. We also need to meander ... view
• 5 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the National Hospital Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 21 of 2021) that we considered in the Departmental Committee on Health. I support it for various reasons, some of which are quite compelling because public health insurance is the cornerstone of society and the health of communities across the world. It is not a new thing for us. It has been here for many years, particularly the NHIF. It used to be called the National Hospital Insurance Fund, but is currently called the National Health Insurance Fund. Health ... view
• 5 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: who work in the private industries such as the hotel industry and others. Those are the two types of workers. If the county governments or the national Government are giving a particular amount of money, why should private workers also not be given a substantial amount? We have pegged that to about a minimum of Kshs500, which every worker must get. I want to use a simple example. It would be unfair for a teacher to get the best services while an industry or a hotel worker gets lesser service. If someone is given a service equivalent to Kshs150,000 - ... view
• 5 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: We can borrow a leaf from other Commonwealth countries like the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Those are countries that I have worked in and I have seen that Universal Health Coverage is a very important aspect for everybody. For example, there is the Medicare levy in Australia where 47 per cent of the Commonwealth budget of health goes into. Medicare is a kind of insurance pool where everybody is covered through it. For those having higher income, they may go for private health insurance or may contribute… view
• 4 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I will be short and swift on this point as it has been quite widely discussed by my colleagues. It is very important that we raise the transition of students from primary to secondary school to 100 per cent. It is one of the best things that can happen to the newer generation. I feel that that is important. Unfortunately, the infrastructure has not been in place. We expect our children to transition to another level of education without sufficient facilities available wherever they are transitioning to. Those facilities are not there. I will ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I appreciate that I can contribute to this very important Bill. This is an important Bill to our Kenyan society and the people that actually value the issue of supporting social capital. It is important because it will safeguard and put in place regulations that are necessary in managing Waqf. This House needs to know that Waqf was started around 670 A.D., that is, about 1,400 or 1,500 years ago. Waqf has been a contributor to societal building. It is the engagement of society in the search of livelihoods. The electronic version ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: If I can give a very simple example: around 690 A.D, Said Abu Bakr, the first Caliph of Islam, contributed a Waqf of wells, so that the young Muslim society at the time could benefit. Saudi Arabia was in the desert; a place where water was scarce. Waqf was contributed at around that time. It eventually evolved. It continued. It has contributed to the values that society can share, namely, the haves and the have-nots. Other religions have been doing the same, but in their own ways. Alms are paid in form of sadaka by every other religion. There are ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: It is important that we put this matter into regulations and law. This Bill will add to contemporary management of the Waqf. As days move on, the world changes and that means that ancient ways and means of working must change. Therefore, the contemporary means of management of the Waqf, through a Bill as such, will support a process that is acceptable to all societies. The Waqf is pegged on religion, that is, through the zakat, which is a compulsory payment of 2.5 per cent of one's income. view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Societal cohesion has always been there but has been wobbling in the sense that things are not being done through proper channels and well-versed processes. So, this Bill will place that process in the laws of this country. Other communities can join our processes. It may be done by any other person from a different religion, that is, the compulsion to give two-and-a-half per cent of one's wealth to a particular Waqf. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view