Najib Balala

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we are in agreement with the Minister that this amendment be brought although Mr. Yakub had to fly back. I discussed it with the Minister and he is in agreement with his amendment. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am sorry for taking you back. I can see that there is an error or there is no conformity in paragraph (2) of Clause 25(b) on village polytechnics. I think this should be edited before we approve it. I am referring to Clause 25(2)(e). view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want clarity from the Chair of the Committee; if you put a minimum age and in today’s life of parents collectively working and they have a child of nine months and they want to put him in a day care which is referred to as a school, then what would be the minimum age you are talking about? view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I do not know why the Minister has a problem with that because this is an innocent child admitted to school. It would be discriminative on the religious and cultural aspect. It is very clear in that clause. I have seen the debate on mini- skirts that the Minister brought up and also the issue of nuns who we highly respect. So, we want this to be a very accomodative Bill and I beg the Minister to consider this amendment. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate the Ministry for a good job on the superhighway and the footbridges; also there are other areas such as the Uhuru Highway, just opposite Parliament and Uhuru Park, where there have been several accidents--- view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to congratulate Madam Noor for the wonderful job she has done. I know she comes from the NGO world. She has the experience and now she is a legislator. The calibre of Mrs. Noor and Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona is heroism for the country. So, the good work these two hon. Members have done is wonderful. I want to congratulate her for the good work. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we definitely appreciate the good work the NGO world is doing in complementing Government work. Also we know there are a lot of problems within the NGO world, because of a legal framework that does not address their issues. I am glad that this Bill will address their issues in terms of regulation and registrations. This Bill also facilitates registration and a transparent way of undertaking it. Before it was at the discretion of the Director-General of the NGO Co-ordination Board, but today, there is clear timeline. It says that within specific time, registration has to ... view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have always had a problem of too many NGOs. Some of them we refer to them as “briefcase NGOs”. We want to regulate the good NGOs, support them and encourage them. Yes, we have bad elements within society. Through this Bill, we want to control those “briefcase NGOs”. We all know some NGOs have done a good job in this country. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: As an African nation and a young democracy, we appreciate the advocacy role that NGOs play. Also, we want NGOs to truly give support in the infrastructure sector, education and health, so that we are able to get goods results in these sectors; these sectors are key to humanity. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the way the appointment of the Commission will be done will be transparent and I appreciate it. I know that the Cabinet Secretary will have the power to appoint at least three members to the Commission. We should make sure that those three members are not also members of other registered NGOs, so that they do not come in and advocate their own partisan interests. They should be people of integrity and who will stand firm. They should be able to serve the bigger interest of the country rather than the interest of specific NGOs. view