Dr. Nuh Nassir Abdi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1271 to 1280 of 1551.

• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we seek Ministerial Statements in this House, they are standing and they do not lapse with time. So, he has to make an undertaking on when he will issue a Ministerial Statement. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is unfortunate if this board has been out of place for the last five years. Even if the Minister was not consulting for five years, I am quite sure she has been consulting for a year now. But this is about timelines because we cannot operate in a vacuum and the Ministry cannot purport to be conducting the same business and oversighting on its own role. So, it is about timelines. When will the Minister ensure that this board is in place? view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think we have rules and regulations and even consultations are time bound. The Ministry has got a timeframe. I am very sure they must even have a masterplan for consultation. So, the Minister cannot say that it is an open-ended consultation. Maybe these consultations will go on until 2012. What happens if they fail to agree? She has to be very categorical as to how many months or years she needs to consult all the members or stakeholders for us to be able to put in place a board of ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources:- (a) whether he could provide a list of companies issued with licences to prospect for gypsum in Nanighi, Bangale and Madogo locations and indicate the ones with mining licence, the respective dates of licensing and also the approved acreage size to mine; (b) whether he could explain why some mining companies licensed do not comply with the mining law and other regulations; and, (c) what steps the Ministry is putting in place to ensure that livestock farming, which is the backbone of residents’ livelihood, is not adversely affected by the mining and ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, how I wish the Assistant Minister would table the results of the EIA she is alluding to. One thing I know for sure is that the livestock sector has suffered immensely in my constituency because of the quarrying and mining activities. Because we are talking about livelihoods, what is the role of the residents in this saga where companies are allowed to mine and reap benefits while the residents suffer because their economic activities are not sustained? How do the residents come in? Where are they consulted? view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is not about regulations. We know that the rules and regulations are there. The hon. Member was very specific. How do you enforce these regulations? These quarries have been there for the last 14 years and they have been abandoned. Camels, cows, and people fall into these quarries and as a result, break their legs and yet there is no enforcement by the NEMA. If I am given an opportunity, I will lay on the Table the letters I have been writing to the NEMA for the past two years. ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I understand that the new Constitution gives us more powers as the people of Bura in deciding on our fate. However, the mining companies have been there for very many years and we have not had any net effect or benefit to the residents although the companies have been repeating a lot of profit. What action does the Assistant Minister intend to take to make sure that in line with the new Constitution, it is not only social-corporate responsibility that is obliged of these companies but that it is their constitutional responsibility to plough their profits ... view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister has said that there is a shortage of these materials in the neighbouring constituencies. I am aware that people use better materials to build their homesteads. Where do they get those materials to build their own homesteads if there is shortage of the materials? view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister should confirm to this House which of his two arguments we should buy. Is it because there is inadequacy of stones in those constituencies that mandated them to use bricks or is he affirming to this House that bricks are a better quality than stones? He is mixing up issues. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) to provide a list of large-scale seed production companies in the country; (b) to state how many tonnes of maize these companies are currently holding in reserve; and, (c) what plans the Ministry has to ensure that the country does not face shortage of maize seed and other seeds for planting. view