Dr. Nuh Nassir Abdi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1461 to 1470 of 1551.

• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have not been supplied with a copy of the written answer. view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister of State for Special Programmes the following Question by Private Notice. (a) How prepared is the Government to respond to and mitigate against disasters in light of the recent incidents where two accident victims were trapped in the cabin of a car for more than three hours as well as the recent Sachang’wan and Nakumatt fire tragedies? (b) Has the Government prepared a policy Paper on disaster mitigation and, if so, could she table the same? (c)What budgetary provisions has the Government made during the Financial Year 2008/2009, funds ... view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: It is okay, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is quite encouraging, and I would like to thank the Assistant Minister and his Ministry for the little attention they are paying to disaster response in this country. I would like to table three documents. In 2004--- view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want the three documents to be put in one Box! The different players that the Assistant Minister has been saying would respond to disasters in this country seem suffer from a disconnect. I would like to ask the Assistant Minister whether they have a central unit that co-oridinates all these disaster responders. A letter that was written on 4th April, 2007, by the Office of the Permanent Secretary, that is well versed with the running of the every office of the Government tells the fire brigades:- “Please note that matters relating to fire ... view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Lastly, we have 510 officers fighting fire all over the country, who are very poorly remunerated. They are given a salary of below Kshs10,000; do not have an insurance cover or medical cover. They are paid only Kshs500 as risk allowance! How does the Assistant Minister expect us to believe that the Ministry at the forefront in fighting disasters in this country? view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the Assistant Minister for admitting inadequacy again. They should have factored it in the budgetary provisions. It is public knowledge that they have only eight fire-fighting vehicles in the whole country. view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry promised, at the beginning of this financial year, that they would recruit 1,600 medical staff. Towards the end of financial year, we have not seen this happen. So, could the Assistant Minister be more affirmative and tell us when exactly they intend to recruit these staff, before the year ends? view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the Assistant Minister is misleading the House, because these are staff who had been budgeted for in 2008/2009, and they will be recruited in September, 2009, when we will be well into the other financial year. view