Dr. Nuh Nassir Abdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: The political party leaders in this nation had ample time to marshal hon. Members to mudsling one another when it came to the issue of a red carpet or a toilet for the Prime Minister. Parties came together at that time. Others said that they would hold demonstrations. They had ample time to do that. However, they did not see the importance of putting in place the House Business Committee before this House resumed. That is why I am at a loss and Kenyans are watching. view
• 23 Apr 2009 in National Assembly: In the old tradition, there was a Cushitic leader, and I want to share this story with hon. Members. He was a perfect leader who was supposed to give a ruling whenever contentious matters arose. The rule at that time was that when cows went and grazed on a maize farm, the height of the maize stalk was measured. Since there were no tape measures then, they used sticks to measure. The person whose cows ate the maize would be forced to fill the maize to the height of the maize stalk. I am saying this because when it comes ... view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, along our trunk roads, there are very many bumps, but there are no signs to show them. This leads to very many accidents, especially along the Nairobi-Garissa Highway and Nairobi-Mombasa Highway. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Sometime back, the Assistant Minister said that the construction of these road signs are part of the contract that the contractors are supposed to undertake. Could he tell this House when they are going to erect these road signs because they are very useful road safety measures? view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the Minister is talking big football, and we have leagues as well. We cannot attain excellent and big-league football of the KFF, or whatever it is, if we do not have the grassroots mechanisms for small kids to be nurtured into playing good football. There are sports funds, Kshs1 million, that the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has allocated to various constituencies. The policies under which those funds are allocated are so disjointed. For example, the committee that it supposed to monitor these funds does not have the wide acceptance in the constituency. ... view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to finish, could the Minister clarify whether she is in a position to call a kamukunji, so that we discuss in finer details how we are going to manage these sports funds in the constituencies before the situation gets out of hand? view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, apart from supporting the mining activities that take place in this country, the Ministry has an undertaking that it has to conserve the environment. It will not be fair that other economic activities that are viable and helpful to the people down there are mismanaged on the pretext of companies being allowed to mine minerals in this country. In my constituency, the livelihood of the people is pastoralism. There is also extensive mining. In the next ten years, most people will not have a place to graze their livestock. Even after writing several letters to the ... view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: On point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Could the Assistant Ministry tell the House when he intends to visit my constituency to see for himself the impact of the environmental degradation on the people of Bura Constituency? view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the same problem has been illustrated some few minutes ago, regarding local authorities and mining. In this country, issues to do with land fall under the Ministry of Lands. We have a sub-section that says the local authorities are overseeing it for the communities down there. We have the Department of Mining and Geology that gives exclusive mining or prospecting rights to companies that want to mine. On the other side, we have NEMA officers who oversee the environmental impact issues that go down the line. I think there is some sort of confusion. view