Dr. Nuh Nassir Abdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think it should be understood by the Minister and the House that the Second Reading stage of this Bill was passed on Tuesday evening. The whole of yesterday morning and afternoon, hon. Members were committed until midnight, last night. Some of us stayed here until midnight. The amendments so proposed by the Minister only appeared on the website after 9.00 a.m. this morning when some of us came to learn about the amendments by the Minister. So, we had gone through many workshops on the Public Financial Management Bill as a caucus. We have ... view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I heard the arguments by Dr. Khalwale and I would like to plead with the Leader of Government Business, if the reconvening of the House Business Committee (HBC) can be done to realign this business even if it is for Tuesday, that can be good. They can wait at that level and see the input that even Committees have. They need to take every comment on board. If that is done, we will have no business of coming to debate a deferment in the afternoon and we take 30 minutes arguing back and forth as ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was present when this Question was discussed two weeks ago. The blanket condemnation by the Minister of Members of Parliament is--- He kept on saying that the parcels of land were allocated to Members of Parliament from Coast Province, Kamba Members of Parliament and so on. That blanket condemnation will remain hanging on the Members of Parliament who come from the regions mentioned. I think withholding the answer for too long will be like perpetuating a blanket condemnation of Members of Parliament, who are dignified members of this House. ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs:- (a) whether he could provide a list of all criminal appeal cases currently pending before Kenyan appellate courts up to and including the year 2012, indicating the respective years the appeals were filed; (b) what the average time a criminal appeal takes to be heard and determined after filing in the Kenyan justice system is; and, (c) whether he could confirm that only one judge is assigned to hear criminal appeals in Nairobi, hence precipitating the delays and, if so, what the Ministry is doing to remedy the situation. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know whether part “c” of the Question has been satisfactorily answered by the Assistant Minister because the records he has given me on the number of criminal appeal cases pending before the appellate courts in this country are 2,400 cases and this is excluding the appeals to the High Court from the lower courts which are currently standing at 9,000. Since I specifically asked about Nairobi, there are currently close to 770 cases of appeals pending in the appellate courts and with only four judges assigned to such duties, is it not ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is good that the Assistant Minister has at least acknowledged the delay in justice that has now resulted in a bit of denial for Kenyans. Part of the reason as to why I raised this Question was because the Government seemed responsible and unaware of the enabling legislation that was lacking to allow the Judiciary to employ more judges to be able to dispose of the justice system that has been cobbled over the years. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Judicature Bill was published on 2nd December, 2011. It was read the first ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. A year ago, I asked such a Question to the substantive Minister and he informed us that it takes a maximum of 34 days for a Kenyan to get an identity card. That is for the extreme end of northern Kenya and Turkana. So, I just wanted to inform the Assistant Minister that much so that he compares it with the two years. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. On the same, I do not know how we expect vetting committees, who are elders of high esteem gotten from the villages, to be very honest and identify the residents who should be given identity cards, if even the Ministry cannot give guidelines as to how much allowance - even if it is a day or week service allowance - they are supposed to be paid. Would that not open avenues for corruption; for Registration Officers to manipulate how much they give and charge applicants? view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister is handling this matter a little bit casually. Being a prospective running mate to my party leader, is he in order to make this matter small, when he knows that there are those votes from Tana River, North Eastern and Turkana that he has to rely on for him to access the status? view