Dr. Nuh Nassir Abdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to thank you for your ruling and more specifically, the first ruling. I also want to thank His Excellency the President for having amended the Memorandum. When His Excellency the President first submitted the Memorandum to this House, I had gone through it and hinted to a section of the Executive that the Memorandum of the President was in contravention of the National Police Service Act which I had the opportunity of obtaining from one of the arms of the Government. Barely three days after I had obtained the Act, ... view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to apologize to the House on behalf of the PAC and on behalf of the Chairman. We are at the final stage. In fact, we have just done the recommendations and it is only requiring the signatures of all the Members. We will avail a report to this House as soon as possible, as you have directed. view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. On the same and we are all alive to promises that are given by Ministers in this House---. This House should not be taken lightly. When at times Members of the Back Bench sit back when a Minister asks for indulgence for more time to go and source for more information, then it is that trust that holds many Members of Parliament to just oblige and wait until the Minister gives a comprehensive answer. view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is such a contemptuous answer where the Assistant Minister just bluntly denies that he is not aware of any maize that is rotting, when indeed, just on Monday, I was with the manager of the NIB of Hola and he confirmed to me that there are 5000 bags of maize lying in Hola. The same Government is contemplating importing maize from South Africa; again they may import maize that is contaminated. Is the Assistant Minister in order to just come here and deny facts that are already here without having to give a satisfactory answer ... view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead the House that there is a misconception out there that it is the Government that is always supposed to buy maize from farmers, when it is the same Government that intimated that it has money but there is no maize to buy? Is it the public that has a misconception of information or the Government which is misleading the public? view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead the House that the Ministry of Agriculture has no business in the purchase of maize, when he knows that his Ministry is mandated not only in the production of maize, but also in marketing of maize, which again goes to the issues of buying and selling of maize? view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the same note, even the Supplementary Order Paper, on the last page, shows that the Adjournment Motion has to be moved not later than 3.30 p.m. If the presumption of the House is that the Procedural Motion will be passed, then we are anticipating debate. So, the only fair thing for the Government to do is to move to the Procedural Motion and if the Procedural Motion passes, the “not later view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. On the same issue, I was indeed the one who requested the Chair - the hon. Speaker then - to avail a copy of the amended memorandum to the House so that Members can acquaint themselves with whether we have a memorandum or something different. Although Mr. Githae says that he is “clarifying” an error, you cannot clarify an error. You can only correct an error. If we are to go with plain English, you can only clarify what is not clear as in expunge and add a few things. Mr. ... view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. With all due respect to your ruling, we do not deny the right of the Government to introduce Bills when they so wish and to withdraw Bills at their will, but this House is a responsible House; and as Members of Parliament, we are here to exercise oversight over the Executive arm of Government. If the act of withdrawing a Bill by the Government is tantamount to committing a crime or an anomaly, why should we just sit back and say “let them view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, Sir. I think enough has been said and I do not want to dwell on the matters that have already been touched. But you know when you start picking on every other aspect that the hon. Members spoke on, the Memorandum of the President stands almost deleted. This is because every other aspect has been termed erroneous. view