Dr. Nuh Nassir Abdi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 851 to 860 of 1551.

• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I once said that in law, there are as many opinions as there are lawyers in this House. We are not deficient of them. I think even the spirit of those who wanted to make this law--- You are told that, sometimes, you should not read the law as plain as it is. Sometimes, you need to look at the spirit and the intentions of some of the laws that are being made. The reason as to why public and state officers are asked to resign from their positions before they vie for any elective ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to go by the wise counsel of the many lawyers who have spoken to this matter and humbly withdraw. But I put it on HANSARD record that it seems some sections of the Constitution are inconsistent with the Bill of Rights and we are discriminating against people who are of the same status like we are. I think, in future, the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs has to check whether there is a possibility of a constitutional amendment to cater for this office. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir the amendment to this Clause was supposed to lower the bar of qualifications for someone to be elected to the position of a County Assembly Member. I had the intention of removing the post-secondary qualification requirement so that County Assembly representatives would only be required to produce a secondary school certificate. In view of the amendments which have already been passed that they will have to contend with Governors with degrees, I am a bit afraid that County Assembly representatives who will have only secondary school certificates will not muscle enough a County Governor who ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I do not know why Mr. Kimunya is so paranoid because I am alive to the other amendments which are also coming. I am not working in isolation. I have consulted the Chairman of the Committee. I also want to humbly withdraw my amendment because I think the amendments by the Committee are better. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to withdraw the amendment. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am not sure whether the Minister will want to carry both amendments in (a) and (b) because I have a problem with (b). view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the amendment by the hon. Minister in (a) seems okay with me. But when he deletes sub-clause 2 which says a candidate nominated by a political party shall not appoint his own agent, I thought a better phrase would have been “may appoint his own agent”. That would have given the room for members to appoint and the Electoral Commission would accept it. But if it is blank, then they may still gag and tell you that it is only the political party which can appoint an agent for you. Sometimes, they complain about the ... view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it seems I was reading from the wrong page because I was reading the amendments by the Chairman. The amendments by the Minister seem to concur with mine so I withdraw my amendments. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, thank you for your guidance and I beg to move:- THAT Clause 31 of the Bill be amended by deleting Subclause (2) and substituting therefor the following new Subclause- “(2) A candidate nominated by a political party may appoint an agent of the candidate’s choice”. This will deny members who are vying for positions to nominate their agents. Political parties can sometimes become animals. view
• 26 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am a bit uncomfortable with restricting the qualifications of Revenue Allocation Commission to people who have only issues on economics and finance. This is because when allocating revenue it is not only about addition of figures. You have to have other perceptions and issues on board. When trying to allocate resources to far flung areas and disadvantaged places, you should not only have the knowledge of one plus one but also the knowledge to perceive and conceive that some places are really disadvantaged. When we talk about distances, longevity, access to facilities and statistics ... view