Dr. Nuh Nassir Abdi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 901 to 910 of 1551.

• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on Wednesday last week, Mr. Yakub requested for a Ministerial Statement on the dismissal of 40 employees of African Safari Club. The Statement was to be issued on Tuesday afternoon. By yesterday, we still did not have any response from the Minister for Labour. The issue is so urgent. The employees are still camping at the residence and hotels of the management. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Minister in order to mislead the House that for those opposing this Motion, they are doing it to delay a process, when we are only saying that let us follow the Standing Orders and live within the days which are stipulated in the Standing Orders? Is he in order to mislead the House that we are delaying the passage of these Bills when in essence he is the one who is hurrying issues? view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I oppose this Motion, I want to put three fundamental issues across. The Government side is asking for reduction of the publication period from 14 days to six days, which means they are reducing the period by eight days. Eight days will not cause a miracle of reforms in the police service but they will do justice to the Back Bench; Members of Parliament, and the public will scrutinize these Bills, so that they may put across what they think is essential and what is missing. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second thing is that it seems as if the Government is putting on record how many Bills have been passed. I think the urgency here is because they want to show Kenyans that they have passed so many Bills. The Constitution is very clear on the timelines. Whether we pass this Bill today or we pass it in the next two years, we will not have added much value to the Constitution. We will have just acted within the time limit. It will not add an iota of pride in this House if we pass this ... view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the third point I want to put across is the fact that when the Government is asking for the reduction of the publication period – something which is allowed by the Standing Orders for specific reasons – it has to satisfy us that the urgency exists. This is an urgency that we have to quantify and see that something like a miracle will happen within those eight days. This country is not going to war in the next 10 days. We have lived with the police for all those years. It cannot do much harm if our ... view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I oppose. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I referred to the Executive. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead the House that the six days that we are disputing and saying that it should be 14 days are only for reading the Bill? Indeed, the Members would go back to their constituencies and consult. view