Shakeel Shabbir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1151 to 1160 of 1945.

• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order to give the impression that certain people who are not here, are not here on purpose? I have already seen Assistant Ministers walking out. Some of them are from the Coast. I have also seen certain other senior politicians walking out, knowing they are meant to be here. So, is it in order to mention the names of the Prime Minister and others as sabotaging? view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Hon. Abu Chiaba has just walked out. Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta has just walked out! view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Minister for your statement. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: You ended your statement with something that seen as a stab on the health services workers as not being humane. You also said that humanity is only extended to the patients and the Government. Could the Minister clarify to us what he meant by that? Secondly, could he distinguish between societies and co-operatives? Where exactly have things gone wrong? Has this Government reneged on its promise to health workers? Let us call a spade, a spade. People claim that you made some promises that you have not kept. It is either you were not in the position to keep them, ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not see him and he was sitting next to me. My contribution will be much reduced. The whole objective of this Bill and the objective of the new Constitution is devolution. This devolution must be seamless. This transition must be done well. We cannot allow shortcuts. I was a mayor for two terms and I found that the most amount of irregular and illegal activities took place during transitions, either during elections or thereafter. So, we want to be very clear. This Bill has laid it down that there will be no such ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to contribute to the County Governments Bill. The Bill is seeking to implement Chapter 11 on devolved governments. It also seeks to replicate national governments at the grassroots level as proposed and the establishment of county executive committees and the county assembly which is equivalent to the Cabinet. However, I do not think this meant that there will be a duplication of the national Government at the county level. The idea was devolution and not decentralization or de-concentration. I sit in Committees and I have seen the way this Bill has evolved. I ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, much has been said about governors wanting helicopters and that we will have 47 mini-presidents. That is where I am coming from. This is not secession. Already we are hearing the talk of secession from the Coast Province. This morning, I sat quietly listening to contributions by hon. Members. Some hon. Members said already people in that province are saying their province is not part of Kenya! This is not the essence of devolution. Devolution does not mean we divide our country. We want to remain united in a country called Kenya. All we are ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: With regard to devolution we must be careful. I want to give the example of Nigeria. The first years of Federal Government saw many governors in jail. In fact, half of them were jailed. It is sad to note that if we do not put in place very organized systems with firm administration, we might travel on the same way as Nigerians. I would rather that we even delay or devolved governments in stages. So, I do not agree with the acting Leader of Government Business when he says that we push through these things. Let us go systematic, so ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Last week, I had the opportunity of visiting a country where my grandfather came from. It is called Pakistan. They had similar problems like this country. I remember in 1992 and 1997 trying to put together a new local government act that has never come to pass. Since 1997, they have tried to put together the local government act which provide for devolved system, but they have not succeeded. It started falling apart in 2007. So we are saying that we do not want to go that way. I am urging this House and the Minister to give us more ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support. view