Shakeel Shabbir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1451 to 1460 of 1945.

• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Coming to the Board, and this is what I find a little bit difficult because the Kenya Veterinarian Board will be the umbrella body for both the veterinarians and the para- professionals, as much as we know that the intentions are good, this will become a closed society Board. They will use this to cut out the para-professionals who they know are going to take part of the business. I was proposing, and I will do this in the prescribed manner, that we should not have four registered surgeons under item (f) and only one para-professional. We should have, maybe, ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the hon. Member has just made out the case. The situation is that earlier on, there was no provision for any para- veterinary professional in the existing law but, as the Minister has pointed out, most of them were in the rural areas doing the work. I think my honourable friend has misunderstood what I am saying. I am not saying that they should not be under supervision. I am saying that they should not necessarily be under supervision of only veterinary surgeons. They could also be under supervision of para-veterinary professionals who are recognised by ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the reason as to why I am making this suggestion is that if you look at the functions of para-veterinary professional in Clause 2 under the Second Schedule; you will see that they do not have anything to do with veterinary medicine. Most of this is para-veterinary professional work. Those functions include implementation of parasite control programmes in animals, carrying out of certain procedures, execution of certain services, et cetera . The Bill does not authorise para-veterinary personnel to go ahead and practice veterinary medicine or do what a veterinary surgeon would do. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: There was a time when the USSR needed a lot of doctors. So, they specialised doctors in certain fields. The doctors went through training, but they did not go through all the fields of medicine. They were not what we call “general practitioners”. They were specialists in one area or another. Many of them even came to Kenya, and they were not under supervision of doctors per se . They had been trained in medicine but they specialised in particular disciplines. So, I am trying to explain myself, in my “very mixed up way”. You know, I am standing opposite ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wanted to explain it very clearly. Otherwise, I am very happy that we are debating this Bill. With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has spoken about a short-term solution for a long-term problem. The long-term problem is that the markets are not properly managed by all local authorities. view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could you refer this matter to the Departmental Committee on Local Authorities, so that we can come up with a comprehensive proposal as to how markets should be managed? At this moment, the poor people are being taxed very heavily. view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Chair be kind enough to refer this matter to the Departmental Committee on Local Authorities because it is a matter of policy affecting most local authorities? view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Bearing in mind the interest that this Motion is generating and the fact that you said that you will give time to four speakers, I would like to urge you to kindly consider reducing the time so that more of us could contribute. view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am very grateful. I do not want to repeat what has been said, but I was in Kisumu over the weekend and it was raining very heavily in western Kenya. When we are there we forget that, perhaps, there are other places that have drought. That is the typical problem that we have. As long as it is raining in one area we forget that North Eastern Province and other areas are experiencing drought. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this country is talking about putting together Kshs4.7 billion to provide defence for our Kenyans who are ... view