Shakeel Shabbir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1781 to 1790 of 1817.

• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Minister for a very good answer. However, I wish to make one observation. The price of Kshs1,000 per unit of blood, at which you intend to sell to private hospitals is not sufficient. Private hospitals sell blood at up to Kshs6,000 per unit. So, increasing the price of a unit of blood to just Kshs1,000, from Kshs300, is actually subsidising the private hospitals, instead of subsidising poor patients. view
• 9 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. Many of my colleagues have spoken about the ills of mosquitoes and Malaria, so I do not want to repeat much of what my brothers have spoken so eloquently about. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we were children, we had public health officers going around. We used to see them every week going with that back pack and spraying Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT). The World Bank and other people found that we could make DDT very easily and cheaply locally. So, they went around saying that ... view
• 9 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: seconded the amendment. view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is not that we are not interested. It is just the weight of the event that has just taken place has actually boggled us. I would like to say that we are interested in this Bill, but at this moment in time, we are overwhelmed! view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. May I draw your attention to the fact that there is no quorum in the House? view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I withdraw and apologise. view
• 26 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the question has been asked, but the Assistant Minister is not being very clear. I, for one, travel on the local airlines to Kisumu, and there is only one pilot. If the pilot is unwell, we are all going to crash! We are also talking about other airlines. There have also been other crashes. To date, unless I am ignorant of the facts, we have never been told the real reason for the crashes. Okay, we understand the one in Douala, but we also hear that the pilot himself was drunk, and also that the assistant ... view
• 26 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister give us the reports on the plane crashes? Could he also confirm or deny that the aeroplanes that fly in this country have a second pilot, especially those plying Kisumu-Nairobi-Mombasa route? Do they know about this, because the Assistant Minister is saying--- view
• 26 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I would like to applaud the Minister for the way he moved this Motion. With due respect, I would wish to seek some June 26, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1457 clarification. In respect of motorcycles, the proposal is not very clear, but I presume that the Minister means zero-rating only in respect of VAT. If that be the case, I would like to plead with the Minister to, perhaps, consider the cost of transportation which is a major cost in this country. Many of the poor are condemned to utilise matatus and other means ... view
• 24 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to make my comments on the Budget. Firstly, I would like to commend the Minister for getting us a theoretically good Budget. In theory, the Budget looks good. Economics and financial theory is good. It can even be quoted in the economics books. However, the actual trick and the expertise of trying to have it appropriately related to the economy of the country is what is the difference. I am very concerned by the way the Budget has treated certain issues very lightly. In Abuja, we, the Kenya Government, committed 15 ... view