Shakeel Shabbir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1801 to 1810 of 1945.

• 18 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I have over time heard and seen certain tax allocations and breaks given. However, sometimes, they are brought back in a very oppressive way. As I said, our tax regime really needs to be more proactive. We need to tax less the middle class and the salary class. We should tax more the industrial class and the rich. Our PIN numbers view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. We all wish to congratulate the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. It is well known that some of us have spoken and said that we would like a qualified accountant or somebody well known in finance to head the Ministry of Finance. We have been shown that, that is not true. What we needed was an outsider who was not blinkered by the finance and other view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is a genuine point of order. Could you, please, put the Question, so that we finish with this matter? view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion. It is long overdue and, at the risk of repeating what has been said - I think repetition sometimes is important because it underlines the importance of what we are speaking - there have been Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and other executive officers in various view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for protecting me. The situation, as I said, is that when you look into all these problems, including Triton and others, surely, you know that there are some people who have shown those people who had ulterior motives how to defraud this country. If, however, the Minister in charge has some basic knowledge, he can sense certain signals. I want to bring to your attention one glaring factor. When the Permanent Secretaries are being reshuffled, there is another big problem. You have a gentleman who has been, for argument’s sake, a Director of ... view
• 2 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the Minister is not giving us the right answer. There is the Poisons Board and this is poison which has killed our lions and other animals. What is the Minister doing to ban it? We have less than 600 lions in this country. Seven of them have died. Each lion is worth over Kshs10 million, are we going to sue the company that sells this chemical? view
• 2 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to say that they have no plans to sue for compensation for loss of property of the Kenyan people? view
• 28 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is on record that whenever anybody is discharged from the police force, they will always come up with a statement: “This gentleman signed a guilty verdict. They signed something saying they are guilty.” view
• 28 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, my question is this: Was he forced to sign that document to show that he was guilty? view