Shakeel Shabbir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1901 to 1910 of 1945.

• 14 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you very much for that time. We need to concentrate on this. We do not have to go very far. We just need to go to Uganda. I was in Rwanda the other day. There is not even a single kiosk . In four days' in Rwanda, I saw only one piece of paper on the road. These are the sort of things we want to emulate. I know that we are talking about many things here. Many things need to be sorted out. Mr. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government, ... view
• 14 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: I support this Vote, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Thank you very much. view
• 5 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mr. K. Kilonzo, who is my brother, said that there is a Hindu in this House. I am not aware of any Kenyan of Hindu origin in this House. I want to correct that. I think he referred to me! view
• 29 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as much as the Minister has given his reply, we know that the tender for the reconstruction is going on but every weekend, there are at least two or three major accidents that take place especially on the Kakamega section. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the last accident took place only three days ago and the major reason for these accidents are the huge potholes that are now developing due to lack of emergency repairs. Could the Minister assure this House that since Kshs105 million has been allocated for this road that this work will start immediately so that ... view
• 29 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Motion. The Minister and the Ministry have done a great job in the last few years. However, like my fellow hon. Members who have spoken before me have said, there are a number of issues that still need attention. The first one is the issue of petroleum. I do understand and agree that we are in a free market economy. But there are times - and times are here - that a little more restraint needs to be put in. Gone are the times when we are going ... view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: to ask the Minister for Medical Services:- (a) Is the Minister aware that lives of patients are at risk owing to serious shortage of blood at the Kisumu Blood Transfusion Centre, and that the centre has not received funds for fuel and refreshments for blood donors? (b) Could the Minister state the amount of blood required in the country annually and indicate how much has been collected over the last two years? (c) Could he also state the per unit cost of collection and preparation of blood and explain why blood is sold to private hospitals at Kshs600 per unit, ... view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I would like to apologise. I got delayed on the road because of the traffic crisis. view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Medical Services the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that lives of patients are at risk owing to serious shortage of blood at the Kisumu Blood Transfusion Centre, and that the centre has not received funds for fuel and refreshments for blood donors? (b) Could the Minister state the amount of blood required in the country annually and indicate how much has been collected over the last two years? (c) Could he also state the per unit cost of collection and preparation of blood and ... view
• 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