Shakeel Shabbir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 421 to 430 of 1945.

• 6 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: I am sorry, Hon. Speaker. I beg your pardon Sir, I did not expect to be called upon so quickly. Firstly, I would like to console with the nation and the family of our late brother, Hon. Nyenze. He was a great leader. He is going to be missed by us all. view
• 6 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: In respect of the NG-CDF, I endorse what our colleagues have said. Due to the fact that our Form Ones have come in quickly, we should move first and get the list gazetted so that action can start as soon as possible. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 5 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me first acknowledge and thank the great people of Kisumu East who had the wisdom and independence to vote for me as an Independent Candidate. I think this is a great reflection of the maturity of the people of Kisumu East in that they went against directions from any party and said “we want a leader who will develop and be able to contribute; a developer.” I pledge to them that I shall serve them as a leader, servant leader, for the next five years or any period they see fit. The electronic version of ... view
• 5 Dec 2017 in National Assembly: Apart from that, I would like to contribute to the Copyright (Amendment) Bill. All over the developing economies in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, there was no copyright restriction. Even if there were, Japan; when it was developing, China; when it developed, India and many others kept quiet and did not give too much credence to the copyright law. They wanted to bring their economies to per. I know that in India, books that are copyrighted, even medical books et cetera, cost less than Kshs1000 yet the market in Kenya and other places, they cost even Kshs50,000. It is ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Supplementary Estimates. The Budget and Appropriations Committee has had a very difficult task. This is complementary to the efforts they have made together with the Budget Office, the Executive and the secretariat. The 11th Parliament is very instrumental in the process of or responsibility of the budget-making process. Hitherto the introduction of the current dispensation, the Budget used to be prepared by the Executive and brought to Parliament in a rubberstamping process. During the 10th Parliament, I was in the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, which used ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Appropriations Committee had been taken to ransom by certain members who perhaps had put their demands so that the Budget and Appropriations Committee could succeed. Thankfully, the House saw through that and the Budget and Appropriations Committee was reorganised. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: I must say that this is probably the last Motion that the Budget and Appropriations Committee will have in this particular Parliament. Earlier, I had thought that the Budget and Appropriations Committee was being run through dictatorship. I realised later that I had no option but to try and steer through very difficult waters. There were times that, probably, democracy did not really meet the challenges that the Budget and Appropriations Committee had. So, I take this opportunity to thank my Chair and the Budget and Appropriations Committee. It has done a tremendous job. Even yesterday, there was request by ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: On the issue of the Supplementary Budget, as we said, ideally, there should be very few supplementary budgets. As we improve the process and take over and start our planning process at an earlier stage, it should be cyclic. It should be a continuous cycle of budget-making until we get to that process. Of course, there will be certain adjustments and arrangements so that we can continue the process as we have. Therefore, the Supplementary Budget is very important and the fact that we have had a few should not dissuade us from moving forward. I hope the 12th Parliament ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: There are issues on the Supplementary Budget that I still raise concerns on. We have our soldiers in Somalia. There is so much concern that we have one item for the armed forces. We were not able to look at that in great detail because of certain confidentialities. That is where some of these problems are occurring. We have Armed Personnel Carriers (APCs) which was brought in from China which can be pierced by a 35 millimetre bullet and not even an AK47 bullet. We have already lost 17 of our people. The ministries also should realise that when they ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Unit. We want to make sure that this supplementary budget of Kshs343 million that we have given for the Burns Unit, being 15 per cent, is used exactly for the Burns Unit and must be done before the end of this month. That commitment must be sent over to our partners before the end of this month so that we can get what we have really desired. Unfortunately, as we said, we have had to make Kshs42 billion in respect of increment of capital expenditure. I do not agree with that. But in any case, since it is there we ... view