Shakeel Shabbir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 661 to 670 of 1945.

• 1 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Earlier, I used to be the Chairman of the New Nyanza General Hospital. view
• 1 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: First, I want to thank the Committee because it visited all the hospitals including the New Nyanza General Hospital. It was found that Kshs360 million, which was sent as discretionary funds to the Governor of Kisumu County, had not been given to the hospital. That hospital is running without drugs, yet Kshs360 million is lying in the county account. I take what my dear chairman, hon. Langat has said. view
• 1 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: At Independence, there were three main issues namely poverty, disease and ignorance. Poverty is still a national issue and is co-ordinated by the national Government. The issues of ignorance and education are still co-ordinated by the national Government. Diseases must still be co-ordinated by the national Government. You cannot have a situation where the national Government does the policy and the county government does the implementation. There is a big problem here. The Constitution says that this should be devolved – it should have been devolved over time. At this point in time our hospitals are on their knees. Our ... view
• 1 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: tackle issues concerning terminal diseases. Patients would be required to go to, for example, hospitals in Kapsabet or Nandi Hills, where certain important drugs are supposed to be urgently procured. It is unfortunate that you find that drugs are not procured. In areas where the county government is supposed to procure drugs on time the delivery of those drugs is delayed. We do not want to mess up with the health of our people. We need to understand why workers are not paid on time. A number of nurses and doctors have decided to go to the private sector, because ... view
• 24 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you. I stand to support this Motion. As the Bishop has said – he calls me “His Worship” and I call him the “Rev. Bishop” – this is a Supplementary Budget; but he has raised a concern which is very important; it is that as much as we have gone through the process of devolution, decentralization and re- organizing ourselves to fit into the new vision and the Constitution, there are some people and departments which are just not willing to change with the times. He has mentioned the National Treasury and I will bring it up ... view
• 24 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: As a matter of fact, I asked the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade whether he was going to stand and he said: “Will you please inform the House that as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee I support wholeheartedly this Motion and so are members of the Committee.” We, at the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and the Budget and Appropriations Committee, at one time made suggestions to the National Treasury and other budget-making bodies to understand each other, so that we are not seen as intruders who are taking away their power. ... view
• 24 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Debt management strategy has been brought up as an issue and I do not want to repeat it; it is very important that we deal with it. This Supplementary Budget contains Anglo Leasing. For whatever it is, good or bad, it has been done and now we are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 24 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: approving it. That is good! Let us do that and put it behind us. At the same time, there are so many other scandals that are still going on. view
• 24 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: I heard the other day that the British Government had arrested and imprisoned one Ketan Somaia yet we, in this Government, were giving him VIP treatment. There are others like Kamlesh Pattni who have taken this country for granted. The issue of cemetery is smaller but it is an anti-corruption issue. We must be assisted in organizing and bringing out our values; our Budget Estimates will assist in this. view
• 24 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: I do not know whether vehicles and recurrent expenses take over 80 per cent of our Budget. When the current President was the Minister for Finance, he insisted that all Government vehicles must have a small engine capacity; we got the Volkswagens and others but the system does not listen. As I speak, there are many people just running around in fuel guzzlers. I wonder whether there is anything happening with regard to this. Even in travel, the Government put restrictions and said all local travel for less than two hours will be in the economy class of an aircraft. ... view