Shakila Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: However, in ASAL areas there are many challenges that a girl meets in her education. The challenges which girls face particularly in the ASAL areas are sexual harassment, poverty, early pregnancies and early marriages. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: We do not have any law to prevent early marriages. It is high time we came up with a law to prevent early marriages, so that we can protect our girls, and so that they can get proper education. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I first want to thank Hon. Gitari for this very timely Motion. Cancer is a killer disease and it should be declared a national disaster like Malaria and other diseases. Cancer, apart from being a killer disease, is very expensive to treat and before one realizes that they suffer from cancer, they suffer a lot simply because we do not have experts, medicine and equipment in place. Most patients waste a lot of money travelling outside the country only for them to be told that they are suffering from cancer; this is because our hospitals ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I first want to thank hon. Gitari for this very timely Motion. Cancer is a killer disease and it should be declared a national disaster like Malaria and other diseases. Cancer, apart from being a killer disease, is very expensive to treat and before one realizes that they suffer from cancer, they suffer a lot simply because we do not have experts, medicine and equipment in place. Most patients waste a lot of money travelling even outside the country only for them to be told that they are suffering from cancer; this is because our ... view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion with amendments. It is very unfortunate that in this country sometimes we have double standards. It is clear we passed the Constitution and it has to be followed to the letter. The gender issue has to be considered and recognized. As a Member of the Education Committee, I have no doubt that Mrs. Nzomo is fit for this position. We do recommend that she is very fit for it since she was interviewed. She deserves this position. So, I support. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Lands:- view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: (a) whether he could provide a list of names of owners of all ranches, indicating the size of land they own in Lamu County; (b) why the Ministry failed to provide grazing corridors for pastoralists when allocating vast portions of land to the ranchers, and; (c) whether he is aware that lack of grazing corridors for pastoralists in the area has caused conflicts between the ranchers and pastoralists which have led to several pastoralists being injured, loss of their livestock and harassment. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Lands the following Question by Private Notice. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: (a) Is the Minister aware that about 50 farmers and their families are about to be evicted from land they have occupied for close to 15 years by Egerton University in Mpeketoni, Lamu? view