Sheikh Yakub Muhammad Dor

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I would also like to take this opportunity to inform the media to be very fair when reporting. When we do good things for our citizens, they should also report them in the front pages and they should not only report our wrongdoing. In our region, the current trend of recruitment of public servants has really damaged our society to the level of increasing poverty. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will give you a very serious and open example of electricity and water meter readers. I believe the figures from that area are zero. It seems the meter readers must have attained "O" level standard of education. I did not know that a Standard Eight primary school leaver could not read zero to nine. I thought he or she is capable of reading from zero to nine because that is the only thing meter readers do when they read water and electricity meters. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: My worry is that by maintaining the current trend, we will increase the poverty levels in poor areas and this will increase the poverty levels there. We were informed here that for a driver to be employed as a civil servant, he or she needs to be an "O" level certificate holder. Funny enough, in driving schools, they do not ask for "O"level certificates for people to be trained as drivers. This means that anyone can be trained as a driver. The most important thing is for one to attain a legal driving licence. The level of education should not ... view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, four years ago, the mean grade which was required for people to be admitted to teacher training colleges was C-, but right now, they have upgraded it to C+. By doing that, areas like Coast Province and other Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) have been knocked out. It will be very difficult to see someone from Kwale, Lamu, Tana River or North Eastern Province attaining a C+ in order to qualify for admission in teacher training colleges. That is why we have very few teachers from these areas. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is the issue of employing public servants working as tea boys or tea girls. Very strange enough, I do not remember hearing of any secondary school that teaches students how to make tea or coffee. If we are going to keep on with the same current trend of employing public servants to do jobs like tea boys or tea girls, telling them that they must have "O" level certificates, then we are really encouraging the increase of poverty level and we are not assisting our people by eradicating poverty. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Another issue which I feel will get worse in the coming years, if this 10th Parliament does not do anything about it right now, is the issue of conflicts in certain areas between the locals and people who have come from outside those areas. That conflict will definitely arise. No one will like to see their children at home every single year while jobs are being taken by people who come from outside that area. This 10th Parliament should be pro-active and make sure that in the coming years, we do not have conflicts between communities in this country as ... view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I remember that there was an agreement between Kenya and Zanzibar, whereby the late President Kenyatta and the late Shamte signed an agreement whereby all the public servants at the Coast Province were to be people from the Coast Province. Unfortunately, that agreement was not implemented. That is why we are facing the same problem like our brothers and sisters in other areas of arid lands and North Eastern Province. view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I hope and pray that this Motion will be supported by all of us so that it is recorded in history that we tried our best to eradicate poverty and to make sure that the level of education is not taken to Fe bruary 11, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 10 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what sort of incentives does the Ministry have for the local investors with regard to this very important sector of our economy? view
• 9 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Lands the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Could the Minister provide the names of landowners and acreage of ownership in Lamu County and those issued with title deeds in the last ten years and indicate the specific dates they were issued? (b) Could the Minister confirm that the Government plans to settle persons displaced during the 2008 Post-Election Violence (IDPs) in Lamu County and, if so, is the Minister aware that the plan is creating tension in the area? (c) What measures is the Minister taking to ensure that ... view