Sophia Abdi Noor

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• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to support the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. I congratulate the Committee for the Report and for the wonderful work it has done. I also congratulate the nominees. I know some of them. They are hardworking, humble and experienced public servants who know what to do. They will advance the interests of this country wherever they are going to represent us. Congratulations to them! They will do useful work and place the name of this nation on the map of the world. They are ... view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this very important Motion on safety on our roads. We all know the kind of problems that our people face on the roads and the kind of terrible accidents that have happened in this country. We have lost a lot of human resources on our roads and yet we have invested too much on them. Unfortunately, day in day out, we get an accident that brings terrible impact to the society. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: A terrible accident happened recently in my constituency. A family that was very wealthy that morning was destitute in the evening. They went down the poverty line. A vehicle just knocked their livestock and that family became destitute. It is important that we introduce safety rules in our schools. When I was growing up in school, I remember we were taken to the roads by our teachers. We were told to look left, right and left again and then cross the road. At that early stage of this country, there was safety education in schools. However, in between, we lost ... view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: The other important thing is our City. People admired our capital City, Nairobi, in the 1970s and 1980s. If you go to capital cities across the world today, you will see that they have public transport which is neat and beautiful. You will never see the congestions that you see in Nairobi. We need to modernise our public transport system in this country so that we are like any other city in the world. We should not only do this in Nairobi but also in Mombasa, Kisumu and Nakuru. All these cities need to have proper modern public transport system ... view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Finally, this Motion is very crucial, important and timely particularly for our students and the country in general. One Member alluded to the fact that we always make crucial decisions that could transform the country to the next level, but they remain in the House. We always fail at the implementation stage. There are crucial decisions the House arrives at and makes recommendations, but they are not implemented. So, we urge the Committee on Implementation to pick up this Motion because it can be implemented immediately so that it is used across all schools. It is an important, easy and ... view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, for giving me this chance. I equally support the allocation of the resources that are going to the JSC. The JSC recently went round the country looking at the marginalised and vulnerable communities within the society. When they arrived in my county, Garissa, we agreed that they would be putting up Kadhi’s courts, particularly in the far end constituencies like Ijara. I want The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: the JSC to honour their pledge and set up a Kadhi’s Court in my constituency since we have allocated a lot of money to them. view
• 7 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to support the amendments of Hon. Millie Odhiambo. I want to declare my interest as a view
• 7 May 2019 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view