Sophia Abdi Noor

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 211 to 220 of 1007.

• 7 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I am addressing you. The Leader of the Majority Party is my brother and I respect him so much. Whenever we are contributing on the Floor of the House, we are either addressing the Government of Kenya or international communities to support this country. So, I am not out of order, because I am looking for a way of NGOs getting support in this country. You know I have helped your people, so mine is just to support. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady for giving me this chance. I am supporting this amendment ... view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to add my voice to this very important debate. We are discussing the State of the Nation Address by His Excellency the President of this nation. First, I want to thank the President and congratulate him. I believe that he means very well for this nation. view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: The handshake is good. As politicians, we do not need to politicise it. We are saying in every baraza and forum that so and so are included and others are not included in the handshake. That is why it is taking the dimension that it is taking. I am telling Hon. Members that we are leaders and this is our nation. We do not have any other nation. We need to be focused and creative in trying to see what brings us together. Let us not subject ourselves to what would divide us, as a nation. Building Bridges Initiative is ... view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: The writing on the wall about corruption is very clear. As a nation, we all support His Excellency the President in the fight against corruption. Let us give time to those civil servants who manage the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). Let us see what they will bring on board. We have all the systems. As a nation that is a hub of the horn of Africa, if we do not appreciate and respect the institutions that we have, then it will be a problem. We cannot be a role model for this region. The civil servants cannot speak on ... view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: His Excellency the President did not touch on the climate change which is another disaster in the world. I am already suffering its effects in my constituency. I have several locations where people have shifted because we do not have water. Those are places that have never missed water previously but we have a problem because of the climate change. The drought is biting us. His Excellency the President did not touch anything on drought and pastoralists. When he was addressing the nation, he stressed on agriculture. When you do that, you are stressing on the Sessional Paper No. 10 ... view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: The education, health and security sectors are wanting in my constituency. We have a lot of problems. When I talk of identification cards, we have a number of our youth who have joined the… view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, add me one minute. view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for giving me this chance. I support the new clause that provides for the principles and norms of physical planning. It is very important to have proper physical planning in a given situation in terms of economic, social and environmental needs, for the present and future and they should be adhered to and appreciated by everybody. view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: The other thing that is important is that physical planning is supposed to look into a comprehensive sustainable programme at all levels of Government to take into consideration the interests of all parties. Because of the good norms and principles in the new clause, I support the amendment. I congratulate the Chair for the new clause. Thank you very much. It is high time when we see such beautiful ideas coming on board we support them. view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I support. Thank you. view