Sophia Abdi Noor

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: that project anywhere. Parliament has not approved the building of the wall between Kenya and Somalia. We are discussing an illegal project that has been conducted by the Kenyan Government. Any money that is spent is supposed to be approved by this House. Now that this project has not been approved by this House and the Ministry has gone ahead and started construction of the wall without approval and used money, we want the Committee to first tell us if they are the ones who approved it because they are tabling a report that has not been approved by this ... view
• 12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Members before me said that. I did not see it in the report and I said “it is alleged”. I withdraw my statement because I already said so. Members before me said that. view
• 12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I even questioned the Committee. When the Mover was moving the Report, he said he does not know the amount of money used for that particular project. It is confirmed that Kshs3.9 billion has been used for the project. view
• 12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: That is not little money: it is a lot of money. We just want to know the value of money. Is it being used properly? Is it serving the purpose it was meant for? Historically, we know that the wall between Palestine and Israel has never stopped the insecurity between them. Can we strategically address our issues and our problems? The security team, so far in my constituency, has brought special units that are assisting. And since they came to my constituency, there has not been even a single incident of insecurity. So, can we use our intelligence and security ... view
• 12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Finally, when we debate as a House, which is a House of records, we need to say that we have insecurity and insecurity is global. Somebody said that Al Shabaab has bases in Somalia. It is in Somalia, in Kenya and all over. Remember on the Dusit D2 incident, we were told that one of the terrorists hired a House in Kiambu, the heart of the country. Security matters touch everybody. We have a country that holistically needs our protection and we need this Committee to go back and do serious work. They should tell the House whether this project ... view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to add my voice to this very important Motion. I am supporting the Motion on ratification of bilateral air services agreements between Kenya and Jordan, Jamaica, Bahamas and the protocol amending air services between Kenya and Turkey. I congratulate and thank the Committee for bringing this Report to the House. It is important for us as Members of this House and the country to know the agreements that our countries enter into. The purpose of the instrument is to approve bilateral air service agreements between Kenya and various countries ... view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: access to the Kenyan market. What does this mean for the Kenyan Government? It means an opportunity of expanding relationships with various countries and getting opportunities of business amongst countries. It will create jobs for our youths who do not have opportunities. It will offer market for Kenyan products in the various countries that we are going to enter into agreements with. We will expand our tax base. The Kenyan Government will conduct a lot of activities as a result of these agreements. The bilateral agreement regulates the rules of the airlines, ownership, routes, frequency and the capacity of the ... view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support this Motion. I congratulate the Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing for bringing this very important Report to this House. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I support this Bill. My constituency was affected by the recruitment of the youth before the elections. There were 1,800 youths who were recruited from my constituency. We have mothers who were cooking in my constituency, but they have not been paid to date. We need a proper system, structure and functioning of the NYS. Because of that, I feel it is very important for me to come on board to support these very important services. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: The people who started the NYS had a very good dream and vision for this country, particularly for the youth. They had goals of empowering our youth. They felt it was proper to 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