Sophia Abdi Noor

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: in one way or the other. We know that on the economic front, major sectors have been affected by COVID-19. Back home, we want to say the truth and it will free us. His Excellency the President and the Government of Kenya went out of their way to mobilize resources and established a framework to address coordination of COVID-19 but what happened? The stakeholders who were given the mandate to implement the framework and to use the money properly have misused the resources and have let down Kenyans when we are losing Kenyans in a big way. They have misused ... view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: The other day, in this 21st Century, and my brother here is a witness because he is my neighbour at the constituency, I saw a mother during child birth. She delivered and was referred elsewhere because she developed some complications. We did not have an ambulance to take the lady. We lost her. How can we, in this time or era, have that kind of situation? We have been asking for resources and asked governors to take services closer to the people, but what is happening? We are not getting the fruits we are supposed to get. view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: As Members of Parliament, we are servants of our people at the constituency and county levels. We do not need any special treatment during this COVID-19 time. We are supposed to work for our people by giving proper services and help by reaching out to them. It is not the time to ask that we be provided with helicopters. What for? I always go every weekend to my constituency although the roads are terrible. I go out to serve my people, but I cannot ask to be…. view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. What we need is proper services at the grassroots or all services that are required. view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Most counties in this country do not have oxygen plants. When they do not have something as basic as an oxygen plant, what are we saying about this country? This country needs to be serious. We need to talk to one another and sit and see that the development plan of the country is taken seriously. This is the time to talk to one another because we have experience. We know what has happened to us and what is waiting ahead of us. The COVID-19 is here with us and we must follow the framework that have been put in ... view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: On education, His Excellency the President was very clear that we use the resources we have for NG-CDF but …. view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance. I thank the Committee for bringing this Sessional Paper No.3 of 2019. In the Tenth Parliament, when we were debating the Female Genital Mutilation Bill – Hon. (Ms.) Millie Odhiambo is my witness and the Leader of the Majority Party was a Waziri then – all the men walked out of this House arguing that they would not legislate on culture. When I gave my own personal experience and shed tears, Hon. (Ms.) Millie came to where I was standing and started crying with me on the Floor of the House. ... view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I want to give one example. I started talking about FGM over 30 years ago. When I went round talking about FGM in the villages, they were calling me “the mad woman.” However, in the end, the religious leaders came to support and talk about it openly. They felt it was right for them to talk about it because FGM was causing death among young girls and women in the society during childbirth. There was one particular incident I want to share with this honourable House. There was a 14 years old girl who was chased out of her home ... view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: It is the right time for us to talk and engage, and to say the truth on the Floor of the House. It is high time for us to act because there are many complications. Let us leave other things. This is a very heavy and serious matter to discuss. It is not about what you like or what you do not like. It is about the complications. view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you so much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this Report of the Committee. From the outset, I want to support the Report and congratulate members of the Committee for a job well done. Secondly, I want to congratulate the Registrar of Political Parties; a person I know, one whom I have interacted with and I want to say congratulations to her. In addition, we know for a fact that the Office of Political Parties is a very important one. It is supposed to oversee all political parties' activities, the management and internal affairs of ... view