Sophia Abdi Noor

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 671 to 680 of 1007.

• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I feel very happy that we were able to do justice to this Bill. I want to take this chance to thank the Minister, my Committee Members, other hon. Members who came and helped us to do justice to this Bill and other stakeholders who were involved in improving and adding value to the Bill. I believe that this Bill will improve industrial justice in this country. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise to support the Motion but with some reservations. As a Committee, we were looking at The Elections Bill. A Sub-Committee was mandated to work on The Elections Bill. We found that The Elections Bill has so many mistakes despite the fact that the Minister and his colleagues in the Executive have told us this Bill has gone through many hands, and that it is perfect. Therefore, evidently, if we hurry, we will miss out on many issues. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Executive must take responsibility. This morning, we were looking at The Employment and ... view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to support this Bill. view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I would like to raise some concerns, particularly on the issue of registration of voters. Registration of voters is supposed to be continuous. However, here it is said it will be based in certain places and not in the countryside. So, I am proposing that we have this registration twice in a year and we make sure we do mass registration of voters all over the country. This is the only way we can give people chances to register themselves, particularly where the geographical coverage is so large that people cannot come to urban centres to register themselves. view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to me, this Bill is not constitutional. An election Bill that is not covering the two-third principle is not a constitutional Bill. This is violating the Constitution of this country. If you look at Article 27(3) of the Constitution, it is very clear on this. It says:- view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: “Women and men have a right to equal treatment, including the right to equal opportunity in political, economic, cultural and social spheres”. This Bill has not captured that. Article 27(8) of the Constitution says:- view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: “In addition to the measures contemplated in clause (6), the State shall take legislative and other measures to implement the principle that no more than two- thirds of Members of elective and appointive bodies shall be of the same gender”. That principle is not captured in this Bill. That makes it not constitutional. I have been hearing debates that the proposals that the women organizations have brought forward are unconstitutional because they discriminate against men. Even in our Constitution there is limitation of rights where you can limit rights by looking at historical injustices. If there had been historical injustices ... view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you go to the general principles of elections, Article 81 is very clear. If you look at 81(b), it talks of no more than two-thirds of members of elective public bodies shall be of the same gender. This is an election Bill. If that principle is not captured in this Bill, then this Bill is unconstitutional. Immediately we pass it, I fear women organizations of this country can go to court just the way they went to court when we did not abide by the two-thirds rule with our supreme court. That is why ... view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Ladies and gentlemen, Hon. Members of this House, this is our country and we must rise to the occasion. We must look beyond what we are thinking about. Let us leave our individual interests. Today, I am here, tomorrow, I will not be there. This is our Constitution that we so much love and talk about every day. If we are violating it at this view