Sophia Abdi Noor

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Finally, I was at Naivasha with Mheshimiwa Millie who is seated there and Mheshimiwa Kioni, whom we have differed many times on issues that both of us felt passionate about; issues that are important for this country. Hon. Speaker, the nominee in question has been serving in acting capacity for many years and for her to be nominated and to be confirmed as an office bearer, I am very happy. Moreover, she will be able to stand very firm. She will now be able to deal with political parties that have had a lot of challenges and problems in this ... view
• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me a chance. I want to thank the Chair for the response she has given today. I just want to comment on the Equalisation Fund which is a constitutional principle. The country or state has a mandate to implement it. The regulations were put in place and money released. The Chair said Kshs12 billion had been released and only Kshs2 billion was used because there were a lot of pending issues. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the ... view
• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: This was meant to be used within a specific period. It had a sunset clause with a specific period of 20 years. We have now wasted 10 years without using this fund. If we take an audit of development in this country and look back to see what is going on. We will not be sincere to the Constitution. We must be sincere particularly, on the Equalisation Fund. The Executive and particularly the National Treasury must be taken into account. They cannot bring legislation here yet we are being told Parliament will be dissolved. We are asking the Executive through ... view
• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to second the Procedural Motion on extension of the period for consideration of specified petitions before the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. view
• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: The matters that are before this Committee are very heavy. They require a lot of public participation and stakeholders’ engagement. We have so far done several, but some stakeholders have requested the Committee for time due to COVID-19 and the many challenges we are facing. Many times, we could not complete the exercises we gave ourselves. With that in mind, we are asking the indulgence of the House to give us extension of period for consideration of the petitions by a further 60 days. I beg to second. view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this chance to add my voice to this very important Bill. From the onset, I want to support the Bill. What we are doing is common practice in the Commonwealth countries. I have interacted with many Commonwealth parliamentarians and listened to them. I have shared some of our experiences as a country like what our former MPs are going through. The information that they shared with me was that what our country was doing to former MPs was not just and it was not portraying a good image to our country. We know ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: In line with what my Chairman has said, Hon. Wamalwa, whom I respect has not gone through the whole Report and he is misleading the House. The report recommends that the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) further investigates… view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance. First and foremost, I must thank the members of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, who have done a lot and have sacrificed their time going round this country to look into most of the dam projects. The Committee embarked on inquiring into the status of these dams in the country because of many factors. One of the factors that necessitated our looking into the dam projects is that every year we pump a lot of resources into dams. Other parts of this country do ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Equally, I had not prepared for this and I have not gone through the Report of the Special Funds Committee. But listening to the Chair when he was presenting the Report, I felt that there are critical issues that we need to support in the Committee’s Report. The Committee has looked into sectors that are affected badly in this country which are the coffee, tea and sugarcane sectors. I support that, because I believe that we need to mobilise and support every Kenyan wherever they are in their line of work. We need to ... view