Sophia Abdi Noor

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 May 2011 in National Assembly: The debate about our islands has come over several times. This is our country. Unfortunately, even our Constitution has not said anything about our borders. It is silent and nobody knows where our borders are in the Constitution. So, it is important that, as a House, we relook at our borders in the Constitution. view
• 20 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. You have heard the Assistant Minister say that the hon. Member should arrange accommodation for a public officer. Is he in order to tell an hon. Member of this House to arrange for accommodation for a civil servant who is supposed to be given the accommodation facilities by the Ministry? view
• 13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have heard the Assistant Minister say that he does not know the distance between those two police posts. You know that we have passed a Motion for rotational sitting of this House, so that hon. Members can have a chance to see the challenges that people are facing out there and understand this country properly. Would I be in order to ask that this House implements that Motion, so that this Assistant Minister can know where North Horr is, and get to understand the challenges that the people of North Horr are facing? view
• 12 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. In the interest of time, I want to just support the Bill. Harmful practices are outlawed in our Constitution and if I may read, Article 53(1)(d) says that:- “Every child has a right to be protected from abuse, neglect, harmful cultural practices, all forms of violence, inhuman treatment and punishment, and hazardous or exploitative labour.“ view
• 12 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: I am a living example of women who have undergone the FGM. I went through the FGM at a tender age of five years. I was circumcised by an old mother who had eyes problems. She mutilated me and I bled for three days. Fortunately, I was near a hospital and that is how I was saved, but many of my age mates who went through that practice are not with us today. During my weeding night, it was not something that I enjoyed. I cried. I was in tears because it was very painful. That gave me a psychological ... view
• 12 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank everybody who has contributed to this Bill. I want to break down and cry because of happiness. I thank them very much for their support. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am privileged to chair a committee that oversees youth activities in this country. I had the opportunity to go to Eastern, Coast and Rift Valley provinces. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, what we saw on the ground was really very bad. The project’s intention was very noble and everybody appreciated the intention, but there was completely no co-ordination on the ground. The Youth view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Officers on the ground did not know what the Ministry of Water and Irrigation was doing on one hand, what the Ministry of Roads was doing on the other hand, and what the Ministry of Wildlife and Forestry was doing. What co-ordination mechanism will the Minister put in place for phase two of Kazi Kwa Vijana programme? view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Secondly, graduates of this country are not in that basket of this KKV. They do not look at that work as befitting them. So, what is the Ministry doing to capture and broaden this KKV to include graduates of this country? view