Sophia Abdi Noor

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 1007.

• 30 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I oblige. I am the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. I want to take this opportunity honestly to thank all the Members who contributed to this Motion and particularly those who supported our Report. Basically, the objective was a fact- finding tour which was to assess the status and the conditions of the people in the IDPs camps and establish whether the intervention taken by the Government of Kenya had an impact to those people. We were looking at the National Humanitarian Fund, Operation Rudi Nyumbani, the fund that was set ... view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Member has asked a straightforward question. Where is the Kshs21.3 million? The Assistant Minister has not answered the question. Is he in order not to answer the question that was asked? view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to contribute from an informed position because as the Chairlady of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, I have visited the IDP camps and I have seen a lot. There are a lot of challenges that the Ministry is facing. Hon. A. Abdalla has talked about a framework that can enable the Ministry to conduct the resettlement in a manner that will be credible. Previously, the Ministry of State for Special Programmes had no staff of its own and used officers from other departments to resettle the IDPs, particularly the Provincial ... view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, your Excellency. I want to take this chance to honestly thank all hon. Members who have contributed to this Motion. When I look back, I see history repeating itself. Impunity in North Eastern Province is the order of the day. It is the order of the day and it will continue. It is an unfortunate, unacceptable, unconstitutional and barbaric act that we will not accept in this era and at this time. view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to congratulate the Minister for launching the nomadic education policy. But there are several issues and, particularly, the issue of existing schools. The existing schools lack infrastructure. There is no supervision because the DEOs in the district level do not have vehicles. That is a big problem in ASALs. They are handicapped. They cannot even go and supervise the existing schools, leave alone putting the nomadic systems in place. What is the Ministry doing to provide transport to all the districts so that proper supervision and monitoring of education facilities can be conducted? view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, it is shameful for us to talk about giving food to Kenyans. view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: We have a rich country. We can diversify our programmes in this country. Having said that, I would like to ask the Assistant Minister most of the District Steering Groups in North Eastern Province did not complete the selection procedures for lead agencies in most districts. We find that, that is violation of the procedure that you have put as a Ministry. Now that you have violated that procedure, what will the Ministry do to revisit the procedure of identifying and selecting lead agencies? view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to support this Motion. I want to appreciate and thank the Committee Members for deciding to go and do fact finding. As a person who comes from the region, I was shocked by the allegations that were doing rounds. The Committee was informed about the situation of the region. The main challenges were issues of insecurity, poverty, shortage of food, unemployment, poor infrastructure, poor communication, refugee influx from neigbouring countries, hostile environment and historical injustices. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to address myself on two issues about the main challenges. ... view
• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Our Government has been very kind to Somalia. It has done all it could to bring peace to that country, but it is not getting the support it requires from the international community. Therefore, I want to ask the international community to come out in a big way, because--- view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This situation reminds me of a sad situation that took place in the 1980s. We are in the “Second Republic” now and it is unfortunate that, that kind of behavior still continues to date. What action will the Assistant Minister take against those officers because this is unacceptable? view