Sophia Abdi Noor

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Development:- view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: (a) if she could provide a list of individuals and organizations that have benefitted from the Women Enterprise Development Fund in the last two years, showing distribution by region, view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: (b) how many among the beneficiaries are marginalized women, women with disabilities, female-headed households and pastoralist women; and, view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: (c) what measures she is putting in place to reach out to the categories mentioned in “b” above. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am a very saddened woman today as I stand here to contribute to this Motion. I feel disappointed because we do not have the technocrats here to take notes on our concerns. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, they were not here when the Minister was moving the Motion. It is unfortunate that they were not here and yet this is a very important Ministry. It is also a key Ministry which can transform the whole country. The Asian Tigers have defeated us because of industries. Because of that, we must get the right people at the right place at the right time. If we can discuss a budget of this Ministry with a view of approving it and yet the Ministry officials are not here, it means that they are undermining the budgetary ... view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, having said that, as Parliament, we have the capacity--- We respect the checks and balances that exist between the Executive and the Legislature. We will not accept officers who believe that because they were appointed by the Executive, they should not attend such a session. We have power to change those laws. I would like to send a message to all appointees to public offices to take their work seriously. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, industries are very important and that is why I am here to contribute to this Vote. It is not right for us ... view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as you know, it is the industries that produce the goods that we require in our country. Therefore, we must think outside the box. For many years, the Ministry officials have only been thinking about the traditional way of doing things. We must be creative and compare ourselves with countries we were at par with during Independence. The economy of this country was growing very fast at Independence, but we got stuck somewhere. This is the case and yet we do not think about alternative ways of doing things. We are not proactive. I know that ... view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Finally, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we should start from the grassroots. Each Member of Parliament should address small issues that affect his or her constituency. For example, Dujis produces a lot of tomatoes. However, a kilo of tomatoes costs Kshs2 at that place. That is wrong. We should have the cottage industry to facilitate small farmers in our constituencies. If that is done, the tomatoes in Dujis will be harvested and sold at good prices. As a result, farmers will gain from their investment. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: I beg to support the Motion. view