Sunjeev Kour Birdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I would like to say that this is a good Bill; once again, I support it whole heartedly. view
• 12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I would like to say that this is a good Bill; once again, I support it whole heartedly. view
• 12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I would also like to urge Members of Parliament, who are also my very good friends and great colleagues, to pass this Bill as soon as possible, so that we see light at the end of this tunnel. Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 12 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I would also like to urge Members of Parliament, who are also my very good friends and great colleagues, to pass this Bill as soon as possible, so that we see light at the end of this tunnel. Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to talk about a Bill that does not touch on only one constituency or a county, but one that talks about the whole country. I have particularly been in areas in our country where people tell me: “We know that we got Independence in 1963.” The moment we give them water, whether it was in 1993 or 2014, they will tell us that: “Today is when we see independence because we have water”. I would also like to say that I am in the Departmental Committee on Environment and ... view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Tana River? Kabisa; I am sorry. I am mixing Kiswahili with English. I should not be doing that. We went into that constituency to look into the water problem and other problems that it had. If there is any country that will fight over water, it is our country. We must put this into consideration and make sure every county has a share of water. Today, we are fighting for devolution. You can talk about health or whatever. Every Member of Parliament is saying this service called “health” or “water” is not fully devolved. I am a member of the ... view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: going to fetch water from, maybe, ten kilometres away. We must make sure that water gets to the right place, because without it we will be overlooking the concept of devolution. The moment my son or my daughter, gets to a water point quickly, that child will go to school quickly. This Bill is, therefore, very important. view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Amina Abdalla, the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, whom I really respect very much, has already given the pros and cons of this Bill and I support it. Yes, water is a natural resource. If somebody or a Member of Parliament comes up today and says that there is a huge wage bill because of water, I will completely disagree with them. There is nothing that the huge wage bill has to do with this Water Bill. Water is a natural resource not only for me but for all the citizens of this country. We ... view
• 29 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. I thank hon. (Ms.) Kanyua for bringing this Motion to this House at a time when our citizens and our children are crying to our Government to do something about the atrocities they face in countries like Saudi Arabia. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as a Committee we happened to travel to Dubai and we met our ambassador in Dubai. We asked him about the problems that Kenyans face in Dubai. Of course, we also asked him about the business opportunities, ... view
• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, thank you for giving me this opportunity. Clause 32 basically deals with feedback; status of applications and basically the format of the whole process that is to be followed by everyone who is applying for the licences. In my opinion, it brings out the transparency which is the most important in any sector, especially in this sector which is bringing a lot of interest from a lot of investors and our local public in general. So, I stand to support the amendment. view