Sunjeev Kour Birdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: very accessible to a young person who has just come out of school. How strange is it that we can find one person with five identity cards? That is stupefying. It is does not make any sense at all. That system also needs to be checked. That goes back to corruption. If somebody can pay Kshs500 or even Kshs10,000 to get a passport or any other document, what are we saying here? We are talking about the process. The process is what needs to be looked into. Today, if you do not have the documents, as a citizen of this ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support this Bill. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I would like to, first, congratulate the Chairman and the Committee on the job that they have done so far. It is true that preparing such amendments takes tireless hours of going through each and every clause, which you cannot do in one day. So, I want to congratulate and thank them for doing that work. view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: When we look at this Bill, we ask ourselves: “What is insurance?” Insurance is like a blanket that will cover you during the rainy season and during a storm. If you have a business and you do not have insurance, you are doomed. If you are human being of whatever age, you need to have insurance. Nowadays even children have insurance because you do not know what is going to happen. This Bill touches on supervision and proper management in this particular sector. Why do I stress “proper supervision”? It is because we live in a society where fraud is ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. As much as I respect my colleague I know she is going through the Committee’s findings, but could she do it in a summary form? Most of us would like to contribute to the Motion. view
• 25 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I would like to thank hon. Shebesh for requesting for this Statement when citizens are being mistreated. Obviously, this is not right. However, can the Chairperson further clarify the policy of the Government on demolitions in the country? Secondly, we would like to know the amount of money, so far, that has been given as compensation on demolitions in Nairobi constituencies. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to start by thanking hon. James Gakuya for bringing this Motion. Like many other Motions that we have discussed, this Motion is very close to my heart. It is a big shame. Once upon a time, Nairobi was known to be the “City under the sun”. Today, Nairobi is identified as the “City under the garbage”. Why is that? Where exactly did we go wrong? Some institutions somewhere must have been sleeping on the job. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I agree with my fellow Member who has said that when you look at the trucks which carry garbage, they are open. Sometimes, you find the people who are transporting garbage sitting on the trucks in very unhealthy conditions. Nowadays, it is common to read in the newspapers, letters written to the editor by citizens of this country, addressing them to the Governor of Nairobi or any governor, stating that they cannot even pass through certain roads because of the stench. They find such roads completely impassable. It is a shame that citizens of this country pay for garbage collection ... view
• 3 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, aware that every year floods and drought wreak havoc in various parts of the country; observing that flood seasons are often followed by times of drought, leading to loss of lives and lack of water for many; concerned that from 1995 to present, just over 500 small-scale sand dams have been constructed as water reservoirs, further concerned that as a result, there has been unplanned and rampant digging of multiple boreholes, leading to fast and widespread depletion of water tables; noting that such depletion leads to falling ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am on a point of order. I would like to seek your guidance because I know there are so many Members of Parliament who would wish to contribute to this Motion but, since there are quite a number of people, I was wondering if you could restrict Members to speak for five minutes. Thank you. view