Yusuf Haji

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1451 to 1460 of 1707.

• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to support the Motion and, at the same time, concur with the two Ministers who spoke about this issue. It is true that the Government is seized of this issue. It was only last week when we had a special Cabinet meeting discussing no other agenda other than the drought. This morning, the President himself, because of his concern over the drought issue, is chairing a meeting of various concerned Ministers. view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to concur with the sentiments expressed by Members of Parliament that we, as a country, should not be acting in panic year in, year out. The frequency of drought in this country has been more prevalent in recent times. We need to come up with a marshal plan when handling the issue of drought so that we deal with it in a manner which can mitigate the suffering of both human beings and livestock. view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also concur with Mr. Yakub’s sentiments that we have Tana River, Athi River and Dawa River, which drain their water into the sea without being utilised to benefit the people and livestock. I thought the defunct Interim Independence Boundaries Review Commission (IIBRC) would look into the issue of placing Northern Kenya three kilometres from Tana River because people do not do farming on the eastern side of the river. They only farm on the western side of it. We need to irrigate that area so that people from the Coast and those from Northern Kenya ... view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I actually stood up to talk about the role the army will play in this issue. view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: I have told the Committee which is meeting today under the chairmanship of His Excellency the President that we will avail 60 lorries to ferry food anywhere in the country. We will also provide carrier aeroplanes to take food to Marsabit, Moyale, Wajir, Turkana and other places where food is required. view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Major-Gen. Enock Sasia, Brig. Arthur Owour, Col. Joseph Ojwang, Lt. Col. Rono and Lt. Col. Machasiu voluntarily opted to resign from their commission for reasons that are confidential between them and the Defence Council. In the premises, it will be improper for me to breach this confidentiality. Perhaps the hon. Member would care to approach the officers directly. view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: (b) All officers of the Kenya Defence Forces serve at the pleasure of His Excellency the President who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces. The Commander-in-Chief is responsible for among things the extension of the services of senior officers on the recommendation of the Defence Council. (c) The Defence Forces neither has 42 AMR Panhard Light Armoured Cars in its inventory nor has it entered into a contact with M/s Sayamar Limited to procure the same. There is no correlation between the resignation of the senior officers and the procurement of Armored Personnel Carriers from South Africa, and F5 ... view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the outset I said that the resignation of the said officers has no relationship with the procurement of military equipment. I am not aware of any flawed procurement process that is being alleged. Unless the hon. Member wants me to say something that I am not aware of--- He has not told me the way he wanted this Question answered. view
• 18 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware of the letter referred to by the hon. Member. I would like to peruse it so that I can answer him. view