Yusuf Hassan Abdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I would like to support the Petition. I think it is criminal. It is an abuse of power. It kills our entrepreneurial skills and companies. The Government should look at this issue seriously. The Committee should investigate it. Why do they pay international criminals like Anglo Leasing architects but want to kill local companies and agencies? The Committee should take this up very seriously and make sure that these companies are paid on time. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I oppose it. If you look at the genesis of the Social Assistance Bill, which is being repealed by this Bill of 2020, it was enacted to implement Article 43(1)(e) of the Constitution which guarantees the rights to social securities as one of the economic and social rights. I agree with some of the other speakers that this is a backward step. It removes an important step that we had made in implementing some of the rights in our Constitution of which the Social ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: any assistance under a very difficult social economic system. If you look at the economic downtime, the serious effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, you would notice that in fact, even large numbers of people are moving from the middle classes into the lower levels of poverty. That is why we need to protect the social guarantees that exist as is provided by the Social Security Act. The other important element is that if there is need to improve the Social Security Act of 2013, what we need is to amend it and to provide and strengthen it through some of ... view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to express my sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of our colleague the late Senator Victor Prengei. I would like to send my regards to the people of Nakuru. I remember him as the first person to represent a minority community that had no opportunity in our power and democratic system. As a young person, he represented the face of the future Kenya we want that is multicultural and multi-ethnic in which no small community is left out of the power equation. view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: As a young person he represented the majority of our population given the fact that about 60 per cent or more of our population are young people like him and others. Let me take this opportunity to wish the people of Nakuru County, where he comes from and his family well during this difficult time. Our prayers and thoughts are with them. May his soul rest in peace. view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: (Kamukunji, JP) view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I just want to alert the House of the passing on of veteran politician, Hon. George Nthenge. He was a progressive politician who served in various levels in our country. He was a participant in the Lancaster House Conference talks in London, which helped us attain our Independence. He had also been in the Legislative Council of Kenya (LEGCO) in the 1960s as well as a Member of Parliament in the1970s and 1980s. He was the Member for Imenti North. In between, he survived a horrible accident in which 11 members of his family ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: in the campaign for democratic change in our country and served as the Member for the constituency that I represent here today, Kamukunji. I, therefore, take this opportunity to say how saddened I am by his passing on. I wanted to remember this great politician who has made a major contribution to our country’s political activities, independence, democracy and many of the rights that we enjoy today. I pass my condolences to his family and community of Machakos and Kamukunji. May he rest in peace? I am deeply saddened by his passing on. We have lost a strong visionary and ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I stand to support the Petition by Hon. Wario. The Tana River Delta is one of the major wetlands of our region and yet, if you look at the plight of the people in that neighbourhood, they are not able to efficiently use that land. Many of them live in poverty because of land scarcity or access to land. If this particular land that had been gazetted is no longer being used for the purpose that it had been allocated, it is just right that we get it back so that ... view