Yusuf Hassan Abdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: I would particularly like to highlight the importance of the President’s Speech given that it is a constitutional requirement under Article 132 of the Constitution which spells out our national values and the principles of governance in our country. Many people may not be aware of the existence of this particular Article which is based on patriotism, national unity, devolution of power, the rule of law and democracy, human dignity, equity, social justice, inclusiveness, equality, human rights, non-discrimination and protection of the marginalised. This is a beautiful Article in our Constitution. view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: I welcome the President’s well crafted, well delivered speech based mostly on his slogan and theme of “no turning back”. He underpinned the fact that he was not going to turn back on two critical areas. One is the BBI and I welcome it because building bridges to create coherence, inclusivity, peace and stability of our country is a very noble move that no Kenyan would disagree with. view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: The second point was the issue of corruption. Corruption is a disease. Corruption kills. It takes money from people. It takes resources from our children, our health and our education and, therefore, it is a cancer that we must fight will all our strength. I like the fact that the President has not only identified it as a national problem but he is also ready using his powers and abilities to fight it. Kenya suffers in two ways when it comes to corruption. The first is our image. Everywhere you go in the world we have a bad name because ... view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: So, although the President said that he did not want any vigilante justice and that due process and the adage that you are innocent until proven guilty works, I will call on the President to use his moral authority in order to build his legacy and to leave a better country than he found The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: it. I think that is where many Kenyans were expecting the President to strike the whip and to make sure that there is no tolerance whatsoever for any kind of corruption in our society. view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: I also thank the President, very quickly, on his support for young people in our country and to put money into Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). A large number of our youth need those jobs and I welcome it. view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Finally, I also welcome the President’s push to ensure that our sons and daughters whom we have lost to evil people are returned back and they become part and parcel of our country. We need to give them a second chance to be good citizens. That is the best way to defeat violent extremism and terrorism. view
• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 19 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wanted to add my voice to this issue of Questions. Since I came back to this House in the 12th Parliament, not a single Question that I have raised in this House has been answered by the ministries or the CSs whom those Questions have been referred to. The expiry of a Question is at the end of a Session. I have heard what Hon. Mbadi has said. We had a tradition in which the CSs used to take seriously the Questions raised by Parliament. This is just one element in which parliamentarians interrogate the ... view
• 19 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I would like to know whether we can have an inventory of the Questions that have been asked and which ones have been answered and not answered, so that we can get a clear picture of the crisis that we face. I have a feeling that many of these Questions are ignored and then they either expire or are forgotten. There must be a mechanism within the National Assembly where we can have follow-up on where these Questions have gone. Just like the other two speakers have said, we should have a clear deadline. We can then question either the ... view