Yusuf Hassan Abdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support the Bill. view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I support the President’s State of the Nation Address. I would like to particularly focus on three aspects of his Speech which touched on reconciliation and cohesion, fighting the culture of corruption and impunity and finally, on his agenda to develop equity and social justice. view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I support the President’s State of the Nation Address. I would like to particularly focus on three aspects of his Speech which touched on reconciliation and cohesion, fighting the culture of corruption and impunity and finally, on his agenda to develop equity and social justice. view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: As a young country, we are faced with serious problems. We are a diverse country that is multicultural, and multi-ethnic. Therefore, issues of tribalism, sectionalism, bigotry, hatred and intolerance somehow have come to the fore as some of the enemies that face our country in moving forward. I congratulate the President for his humble apology and I thank him for showing an extraordinary example in leadership by pulling our country back from the brink of a crisis. In particular, the handshake of 9th March 2018 created harmony between him and the leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga. ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: As a young country, we are faced with serious problems. We are a diverse country that is multicultural, and multi-ethnic. Therefore, issues of tribalism, sectionalism, bigotry, hatred and intolerance somehow have come to the fore as some of the enemies that face our country in moving forward. I congratulate the President for his humble apology and I thank him for showing an extraordinary example in leadership by pulling our country back from the brink of a crisis. In particular, the handshake of 9th March 2018 created harmony between him and the leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga. ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: If we do not address disunity, as the President has taken that important step, we could get into conflict and war and that could make us fail to achieve our dreams of creating a strong and a modern country. view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: If we do not address disunity, as the President has taken that important step, we could get into conflict and war and that could make us fail to achieve our dreams of creating a strong and a modern country. view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The other element the President touched on and is working very hard in leading the country is the fight against corruption. The President should leave no stone unturned. We must be very supportive as Parliament and pass the necessary legislation to empower institutions like the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. I congratulate the President for appointing a hardworking and an effective DPP and a new Chief of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation. We are already seeing the result of their work. There should be zero tolerance to corruption. Heads must roll and the President must go beyond that ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The other element the President touched on and is working very hard in leading the country is the fight against corruption. The President should leave no stone unturned. We must be very supportive as Parliament and pass the necessary legislation to empower institutions like the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. I congratulate the President for appointing a hardworking and an effective DPP and a new Chief of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation. We are already seeing the result of their work. There should be zero tolerance to corruption. Heads must roll and the President must go beyond that ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Members of this Parliament can also lead by example in fighting against corruption and the culture of impunity. When a person is arrested for corrupt practices or removed from office for corrupt reasons, we should not stand with that person because he is one of us or he is a member of our tribe or ethnic group. We should let the law take its course in the fight against corruption and impunity. We can also teach the public the need to fight impunity. Finally, we need to have social justice, equity, affordable housing and clean water. We should make sure ... view