Yusuf Hassan Abdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I stand to support the Petition. Land grabbing is a pandemic in our country. It really needs to be addressed urgently and courageously by the leadership and the legal system of this country. I speak as the Member for Kamukunji, an area which suffers land grabbing a lot. When I became a Member of Parliament, one of the things that shocked me most was the fact that every little space for public utilities had been illegally taken away by private developers and land speculators. This land is later transferred into illegal ... view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I was among the hundreds of KQ customers who were stranded for hours because of the unfolding crisis in KQ. Hardly have I ever travelled with KQ without a cancellation or long delays. It is common for customers to be removed from a flight you have already booked with no apologies, explanation or customer care. This is just the shoddy way KQ works and Kenyans have resigned to that fact. The KQ is in a terrible state of affairs. It now operates like a ... view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: recently extended its airline flights to New York. We are struggling to even get a single flight into any airport in the United States of America. I recommend that the select committee looks at the best practices in the world. Maybe it will be good to visit Ethiopian Airlines and see how an airline should be run in a disciplined and profitable way. With those remarks, I support the proposal brought by the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Aden Duale. I thank him for facilitating the opportunity for us to discuss the future of our national airline. view
• 20 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is more than frustrating waiting for the disbursement of the NG-CDF money. I would like to urge the NG-CDF Board and the Chairman to accelerate the process. I do not understand what he meant by saying that the National Treasury has already transferred the money to the NG-CDF Board. The question is why it is taking a lot of time to reach the recipients. view
• 20 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Through the NG-CDF, we assist the poor members of our communities. Some children cannot go to school and essential projects cannot be started because of this delay. The money should be disbursed quickly for us to start the projects. Kamukunji Constituency has not received funding from the last financial year. We want a clear answer from the Chairman as to when the 2016/2017 Financial Year disbursements will be done, so that we can quickly take the programmes and projects that we want to implement for approval. It is important for the NG- CDF to act on this matter. The Chairman ... view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: No. view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I would like to reluctantly support this Supplementary Budget. I have absolutely no problem with the need to allocate funds to unforeseen or absolutely necessary needs of the country. However, using these ways to bring in supplementary budgets that are not urgent, as the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has said, should not be welcome in this House. These are not small figures. They are huge amounts running into billions. We seem to have a massive overspending problem that requires us to expressly pass the Supplementary Budget, ... view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. There is Hon. Wamalwa who has been here since I moved this Motion. I will give him one minute and then I will give another minute to Hon. Wambui. view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am grateful and delighted by the contribution of Members in support of this important Motion. I am touched. I would particularly like to highlight Mheshimiwa Patrick Wangamati as one of our unsung heroes who contributed to this debate. I would like to emphasise the fact that a country without a history is not a country. A country without heroes is not a country. We need to energise and continue to inspire our young people by putting emphasis on important places like Kamukunji. In many countries where I have lived, there are signposts directing ... view