Yusuf Hassan Abdi

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• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Pili, katika uteuzi wa Betty Maina kuwa Katibu katika wizara inayohusika na Shirikisho la Afrika Mashariki, Bi. Maina alionyesha ujuzi wake katika kazi hizo na kuonyesha pia kwamba kwa hakika anastahili kuteuliwa katika kazi hiyo. Ujumbe wangu wa mwisho ni kwamba maafisa hawa wakumbuke kwamba kazi yao ni kujenga Kenya na kuwatumikia wananchi. Lazima wafanye kazi hizo kwa uadilifu na maadili bora na kutia kasi kuendeleza ajenda ya serikali na maendeleo ya nchi hii. Kwa hayo machache Mheshimiwa Spika, ninaunga mkono uteuzi wa maafisa hawa wazuri wawili ambao walipitia katika Kamati yetu. Asante sana view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Access to Information Bill. I congratulate and thank Hon. Priscilla Nyokabi for moving this important Bill. This Bill is timely and progressive. It will contribute to the realisation of several Articles in our Constitution, and in particular Article 35. As they say, information is knowledge and power. This Bill will bring us one step closer to empowering the ordinary mwananchi by accessing critical information on their social, economic and political lives. It will also give them power to know what the bureaucrats are doing on their behalf, and to ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: I also want to voice my concern about Clause 6. We should reconsider and make it tighter in the sense that all the facts that have been said here and are supporting access to information, can be undermined by the narrow interpretation of Clause 6 by those who are not ready to give information to the public using this Bill. The other issue that I want to raise is in Clause 13(1) on correction of information. It says:- “At the request of the applicant, a public entity or private body shall within reasonable time, at its own expense, correct, update ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: personal information held by it relating to the applicant, which is out of date, inaccurate or incomplete.” I would like to suggest that this should be more specific. The interpretation of reasonable time can be used to make it difficult for that information to be corrected. I was wondering in terms of language or drafting whether that could be more specific within a particular period of time to allow correction to take place. view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: If you look at some elements under Clause 6, you will find that there is much of that information today in the age of information, internet and electronic communication. A lot of information that the Government considers to be secret is in the public domain. If you have the right knowledge or the right technology, you can access that information. Recently, I attended one of the secret briefings for Members of Parliament done by one of the Government Departments. To my surprise, because I was interested in that particular subject, I found that much of that information that was considered ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I would like to support the Access to Information Bill. view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this discussion. I support the Physical Planning Bill. It is timely that we have a Bill that brings some kind of order in the chaos that we have in our neighborhoods, cities and towns. Physical planning is acritical and an important factor in human settlement and habitation. Well organised and proper planning of human settlements leads to good villages, towns and cities. It leads to a better and healthier life for its citizens. In the colonial times, it was very clear that we had all our settlements ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: I cannot leave out the fact that has been raised by a number of Hon. Members and that is the element of corruption in our country. It is impossible to have all these beautiful Bills and have the most fantastic Constitution in the world. Is it possible to live to the expectations of our Constitution and the Bills that we are passing in this House, if we are not able to control corruption and bring order and discipline in our bureaucracy? This is the fundamental aspect that this Bill must have; it must have the teeth and the power to ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: punish those who are not able to follow it and reverse decisions that may be contrary to what our Physical Planning Bill demands in urban settlements. With those remarks, I believe that this Bill will create some sanity in our physical planning and we will have a better Kenya as a result of it. I support. Thank you so much. view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Motion by Hon. Victor Munyaka. This is a very timely Motion coming at a time when we face multiple criminal and violent extremist activities, runaway proliferation of small arms as well as other threats to our security and safety every day. That is why it is important first of all, in support of this Motion, to have a more intensive, more focused and more relentless public campaign and intelligence in order to unearth the large number of firearms that are scattered in many neighbourhoods in our country. In today’s Daily ... view