Yusuf Hassan Abdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The Committee is a little bit late because I have already heard the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Co-ordination of National Government saying that the two camps have been closed. I thought they did not exist anymore. If the Cabinet Secretary concerned has already told us that those camps are closed, I assume that they were closed; the reality is that there are 500,000 in those refugee camps. Where will they go? Somalia is at war and they are victims of the Al Shabaab themselves. We are signatories, as some of the Members have mentioned, to international laws governing refugees; ... view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: why we want to try and win back our youth, so that they stop being radicalized and we give them employment, training and hope in the future of this country. Thank you and I support this Report subject to the changes and additions that I have proposed; do something about some of the missing facts. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity. I would like to rise to be able to contribute to the discussion. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. I do not know whether the television people will give me the opportunity if I sit down and so I will stand. Thank you very much. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I would like to contribute to the discussion at hand and I must say from the beginning that I support the right to strike as enshrined under Article 37 of our Constitution which says: view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: “Every person has the right, peaceably and unarmed, to assemble, to demonstrate, to picket, and to present petitions to public authorities.” view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: While having said that, I think the matatu industry is an important stakeholder employing thousands of Kenyans and providing an essential and indispensable service to millions of Nairobians. I know they are a force that moves our city every day. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for allowing me to continue. I want to say that they are a force that moves our city and we are dependent on them every day as ordinary citizens who go to their daily work and businesses. For those ordinary people, usually in most countries in the world public transport is provided by the state or by the local authorities. Unfortunately, in our case that has not happened and this service is now provided by businesspeople and entrepreneurs who have moved in to fill that gap and do provide that important contribution to our ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: However, the most important clients of the matatu industry or city transport services are not the County Government or the Government of Kenya but they are the people of Kenya, and particularly, the people of Nairobi. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: This is, indeed, a very heavy duty and responsibility. They depend on matatu transport to get to their jobs, businesses and do other activities. They also depend on the view