Shakeel Shabbir

Hon. Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu East, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. When I was young, there were agricultural extension officers. As much as I understand the basis of this Bill, I do not understand why we need to reinvent the wheel. They were there. This Bill is just coming up...

Hon. Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu East, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. This omnibus proposal overlooks the fact that the Estate Agents Act has been used many times for money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. It was heavily used in Mombasa to launder the proceeds of piracy, and you...

Hon. Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu East, Independent) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 1 of the Bill be further amended by inserting the words “immediately upon assent by the President.” immediately after the words “upon publication in the Gazette” I agree with most of the amendments. The Hon....

Hon. Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu East, Independent) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The proposed Section 2 is doing a very good thing because it has extended the regulatory scope of this very important Act. As we understand, mining operations have been the bane of illicit financial flows and have...

Hon. Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu East, Independent) No. The President of this country has made a positive direction on this particular thing, bearing in mind where we are on the grey list. I want to thank the President for doing this, because we have been writing to the Office of the...

Hon. Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu East, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I thank the Leader of the Majority Party. It shows that his eyes are on the ball. As much as I dislike Trumps policies, there are certain things he said that make great sense, like on the U.S. Agency...

Hon. Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu East, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. As I said, we have been grey-listed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the international community. They will view it as a lack of commitment if we set the penalties at “Not exceeding Ksh5 million”. The culprits...

Hon. Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu East, Independent) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I support the amendment. This was causing a very big problem when we were dealing with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) . Initially, this was called the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative. I recall working in it in Panama over...

Hon. Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu East, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to present a tribute to the Aga Khan of the Ismailia Muslim Community, in respect of the passing away of Prince Kareem Aga Khan, whose visionary leadership and unwavering commitment have left an indelible mark on Kenya....

Hon. Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu East, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I can see the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning seems to be a little unsure about the amendment. The amendment states that it is in the public interest for the KRA not to recover...