Farah Maalim

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) My message goes to two categories of people. First, anyone who is a retired public officer and is drawing a pension, whether a former speaker, judge, president or prime minister, must be held to a higher standard. If they take part in activities that threaten...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Hon. Speaker, I also begin by sending my condolences to all those who have lost loved ones in the incidents that have taken place in this country over time. Some countries are autocratic and others despotic. There are even countries that are ruled by dictators,...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) If you attempt to scale the fence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, you will be shot in the head immediately. There are snipers positioned to prevent any intrusion. If anyone has ambitions to occupy the State House through lawless means, after storming Parliament, burning courtrooms and...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) My message goes to two categories of people. First, anyone who is a retired public officer and is drawing a pension, whether a former speaker, judge, president or prime minister, must be held to a higher standard. If they take part in activities that threaten...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Hon. Speaker, I also begin by sending my condolences to all those who have lost loved ones in the incidents that have taken place in this country over time. Some countries are autocratic and others despotic. There are even countries that are ruled by dictators,...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) If you attempt to scale the fence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, you will be shot in the head immediately. There are snipers positioned to prevent any intrusion. If anyone has ambitions to occupy the State House through lawless means, after storming Parliament, burning courtrooms and...

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Yes, Hon. Kaluma, what is your point of information?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Ten minutes.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Okay. You have an additional two minutes to continue.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) No. It is okay. Continue.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Millie Odhiambo, do you want to pronounce yourself on this or you are doing something else?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Just one moment. Take your seat again. Hon. Members, I want to welcome Tangulbei High School from Tiaty Constituency in Baringo County. They are in the Speaker's Gallery. Also, Lily Academy from Ruiru in Kiambu County. Is Hon. Kamket in? Where is Hon. Kamket...

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. King’ara, welcome the students from Ruiru Constituency in Kiambu County. Give him the microphone.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Millie Odhiambo, you have ten minutes.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Rindikiri, who do you want to inform? She is not on the Floor of the House.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Kwenya.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Robert Basil.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Mutunga,

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Tom Kajwang’

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Do you wish to be informed by Hon. Kaluma.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim)Notwithstanding the fact, that

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Three of them came from Homa Bay. Where does Hon. Caroli Omondi come from?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Homa Bay? Then all of you are from Homa Bay.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Yes.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Mathenge, do you want to inform him? He is already on a point of information. You cannot inform an informer. (Hon. Duncan Mathenge spoke off the record) He is an informer. Order, you cannot inform him.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Kajwang’, you have two minutes to conclude.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Yesterday, we were…

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Let us have Hon. Rozaah Buyu, followed by Hon. Nyakundi Japheth.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Nyakundi, is it true that you spoke to this particular Motion yesterday?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) No. (Laughter)

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Rozaah Buyu.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Yes, Hon. Kaluma, what is your point of information?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Ten minutes.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Okay. You have an additional two minutes to continue.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) No. It is okay. Continue.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Millie Odhiambo, do you want to pronounce yourself on this or you are doing something else?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Just one moment. Take your seat again. Hon. Members, I want to welcome Tangulbei High School from Tiaty Constituency in Baringo County. They are in the Speaker's Gallery. Also, Lily Academy from Ruiru in Kiambu County. Is Hon. Kamket in? Where is Hon. Kamket...

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. King’ara, welcome the students from Ruiru Constituency in Kiambu County. Give him the microphone.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Millie Odhiambo, you have ten minutes.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Rindikiri, who do you want to inform? She is not on the Floor of the House.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Kwenya.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Robert Basil.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Mutunga,

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Tom Kajwang’

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Do you wish to be informed by Hon. Kaluma.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim)Notwithstanding the fact, that

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Three of them came from Homa Bay. Where does Hon. Caroli Omondi come from?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Homa Bay? Then all of you are from Homa Bay.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Yes.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Mathenge, do you want to inform him? He is already on a point of information. You cannot inform an informer. (Hon. Duncan Mathenge spoke off the record) He is an informer. Order, you cannot inform him.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Kajwang’, you have two minutes to conclude.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Yesterday, we were…

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Let us have Hon. Rozaah Buyu, followed by Hon. Nyakundi Japheth.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Nyakundi, is it true that you spoke to this particular Motion yesterday?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) No. (Laughter)

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Rozaah Buyu.

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) I want you to indulge me on this because you have seen this area...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) You practised law in Mandera and the only way you could get there was by flying. The road was impassable. I do not have a metre of tarmac in my constituency and many other constituencies are like that. Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Hon. Speaker, I have been around for a fairly long time both in the country and in this House. The original idea, object, and spirit of hardship allowance was to try and give an incentive to the areas that were historically marginalised so that the...

Hon. Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Order, Hon. Member. Hon. Caroli Omondi, you will have additional seven minutes when the debate resumes. Hon. Bedzimba, Hon. Obo and Hon. Chege will follow you in that order once we resume debate on this matter. ADJOURNMENT The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon....

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Member for Kitui Rural.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Did you say 20 years old and above?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Saney Ibrahim, Member for Wajir North.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Member for Bondo, Hon. Ochanda Gideon.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Is the honourable Member for Meru in?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) The Member for Westlands, Hon. Tim Wanyonyi.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Phylis Bartoo. (Hon. Liza Chelule spoke off the record) The lady at the back, did you put in your card? It is not there. Can you approach the Speaker and explain? I cannot see your name here. Proceed, Hon. Bartoo.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim)If we each take as little time as possible without repeating what has already been said, all Members will have an opportunity to speak because there is a lot of interest in this matter.Proceed,

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Dawood, the Member of Parliament for Meru.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Member for Samburu East, Hon. Lekumontare.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Next is Hon. Abdul Haro, who will be followed by Hon. Chelule.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Chelule.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Obo Ruweida, what is your point of order?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Proceed, Hon. Chelule.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Asante. Sasa tumsikize Mhe. Caroli Omondi, ambaye atafuatwa na Mhe. Bady, kisha Mhe. Ruweida Obo. Alafu tutamsikiza Mheshimiwa Sabina Chege.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Proceed.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Samahani, atakayefuata baada ya Mhe. Caroli Omondi ni Mhe. Bedzimba, si Bady. Nimeelewa.

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Hon. Speaker, I want to add my voice to the issue of statelessness and discrimination in our country. You started your legal career way back in the early 1980s, when you used to travel all the way to the North Eastern Province and you remember...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Hon. Speaker, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has suffered. More than six million people have died. That problem started with the Banyamulenge people when Mobutu Sese Seko said that they were neither Zairians nor Congolese, and that they should go to Rwanda because they...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Is it the Suba? You then claim that North Eastern is part of Kenya. If they are Somalis, why not send them back to Somalia? It is good for us to understand history. Remember this, Hon. Millie…

Hon. Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Order, Hon. Member. Hon. Caroli Omondi, you will have additional seven minutes when the debate resumes. Hon. Bedzimba, Hon. Obo and Hon. Chege will follow you in that order once we resume debate on this matter. ADJOURNMENT The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon....

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Member for Kitui Rural.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Did you say 20 years old and above?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Saney Ibrahim, Member for Wajir North.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Member for Bondo, Hon. Ochanda Gideon.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Is the honourable Member for Meru in?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) The Member for Westlands, Hon. Tim Wanyonyi.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Phylis Bartoo. (Hon. Liza Chelule spoke off the record) The lady at the back, did you put in your card? It is not there. Can you approach the Speaker and explain? I cannot see your name here. Proceed, Hon. Bartoo.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim)If we each take as little time as possible without repeating what has already been said, all Members will have an opportunity to speak because there is a lot of interest in this matter.Proceed,

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Dawood, the Member of Parliament for Meru.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Member for Samburu East, Hon. Lekumontare.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Next is Hon. Abdul Haro, who will be followed by Hon. Chelule.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Chelule.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Obo Ruweida, what is your point of order?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Proceed, Hon. Chelule.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Asante. Sasa tumsikize Mhe. Caroli Omondi, ambaye atafuatwa na Mhe. Bady, kisha Mhe. Ruweida Obo. Alafu tutamsikiza Mheshimiwa Sabina Chege.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Proceed.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Samahani, atakayefuata baada ya Mhe. Caroli Omondi ni Mhe. Bedzimba, si Bady. Nimeelewa.

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) I want to begin by thanking His Excellency President William Ruto and His Excellency the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for having seen us. This is the first time my constituency, one of the biggest constituencies in terms of population in this country, has appeared...

Commissioner Mishi Mboko.

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I have known Prof Abdulrazak for more than three decades. He has a powerful wealth of knowledge. At this stage, he is serving in that unique position as the only African...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) I want to begin by thanking His Excellency President William Ruto and His Excellency the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for having seen us. This is the first time my constituency, one of the biggest constituencies in terms of population in this country, has appeared...

Commissioner Mishi Mboko.

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I have known Prof Abdulrazak for more than three decades. He has a powerful wealth of knowledge. At this stage, he is serving in that unique position as the only African...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I join my colleagues in supporting this Motion. Hon. Ruku has been a Member of this Parliament for the last two and a half years. You and I have sat on that Chair many times. We know how effective a debater he...