Sheikh Abdullahi Bashir

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Sessional Paper No.1 of 2025 on the Foreign Policy of the Republic of Kenya.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Sessional Paper No.1 of 2025 on the Foreign Policy of the Republic of Kenya.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Sessional Paper No.1 of 2025 on the Foreign Policy of...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Sessional Paper No.1 of 2025 on the Foreign Policy of...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) I get your point. Diplomacy is the art of building bridges, securing peace, and advancing prosperity. The Committee, therefore, in its wisdom, having looked at all four nominees, recommends that the House approves the appointment of:

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker for that guidance. I appreciate the Members who made immense contributions to the Motion. I agree that the mood of the House is as you have stated. On a point of information, in the last Session, we...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Noted, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I know the mood of the House is that they just want this Motion quickly dispensed. I am guided.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) I get your point. Diplomacy is the art of building bridges, securing peace, and advancing prosperity. The Committee, therefore, in its wisdom, having looked at all four nominees, recommends that the House approves the appointment of:

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker for that guidance. I appreciate the Members who made immense contributions to the Motion. I agree that the mood of the House is as you have stated. On a point of information, in the last Session, we...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Noted, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I know the mood of the House is that they just want this Motion quickly dispensed. I am guided.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, can you protect me from Hon. Osoro and the rest? They are trying to dictate--- Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I do not want to take much time. I want to appreciate the Members who have spoken...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am the Vice-Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations. I am moving the Motion on behalf of the Chairperson, who is away on other official matters. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) Thank...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, looking at the mood of the House and the competencies of Prof Abdulrazak Shaukat, I request the Mover to be called upon to reply.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Special Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in its report on the Approval Hearing of a Nominee for Appointment as Principal Secretary,...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, can you protect me from Hon. Osoro and the rest? They are trying to dictate--- Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I do not want to take much time. I want to appreciate the Members who have spoken...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am the Vice-Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations. I am moving the Motion on behalf of the Chairperson, who is away on other official matters. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) Thank...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, looking at the mood of the House and the competencies of Prof Abdulrazak Shaukat, I request the Mover to be called upon to reply.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Special Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in its report on the Approval Hearing of a Nominee for Appointment as Principal Secretary,...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I agree with Hon. Umul Kheir that the answers given are quite unsatisfactory. As we speak, there is no power in Mandera Town, and it started way before the month of Ramadan. Before we went for recess, I mentioned here...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I have heard Members talking about gazetted units and locations. I want to take this opportunity to remind the Waziri that Mandera North has units that were gazetted in the 2020/2021 Financial Year. I would appreciate it if those units...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following reports of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on the following:

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. First and foremost, I want to thank the Committee for bringing a detailed Report on insecurity in the six counties in the North Rift. When you look at these counties along with...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on Budget Implementation Monitoring for FY 2023/2024 for the following State Departments, laid on the...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I have four notices of Motions. I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Treaty Establishing the Inter-Governmental...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Yes, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Yes. The Committee has made a detailed Report. I looked at it and it contains substance. It needs to be implemented. If it is implemented, it will help the people of North Rift. However, I still insist on the issue of development...