Abdirahman Abdinoor Ali

Sen. Abdirahman On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stood on a point of order mainly because of the statements made by Sen. (Dr.) Kuti a few minutes ago. Everybody in this House is a professional in his own right but he said “some of us”. I...

Sen. Abdirahman Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me a chance to contribute on the debate on the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. From the outset, I accept what hon. Kajwang said about the Senators who were there in the beginning. The one from my home also lost....

Sen. Abdirahman On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is my dear friend, Sen. Murkomen, in order to tell us that unless a written document is tabled from the President when we know that the President can indirectly or directly speak? He need not make any written document in...

Sen. Abdirahman On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will be straight to the point. Constituencies and original districts constitute what we now call counties. I see no reason for any Member of the Senate or from any other quarter to evade this very important question. This will...

Sen. Abdirahman Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief because this is a matter that has been well ventilated by my colleagues. Whether you are from the Majority or July 11, 2013 SENATE DEBATES Sen. AbdirahmanMinority side, as a Member of a Committee, your role is purely oversight. That...

Sen. Abdirahman

Sen. Abdirahman

Sen. Abdirahman No; no at all, Mr. Speaker, Sir. (Sen. Abdirahman spoke off record)

Sen. Abdirahman Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to thank Sen. Kagwe for the very detailed presentation, but I have two quick questions. One is in relation to the teacher’s strike. It is clear that between 1997 and 2003, there has actually been two gazette notices which were...

Sen. Abdirahman On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Abdirahman Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Kagwe spoke at length until he forgot to address some issues we had raised. This matter is of great importance to us. I want to refer to the gazette notices. The relevant committee such as the Committee I belong to on Health, Labour...

Sen. Abdirahman Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to second this Motion by stating the fact that this is an area which has been of concern to many Kenyans including leaders. I remember a similar thing came up in the Ninth Parliament. Motions can be passed at times...

Sen. Abdirahman

Sen. Abdirahman Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. I also thank Sen. (Dr.) Machage for bringing up this Motion. As you know, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are a country which has its own aspirations; we want to reach...

Sen. Hargura.

Sen. Abdirahman On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Abdirahman Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need a response from an authoritative Government source. We need a report from the Chairperson of the Committee. As the tradition is, he will be speaking, having got information from the actual source. This is a matter of national concern. I do not know...

Sen. Abdirahman Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I meant is that I am sure they will deliberate on this matter as a Committee. However, we need a serious undertaking from either the Chair or the Vice Chair or from a member of the Committee who will be held responsible.

Sen. Abdirahman Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to add my voice to what the other Senators have said. I stand to support the Motion which has been brought to the Floor of the House by Sen. (Dr.) Machage. This Motion is long overdue because if you look...

Hon. Senators, Sen. Mong’are from Nyamira is new and so is Sen. Abdirahman from Wajir. They all came to the first Senate for the first time. If Sen. Abdirahman from Wajir seems to have understood the Standing Orders, then there is no explanation why the Senator from Nyamira has not...

Sen. Abdirahman

Sen. Abdirahman

Sen. Abdirahman Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank Sen. Haji for the Statement. But there are a few things that do not add up in that it, particularly with regard to deployment of forces across our borders to Somalia. In fact, the only West African country that has contributed...

Order, Sen. Abdirahman! June 13, 2013 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Abdirahman Mr. Speaker, Sir, one more comment, if you will allow me.

Sen. Abdirahman Thank you for the guidance, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Could he clarify what the intentions were with regard to the movement? Finally, my last comment is, it is even cost-effective to use the air force planes. Why did the Deputy President chose to fly on that jet? Why did...

Sen. Abdirahman On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to go one step further. We have understood what you said. From the inception of this House, when we started we said that we are all learning. In the past, practice demanded Cabinet Ministers to come to the...