Hassan Omar

Sen. Hassan Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity. I am aware that the petitioners, at some point came before the two Standing Committees of the Senate; the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and the Standing Committee on Broadcasting. I have listened to some of the...

Sen. Hassan On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In terms of decorum and as has always been the tradition whenever there is a Motion that is agreed upon in the RBC, which captures the objectives of this House, Sen. Keter would have just asked our Senate Deputy Minority...

Sen. Hassan On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As you are also telling Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to do the honorable thing, Sen. Billow, has even done worse. He said all these looting, raping and stealing emanate from your side because he heard his leader somewhere bumbling in a...

Sen. Hassan Sen. Hassan, I had given guidance that the Report is a base document. You still need that opportunity that Sen. Murkomen has requested to debate the Report proper. Try not to quote it.

Sen. Hassan

Sen. Hassan Order, Senator! Use your time more meaningfully. March 19, 2015 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Hassan Order, Senator! You have taken more time than I allocated you.

Sen. Hassan What is it Sen. (Dr.) Machage?

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Sen. HassanMarch 19, 2015 SENATE DEBATES ESTABLISHMENT OF RESCUE CENTRES IN KENYAN EMBASSIESTHAT, aware that many Kenyans migrate out of the country for employment especially as domestic workers; concerned that they work under deplorable conditions in those countries they go to; cognizant of the grave danger this poses to them...

Next Order! THE NATURAL RESOURCES (BENEFIT SHARING) BILL (SENATE BILL NO. 34 OF 2014)

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to contribute to this important Bill. Natural resources have, up to now, not benefited communities that reside within the areas where resources are exploited. When I refer to resources, what comes to my mind are forests, minerals, water, wildlife and even...

to do so. They have also been playing a part in the conserving, but the reward that they have gotten is intermittent evictions from these forests. They have also been accused of interfering with the natural resources. Even when it comes to the shamba system, they are not given special...

corporate social responsibility. However, others have done completely nothing. This Bill does not seek to do away with the corporate social responsibility, but to also ensure that those who do not do it at the moment must do, at least, the minimum which is set out.Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, regarding...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to contribute to this Bill. Allow me to congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Zani for having thought deeply into the many things that can assist Kenyans and they will be happy and appreciate. Let me also congratulate the entire Committee for working tirelessly...

how the Masaai will gain from that. Hopefully, Sen. (Dr.) Zani, will see how to polish it more. I know there are some areas---

Are you suggesting that the red colour belong to the Masaais?

Yes, from creation, that is our colour.

So, can Parliament benefit because of the chairs?

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you know also Nairobi was named by the Maasai, so we are in the heartland of the Masaai. When it is red and this is where power is exercised, I think we appreciate that. Allow me to say that Sen. (Dr.) Zani did a good a...

affected. Two, we have wildlife in that hill, like buffaloes and others and every time the turbines are running, the animals tend to run away maybe because of the noise generated and the blinking of the lights. Because of that, of late you may even find some buffaloes in Ngong...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I also want to take this opportunity to add my voice to this very important Bill and from the outset, I want to support it. This issue of sharing natural resources has been one of the most vexatious issues in the world; not just...

or 60 years after they discovered oil, it has been flowing to the centre and when they share out revenues, they have never benefitted from it.So, to a larger extent, the very idea that we are developing this Bill just when we are in the process of developing some of...

March 19, 2015 SENATE DEBATES

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity for me to support this very important Bill. We all know that unless people living in an area; citizens or communities are convinced that the resources around them belong to them, they will not take care of them. It is also...

Therefore, I rise to support this Bill, first of all because I believe that the people who live in the area must benefit from the resources. It does not matter whether the resources should be exploited by the national or the county governments. We must ensure that the local communities...

tourism which can be shared amongst the people who live in those areas. Without tourism, places like Maasai Mara or any other place, counties will not have enough revenue to support the people they want to support.As we address the issue of resources, we must realise that it is very...

Very well. Since I see no other interests, I will call the Mover to reply.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to reply. I thank Senators for all their contributions which have really brought new perspectives and many ideas into thought. I think they are going to be very critical even as we move the amendments that are very necessary in this Bill....

Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. also mentioned the importance of earned currency, especially the Authority and the financial report that is going to be given at the end of the financial year to the Senate. The proposal in the Bill is that this Report is given to the President and the...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the whole idea of ensuring that there is control of funds and corruption was stipulated very clearly by Sen. Muthama because this Bill is going to create wealth in the counties. For as long as we do not seal corruption loopholes, then we are going to...

idea of ensuring that we have proper infrastructural development in the first place and ensure that we can actually anchor and exploit the specific resources. They talked about the importance of making sure that at the end of the day, the cultural value--- Sen. Mositet talked about this; that this...

You have forgotten to say something at the end.

Pursuant to Standing Order No. 54 (3) , I request that the putting of the question be deferred to an opportune time when we are able to vote. Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Very well. Time will be allocated next week for the Division. (Putting of the Question on the Bill deferred) I will defer Order No.13 and No.14 to next week. Proceed to next Order. (The Temporary Speaker (Sen. (Dr.) Machage) consulted the Clerk-at-the-Table and the Senate Majority Leader (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki)...

Second Reading THE ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT AND CO-ORDINATION (AMENDMENT) BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILL NO.31 OF 2014) THE PUBLIC SERVICE (VALUES AND PRINCIPLES) BILL (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BILL NO.29 OF 2014)

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Public Service (Values and Principles) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.29 of 2014) be read a second time. This Bill is among the three or four Bills that this House or this Parliament must pass before the expiry of the extended...

Order. For purposes of record, is it 27th April, 2014 or 27th May, 2015?

March 19, 2015 SENATE DEBATES

We have engineers, lawyers, doctors, sociologists but there is need to have that knowledge in engineering, law, medicine and sociology being infused with the soft values that help those public servants to deliver.As you build a road if you are a county engineer for roads or director of survey in...

Sen. Hassan Mr. Speaker, Sir, Garbatulla has been one of the top schools in the region. It is one of the schools that have---

Sen. Hassan Mr. Speaker, Sir, this school has continued to experience decline in academic standards. I want to know what the Ministry or the Cabinet Secretary has done to integrate the concerns of the leadership of Garbatulla. Secondly, why is it that there has not been adequate teaching staff causing...

Sen. Hassan On a point of order, Mr. Speaker Sir. I am seeking a further clarification because the first clarification had been sought. Because of the weighty issues being raised by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., and since there are other weighty issues that need clarity, maybe the Committee could consider...

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Sen. Hassan On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On a similar point, I also want you to broadly ventilate on the relationship between the two Houses. As I sat here to debate some of the issues as we were conducting business this afternoon, I have reliable information that...

Sen. HassanOne of the Bills that I saw in the newspapers is before the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and in your communication, it did not have a deadline. When you read that communication to the Committee, you did not inform us about this 27th March, deadline, dissolution...

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Sen. Hassan Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will speak in English language. Since my colleague, Sen. Madzayo from Kilifi where Kiswahili was also nurtured has congratulated the delegation from Tanzania, it will only be proper for us also to acknowledge the friendly relationship that we have had with Morocco. Many of...

Sen. Hassan Jambo la nidhamu, Bw. Spika. Naona Maseneta wawili wanajaribu pia kuwaonyesha ndugu zetu Watanzania kwamba Kiswahili kimelala hapa. (Laughter)

Sen. Hassan Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir for this opportunity. I also want to join other colleagues who have sent their appreciation for your communication. A violation of a stipulated provision of the Constitution should, in my assessment, attract a more severe sanction from this Senate. As Sen. Kembi-Gitura pointed...

Sen. Hassan

Sen. Hassanaccountability and guarding against misuse. The minute I decided I was going to run for the Senate of the Republic of Kenya, the first feedback that I heard from a wide array of Kenyans was that I would not succeed politically if I did not have resources. We have...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I would like to bring to your attention what I have just seen happen here. When Sen. Kisasa just crossed the Floor to greet Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o very casually without bowing to the Chair. She then canvassed and then crossed back...

Sen. Hassan

Sen. Hassan Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. Let me from the outset commend those who started the harambee spirit in this country. We have seen a lot of good that has come from the harambees especially in the past....

This Bill seeks to regulate mechanisms at the national and county levels of harambees. That is a good thing and I commend my colleague here for this Bill, which needs to be looked at carefully. As we regulate, we should not hurt the very people we are trying to help...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to add my voice in support of the Public Fundraising Bill which was brought to the Floor of this House by Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o and his team. I congratulate them because in the past, harambees were abused. I remember we used to have politicians...

Sen. Hassan Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for reiterating my name in the right way. On most of the Senate records, I see my name evolving to Sen. Hassan Omar Hassan. I rise to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget on...

Sen. Hassan Signed by Sen. Hassan Omar Hassan, Senator for Mombasa County on 5th March, 2015.

Sen. Hassan Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said that you are the only person who keeps calling me on record accurately. My records in the Senate are evolving. I am now being referred to as Omar Hassan Hassan, outside Hassan Omar Hassan. I can see the Clerk of the Senate is...

Sen. Hassan On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a request for a Statement not from anybody, but from Sen. Hassan Omar Hassan, to the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget. I have not canvassed any of these issues with that Committee. Even if...

Sen. Hassan Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am satisfied.

Sen. Hassan On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to echo the point raised by Sen. (Dr.) Kuti, particularly in his last Statement. Rather than say that the violence is being incited by the Governor of Meru, the question should read: “Is the Government aware that the...

Sen. Hassan Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. (Dr.) Kuti said with finality when he was seeking the Statement that the violence has been incited by the Governor of Meru. So, I have asked him to paraphrase his Statement to read: “Is the Government aware that the Governor of Meru is inciting...

Sen. Hassan Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I associate myself with the comments by the Deputy Speaker, I want to seek further clarification. The Committee should tell us who the Kenyan shareholders are by name and give us the identity of Pan-Africa Network Group (PANG) . (Laughter)

Sen. Hassan Mr. Speaker, Sir, since I came to the Senate, you have also been a mentor and a teacher to me. I just want to know whether within the meaning of this Standing Order, a Standing Committee would be a Select Committee. It talks about a “Select Committee” but...

Sen. Hassan

Sen. Hassan Time is up, Sen. Melly. March 4, 2015 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Hassan knowledge on contemporary challenges of insecurity, countering terrorism and radicalization. This is a pure case of political patronage rather than competence taking the centre stage in this appointment.If you look at the current policing trends, policing...

Order, Sen. Hassan! I have had occasions to say the same things that you are telling Sen. Murkomen and for now, Sen. Murkomen was just cheering you in the normal way. Proceed, Senator! Sen. Hassan I did not need that cheering, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I can see that he is...

Sen. Hassan Mr. Speaker, Sir, mine is a follow up question. People were armed by the Government and subjected to harms’ way by the Government. Therefore, why would the Government not compensate people who they have subjected to the line of fire? I think that by giving somebody a gun,...

Sen. Hassan Sen. (Dr.) Machage, finally. March 3, 2015 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Hassan I just want your guidance pursuant to Standing Order No. 88 in terms of the sanctity of processes of this Senate including investigations, reports and Motions which are covered broadly under Standing Order No. 88 and whether...

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Sen. Hassan Asante sana, Bi. Spika wa Muda, kwa kunipatia nafasi hii ili nami nipate kuchangia. Kwanza, nataka kumshukuru sana Kiongozi wa Wengi katika Seneti kwa kuleta Hoja hii hapa. Nachukua nafasi hii kumtakia huyu ndugu yetu aliyeshinda uchaguzi mdogo juzi, Sen. M. Kajwang, kila la heri katika wakati atakapo...

Sen. Hassan

Sen. Hassan Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I stand to second this very important Motion regarding the Senate Calendar. This is a carefully planned calendar that enables us to know well in advance the periods when we will have the recess and the main activities for the whole year with...

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is it in order for the Senate Minority Leader to purport to inform Sen. Hassan, who is very well informed of this issue, which is public knowledge and everybody knows; yet the Senator pretends that he did not know? (Laughter)

Sen. Hassan Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to support this calendar and, therefore, this Motion with only one point. There is something we are missing out on oversight of these county governments in the manner in which the calendars of this Senate and the respective county assemblies run....

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