Mohamed Abass Sheikh

Sen. Abass Sen. Wambua, do you want to be informed? October 18, 2022 SENATE DEBATES 18

Sen. Wambua, do you want to be informed?

Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (

Sen. AbassSenators, this being an(Loud Consultations) Sen. Kinyua, Proceed.

Sen. Abassaccessible. Making them accessible means facilitating transportation from areas where they are produced to where they are needed.Sometimes, you have a situation where maize is available in areas where it is produced, but you will find people facing hunger in other areas. Therefore, transportation should be one of the...

Thank you. Let us listen to the Senior Senator for Siaya County, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to the Presidential Speech. I start by thanking the President for having recognised that this was a very hotly contested election. Elections in Kenya are different from elections in all the countries in October 6, 2022 SENATE DEBATES 200

East Africa. I do not think there is any other country in East Africa where democracy is as vibrant as it is in Kenya.However, I would like to plead with the President to desist from weakening the opposition because the opposition is supposed to oversight the Government of the day....

accessible. Making them accessible means facilitating transportation from areas where they are produced to where they are needed.Sometimes, you have a situation where maize is available in areas where it is produced, but you will find people facing hunger in other areas. Therefore, transportation should be one of the considerations...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak on the important Speech of the President, which is our constitutional dictate. The President gave a brief Speech. I have been here for the past 10 years. Presidential speeches of this nature, such as opening of...

Ruto as the President. Having been elected, the President recognised that the results were very close. That demonstrates that things that unite us are more than those that divide us.Even when the President said that there must be a mechanism for Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) to come to this House and...

allocation, since there are bottlenecks in the National Treasury and the office of the Controller of Budget (CoB) that sometimes makes it difficult for counties to exhaust the resources allocated to various county projects.Supporting the Judiciary does not mean that it will be subservient. If you had Judges, who only...

Sen. Abass Order! I am trying to get his point of order. Let us give him time.

Sen. Abass Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I can confirm and affirm to this House that the United Democratic Movement (UDM) is officially in Kenya Kwanza Coalition. I am a member of that coalition and we do not fear or owe favours to anybody. Azimio-One...

Sen. Abassshould be one of the considerations and that should have been outlined by the President instead of thinking about GMOs.GMOs have failed in South Africa because of many reasons, including patenting of the seeds by seed companies that make them inaccessible to farmers by making them expensive. Now that...

Thank you. Let us listen to the Senior Senator for Siaya County, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to the Presidential Speech. I start by thanking the President for having recognised that this was a very hotly contested election. Elections in Kenya are different from elections in all the countries in East Africa. I do not think...

goodies is a process of weakening the opposition side, which is the minority in the new Constitution. I hope that this culture is going to stop.I can tell the Members who think that there are goodies on the other side, from the experience that I have had in Parliament, that...

should be one of the considerations and that should have been outlined by the President instead of thinking about GMOs.GMOs have failed in South Africa because of many reasons, including patenting of the seeds by seed companies that make them inaccessible to farmers by making them expensive. Now that we...

Senate Majority Leader emeritus, Sen. Murkomen, please, proceed.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak on the important Speech of the President, which is our constitutional dictate. The President gave a brief Speech. I have been here for the past 10 years. Presidential speeches of this nature, such as opening of...

Even when the President said that there must be a mechanism for Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) to come to this House and the “Lower House” to make presentations and be questioned about what they are doing, that mechanism already exists in the Standing Orders.Like Sen. M. Kajwang’ submitted yesterday, that can...

allocation, since there are bottlenecks in the National Treasury and the office of the Controller of Budget (CoB) that sometimes makes it difficult for counties to exhaust the resources allocated to various county projects.Supporting the Judiciary does not mean that it will be subservient. If you had Judges, who only...