Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir

Hon. Nassir Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. This is an amendment that I proposed. As Hon. A.B. Duale rightfully put it, this is an amendment that we did not just discuss at length with the KP and other stakeholders, but at the Committee stage. I would have expected a bit...

Hon. Nassir Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to second this amendment of the Bill. Even though I am not a member of this Committee, I have gone through it. As Hon. Sakaja rightfully put it, emphasis is on Clause 278 (1) where it says: “Any person who...

Hon. Nassir Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. This is an amendment that I proposed. As Hon. A.B. Duale rightfully put it, this is an amendment that we did not just discuss at length with the KP and other stakeholders, but at the Committee stage. I would have expected a bit...

Hon. Nassir Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to second this amendment of the Bill. Even though I am not a member of this Committee, I have gone through it. As Hon. Sakaja rightfully put it, emphasis is on Clause 278 (1) where it says: “Any person who...

Hon. Nassir Ahsante sana, Mhe. Naibu Spika wa Muda. Mimi ni mmoja wa Wabunge wanachama wa Kamati ya Uwekezaji wa Umma (PIC) . Kamati hii ina Wabunge 27 na maafisa sita. Kazi yetu ni kukagua ripoti za ukaguzi wa hazina za umma kuona iwapo hazina hizo zimewekwa kwa njia ya...

Hon. Nassir Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to congratulate the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and---

Hon. Nassir Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to congratulate PAC on this excellent Report. It is a 466-page document. They have done well under Article 95 (4) (a) , (b) and (c) of the Constitution on the role of the National Assembly. This Report of...

Hon. Nassir Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I hope that as a Member of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, I will not be denied my chance to contribute. I am simply congratulating the gentleman’s agreement between the Leader of the Majority Party and my Chairperson. As...

Hon. Nassir Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. If there is any country which has some of the best papers and policies on helping people live together in harmony, it is Kenya. Needless to say, looking at situations that are on the ground as they are, you tend to literary...

Hon. Nassir On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Cheboi) : I will give Hon. Nassir an opportunity to raise a point of order. I said that we can only allow Members who are orderly in the first place, to raise a point...

Hon. Nassir On a point of information, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Nassir Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I concur with my colleague Hon. Duale that when Members want to do something, it is important that it is not just in public domain in the newspapers, but it is brought to this very House. I know that there are three...

Hon. Nassir It is a point of information, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Nassir Informing the House.

Hon. Nassir I stand guided, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Nassir Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to just add onto the amendments touching on NACADA as proposed by this Bill. First of all, it basically talks about including county governments in running NACADA. It has come at the right time when drug abuse...

Hon. Nassir Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady.

Hon. Nassir Thank you for indulging me. Hon. Waweru is my colleague in the Finance Committee. First of all, this is, without a doubt, something that has created a lot of interest. There is no doubt that the way the current Bill stands, we should increase the minimum core capital...

Hon. Nassir Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, there is no doubt that if we try and increase the minimum core capital for banks, we are going to start creating monsters in this country. Those monsters are the ones that are going to be handling all the financial issues in this country....

Hon. Nassir Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady.

Hon. Nassir Thank you for indulging me. Hon. Waweru is my colleague in the Finance Committee. First of all, this is, without a doubt, something that has created a lot of interest. There is no doubt that the way the current Bill stands, we should increase the minimum core capital...

Hon. Nassir Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, there is no doubt that if we try and increase the minimum core capital for banks, we are going to start creating monsters in this country. Those monsters are the ones that are going to be handling all the financial issues in this country....