Farah Maalim

CURRENT POSITIONS

A member of the 13th Parliament from September 8, 2022 to Present

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

A member of the JUSTICE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS committee.
A member of the PARLIAMENTARY POWERS AND PRIVILEGES committee.
A member of the PROCEDURE AND HOUSE RULES committee.
A member of the PUBLIC INVESTMENTS COMMITEE ON COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS AND ENERGY committee.

PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITY

Farah Maalim has made 1 speech this year and a total of 1993 speeches in the 13th Parliament.

Questions & Answers 11th October 2023

2 speechs in 1 contribution

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2 speeches

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you. There is need for us to deal with the elephant in the room in terms of tackling the problem in this country. What will destroy this country in a big way is the fact that drug abuse permeates our society...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Daadab, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also weigh in my ideas on this. This country is going to be destroyed not by anything else, not because of politics, ethnic issues and these other kinds of divides, but by...

Plenary Contribution 4th October 2023

1 speech in 1 contribution

Plenary Session Wednesday, 4th October, 2023 - Afternoon Sitting

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Order, Hon. Members. We have a quorum now. (Loud consultations)

Statements 4th October 2023

3 speechs in 1 contribution

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3 speeches

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, the rules are very clear. The Hon. Speaker said, “Candour and banter.” Candour is related to the word ‘candid.’ Bantering is good humour, jokes and exchange. (Hon. Samwel Chepkonga spoke off the record)

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I join my two colleagues from Garissa County, Hon. Abdi Ali and Hon. Major (Rtd.) Dekow. In the last 4th October 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 5 Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM)10 years of the Jubilee Government, over 1,200 elderly women,...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) The rules are very clear. The rules say that you cannot impute improper motive on a Member of Parliament without moving a substantive Motion. It is very clear. If you had stood on a point of order immediately and sought redress, the Leader of the...

Questions & Answers 4th October 2023

3 speechs in 1 contribution

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3 speeches

Statements 28th September 2023

1 speech in 1 contribution

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Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this matter. I am one of the few Members of 28th September 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 19 Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM)Parliament, very few indeed, who has been in Parliament from way...

Questions & Answers 28th September 2023

1 speech in 1 contribution

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Statements 16th August 2023

2 speechs in 1 contribution

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Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM)(Technical hitch)Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is very interesting to have a Motion that discusses the state of our cemeteries in Nairobi. Whereas I appreciate that we need to seriously respect the dead, the big question that one needs to ask is whether...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) This place was very well-planned, but there have been very ambitious developments in the city, which have led to it expanding to 10 times what it was at Independence. I do not know whether the Member is trying to find dignity for the dead or...

Questions & Answers 16th August 2023

5 speechs in 2 contributions

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Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Hon. Speaker, it is perfect to say constitutional, legal, and policy, but we do not need 47 counties in this country. We need a maximum of 12, 13, or 14. (Applause)

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Every five years, we have a dialogue. If we have problems with insecurity in the country, then we have a dialogue. Hon. Speaker, I was in this House with you about 30 years ago,...

Hon. Farah Maalim (Dadaab, WDM) I hope I get my time back. Hon. Speaker, the first past the post system did not serve us right at that time. The minority could have ended up choosing the leadership of the country. This is because the combined opposition votes those days was...

Statements 4th July 2023

17 speechs in 1 contribution

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The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Proceed. 4th July 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 23

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Members, I wish to recognise, in the Speaker’s Gallery, the presence of Kenyans who live in the United States of America, who have come on a visit to their own motherland and want to see how this august institution is working. (Applause)

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Member for Kibwezi West. Is Hon. Mutuse here? Let us have the Member for Marakwet West.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Okay. Fair enough. Member for Kwanza.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Proceed, Hon. K.J.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Charles Kamuren.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) When a treaty is negotiated, it waits for a certain number of member states to ratify it before it comes into force globally. If that has already been done, do we still need an additional three years, if the nation wants to pull out?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Let us have the Member of Parliament for Funyula followed by the Member for Dagoretti.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) For the benefit of Hon. Members, Hon. Chairman explain whether this treaty has come into force or not. The presumption by the Member for Funyula is that it will take three years, although the text says that you can pull out at any time....

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Memusi, Member for Kajiado Central.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Member for Funyula. It is important for Kenyans and other Members to understand exactly what we are debating.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Timothy Kipchumba, do you want to be informed by Hon. K.J.?

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a, followed by Hon. Memusi.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. John Kiarie.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Is it provided in our Constitution or the treaty? 4th July 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 25

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) I hope you understand the rules of the House that you only have five minutes. It is only the Mover who has 20 minutes while everybody else has five minutes in this particular Motion. Proceed.

The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Hon. (Dr) Nyikal.

Questions & Answers 4th July 2023