Sheikh Abdullahi Bashir

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, thank you very much. I want to bring to the attention of this House an issue of national importance that has been happening over the last two days. The documentary, ' Blood Parliament’, has aired on our media stations and...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of Sessional Paper No.1 of 2025 on the Foreign Policy of the Republic of...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank Hon. Members for raising a number of issues. I do not want to speak to each one of those issues. I will focus on the specific issue of ignoring career diplomats and instead...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) I am trying to put it in a polite language. (Hon. Oundo spoke off the record)

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The current Foreign Service Act talks about a ratio of 70:30. It provides for 70 per cent career diplomats and 30 per cent from outside. Initially, it was about 40 per cent career diplomats and 60 per...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to second. (Question proposed)

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Sessional Paper No.1 of 2025 on the Foreign Policy of the Republic of Kenya.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Sessional Paper No.1 of 2025 on the Foreign Policy of...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Noted, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I know the mood of the House is that they just want this Motion quickly dispensed. I am guided.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) I get your point. Diplomacy is the art of building bridges, securing peace, and advancing prosperity. The Committee, therefore, in its wisdom, having looked at all four nominees, recommends that the House approves the appointment of:

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker for that guidance. I appreciate the Members who made immense contributions to the Motion. I agree that the mood of the House is as you have stated. On a point of information, in the last Session, we...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Special Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in its report on the Approval Hearing of a Nominee for Appointment as Principal Secretary,...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am the Vice-Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations. I am moving the Motion on behalf of the Chairperson, who is away on other official matters. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) Thank...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, can you protect me from Hon. Osoro and the rest? They are trying to dictate--- Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I do not want to take much time. I want to appreciate the Members who have spoken...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, looking at the mood of the House and the competencies of Prof Abdulrazak Shaukat, I request the Mover to be called upon to reply.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I agree with Hon. Umul Kheir that the answers given are quite unsatisfactory. As we speak, there is no power in Mandera Town, and it started way before the month of Ramadan. Before we went for recess, I mentioned here...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I have heard Members talking about gazetted units and locations. I want to take this opportunity to remind the Waziri that Mandera North has units that were gazetted in the 2020/2021 Financial Year. I would appreciate it if those units...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Yes, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following reports of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on the following:

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I have four notices of Motions. I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Treaty Establishing the Inter-Governmental...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on Budget Implementation Monitoring for FY 2023/2024 for the following State Departments, laid on the...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. First and foremost, I want to thank the Committee for bringing a detailed Report on insecurity in the six counties in the North Rift. When you look at these counties along with...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Yes. The Committee has made a detailed Report. I looked at it and it contains substance. It needs to be implemented. If it is implemented, it will help the people of North Rift. However, I still insist on the issue of development...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I think we can give this response a week after we resume. These matters also touch on diplomacy, which is a bit complicated. We need at least one week after we resume.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As I said earlier, there is another similar request. We will consolidate them and bring a response in the first week after recess.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am well guided. I will get the Statement and pass it on to the Ministry so that we can get an answer before we resume.

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Thank you. As I support this increment, I would like to ask the Ministry to ensure that electricity connectivity is countrywide. As we speak, there are areas in Mandera Town, the county headquarters, that have been in darkness for the past month...

Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh (Mandera North, UDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. There is a new board, the Livestock Marketing and Products Board. It initially required almost Ksh500 million to operationalise. However, I can see in the programme that it has been allocated Ksh50 million. We had a discussion...