Mohamed Dekow Barrow

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security regarding the disappearance of Mr Adan Hared Lohos from Garissa Township Constituency. On 26th November 2023, Mr Adan...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. I intend to contribute to this Bill by stating that, from the outset, I oppose the Bill as it is. First, is the practicability of implementing this Bill, in that the Bill appears to me to have taken into account only… There...

Yes, I am a member of the Committee, and I will undertake on that issue. Once we are back from recess, you will have the reply. How far from recess? The first week after the recess.

Thank you very much. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to second the Motion on the Report of the Departmental Committee on Lands on the Approval of Chairperson and members for Appointment as Commissioners for the NLC. As stated, they are: Dr Abdillahi Saggaf Alawy, Chairman, Ms Susan Khakasa Oyatsi, member,...

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I also want to take this opportunity to thank the Cabinet Secretary for the elaborate response that he has given on this issue. However, my region, Northern Kenya, does not require any more relief food because it has the potential to provide food not...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise in support of the Motion raised by my colleague from Wajir West. Many people do not appreciate the drought situation we are facing in the northern part of this country. We had a similar discussion earlier in this term of Parliament, around 2023,...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Let me take this opportunity to congratulate the President for his State of the Nation Address last week on Thursday, 20th November 2025. In his opening remarks, the President said that two years ago, he made a statement here on...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I have received the written response from the Committee, but I would like to state that the answer provided by the Chair is not satisfactory. I have documentary evidence in the form of communication between the Department of Defence and the lawyers representing the family....

Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I request for a statement from the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations regarding non- implementation of a court judgement in a compensation case of the late Mr Abdullahi Diis Bare....

Thank you, once again, Hon. Temporary Speaker. On 10th June 2021, the High Court delivered and affirmed the State’s responsibility to compensate the family. Thirteen years after Mr Diis’ death, the family is yet to receive 26th June 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 44 compensation, notwithstanding the repeated correspondence to the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish to add my voice to this important debate on entrenching the NG-CDF into the Constitution. This Bill has been brought about by the fact that many people do not understand the importance of this Fund, especially to those in rural areas. As a...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I might withdraw in the interest of time so that we do not waste it.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I withdraw. However, I do not think the other organ would have been mentioned anyway by whoever was speaking about it. I am only trying to raise the importance the old man attached to the NG-CDF. Where I come from and represent, before NG-CDF came into existence,...

Before NG-CDF, we only had three secondary schools in Garissa Township Constituency. Today, we have 12 schools, and the number is growing. Within my tenure as Member of Parliament, I intend to construct two more secondary schools using the NG-CDF allocation. You can tell the kind of development that is...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Yes, Hon. Dekow. What is it? Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to raise a fundamental issue that was raised by Hon. Keynan, on the issue of---

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I request a Statement from the Departmental Committee of Education Chairperson regarding the status of key projects at Garissa University. Garissa University was first established as a constituent college of Moi University on the 12th...