Ahmed Abass

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Ahmed Ibrahim Abass is a Kenyan politician and a member of the 11th Kenyan parliament from Ijara Constituency in Garissa County.

Career

He was elected to the parliament on the ticket of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) with the support of CORD Coalition in 2013 and served on the house committee on Public Works, Road and Transport. In 2016, Abass voted to oppose a bill to amend the constitution to allow nomination of women to the National Assembly to fill the quota allocated to women if the number of women elected to the assembly fall short of the two-third gender rules. The bill was brought by a leader of their party (ODM), Raila Odinga who appealed to ODM MPs to support it. [1] Interestingly, Abass lost his reelection to a woman, [2] the first to be elected from the North East to the national assembly in 2017. In 2016, Abass featured in a bribery allegation against PAC committee members who received KSH.1.5 million to downplay a corruption scandal in the office of the president. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Abass, Ahmed Ibrahim | The Kenyan Parliament Website". www.parliament.go.ke. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  2. ↑ "Ijara MP Concedes Defeat". Kenya News Agency. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Gachie, Laban Thua (2016-04-30). "Ahmed Ibrahim Abass - Biography, MP Ijara, Garissa, Wife, Family". Kenyan Life. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  4. ↑ "Boni Forest operation will hurt economic lifeline of pastoralists, says Ijara MP". Nation. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  5. ↑ Astariko, Stephen. "Garissa Speaker Abass confident of winning Ijara MP seat". The Star. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  6. ↑ Hajir, Abdimalik Ismail. "Garissa MCAs file motion to remove speaker Ahmed Ibrahim Abass". The Standard. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
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