Silvanus Osoro Onyiego

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am holding a brief for the Leader of the Majority Party today. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(a), I rise to give a Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee (HBC), which met on Tuesday, 1st August 2023, to prioritize business for consideration during the week. As Members are aware, this week, the House concluded various business, including the Second Reading of the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill of 2022, debate on the Report on the United Nations Convention against Corruption and Global Parliamentarians against Corruption Meeting, and the Report of the Committee ... view
• 3 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: The House will also recall the Communication that was issued yesterday regarding prioritisation of legislation or legislative proposals and Bills before Committees. I wish to reiterate on behalf of the HBC that Committees are expected to fully adhere to the timelines provided for in the Standing Orders and, as communicated, should it be noted that a Committee has inordinately delayed undertaking pre-publication scrutiny of legislative proposals before it, reconsideration of committal of those legislative proposals or Bills will be done without recourse to the specific Committees. I, therefore, urge Committees to expedite and finalize their reports on Bills, treaties and ... view
• 3 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: 2. Question 140/2023 by the Member for Konoin Constituency, Hon. Brighton Yegon, regarding the importation of fully finished foreign product edible oils into the country. 3. Question 141/2023 by the Member for Mathare Constituency, Hon. Anthony Oluoch, regarding the reinstatement of Mr. Ezekiel Owuor Otieno as the substantive CEO of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ). 4. Question 142/2023 by the Member for Kabete Constituency, Hon. Githua Wamacukuru, regarding the sale of Gachiko liquor popularly sold in Kiambu County. 5. Question 330/2023 by the Member for Suna West Constituency, Hon. Peter Masara, regarding foreign assignments undertaken by the Cabinet Secretary and ... view
• 2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the result of the voting on the Division that the publication period for the Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2022 be reduced from 14 days to five days is as follows: Ayes 43 and Noes 62. view
• 5 Jan 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: view
• 5 Jan 2022 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 14 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (a) in the proposed new subsection (2) by inserting the words “or nominated to an elective office” immediately after the words “holding an elective office”. view
• 5 Jan 2022 in National Assembly: The proposal in Clause 14 is that if a member of a deregistered political party holding an elective office established by the constitution at a time of the political party’s deregistration, shall continue to hold office for the remainder of the elective term as a member of another political party or independent of any political party. That leaves the question on what happens to the nominated Member of Parliament. What we seek in this amendment is to include the words, “nominated Member of Parliament” to give them a lee way. Most of the Members who are going to oppose are ... view
• 5 Jan 2022 in National Assembly: I move that we amend as I have proposed. view
• 5 Jan 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, listening to the voting mood, and by the fact that we have allowed ourselves to vote in patterns, it might not be possible for me to move this particular amendment. I do this in exchange of what I seek to have amended in Clause 20. I, therefore, withdraw my proposed amendment to Clause 15. view
• 5 Jan 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 20 of the Bill be amended in Paragraph (a) by deleting the proposed new paragraph (da) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph— view