Silvanus Osoro Onyiego

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 141 to 150 of 150.

• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: The main objectives of the Agreement are to increase intra-regional trade through the establishment of a larger market with a single economic space and to address the challenges of multiple memberships by harmonising rules and policies such as health and technical standards, rules of origin and customs, trade facilitation and transit issues with a long-term goal of moving to other deeper levels of integration. What could be the national interest of this Agreement? In simple terms, this is for the benefit of advancement of economic prosperity of Kenya and her people. Kenya has been trading with Africa as much as ... view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: That, the Constitution provides for the entrenchment of these agreements into the laws of Kenya. The Agreement is aligned to the Constitution where it accelerates the political and socio- economic integration of the continent, and coordinates and harmonises the policies between the existing and future regional economic communities, for the gradual attainment of the objective of the union of the Constitutive Act of the African Union. Article 15 of the Agreement talks about the waiver of obligation and protocol on trade in goods. Hon. Kimani, I am almost done. Article 17 talks about anti-dumping and countervailing measures. This is in ... view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Exactly. I do not really know what to reply. view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I appreciate the fact that Hon. Members have fully understood, if they did, what we moved. The fact that the mood of the House is to put the Question, then it means that the whole House is in agreement and there is no moving back. We need to move forward. view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I, therefore, beg to reply. view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Actually, I was rising on a point of order. I was not really going to second the Motion. I was to propose the timing and the timelines or time allocations for contribution considering that this is a matter of grave concern and the time allocation is about 60 minutes or even less. Members want to contribute. I propose that we limit contribution time to about a maximum of three minutes, kindly. view
• 26 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker I want to seek your protection because I am making my maiden speech. I appreciate the people of South Mugirango for having faith in me despite the challenges of clanism that our constituency is prone to. They felt that I was the best for this position. Ours is a calling and so we need to set aside our political angers and inclinations. It is indeed true that at this moment we are making hasty decisions out of anger and based on our political affiliations. It is because of the recent happenings. It is very important for Hon. ... view
• 26 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: on Hon. Raila Odinga and his wife. How do you say that? The young legislators are learning from that. They probably feel that it is the order of the day to do that. So, I urge Hon. Members in this House that in as much as we want to tame the young legislators or the first time Members of Parliament let us limit insults. view
• 26 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: We want to humble ourselves and learn from our senior Hon. Members in this House. However, we note that there is little we can learn from some Members, especially the ones from the Jubilee Party, who are very insulting and yet nothing can be done to them. We have also heard one Member talk about demonstrations which, of course, are a right under Article 37 of the Constitution. He was condemning the NASA demonstrations that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 26 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: happened today. We should also note that demonstrations happened in Kiambu under the watchful eyes of the police. They were not tear-gassed! Why teargas the NASA demonstrators only? All I am calling for is calmness amongst both political sides. When challenging what has happened, please, do so whether it is against NASA or Jubilee. If you call … view