Augostinho Neto Oyugi

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• 13 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I think that is good. It puts the enforcement process in a two-pronged approach. One, the Authority, out of its own motion, would conduct investigations in terms of the unfair business and market practices or if at all there is a complaint, the consumers are free to approach the Authority to register their complaints. I really think that, that provision is good and it needs to be included because it will help in ensuring that the objectives of the consumer protection provisions of this law are attained. With those few remarks, I support this Bill. I think that one of ... view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to support the adoption of this Sessional Paper. If you read the Executive Summary of this Paper, it has things that are very worrying. It says that the population of Kenya is characterised by high fertility rates, a young structure, a youth bulge, high dependency burdens and high population growth rate. Those are not very good things for a country that is constantly not growing well economically. This Policy speaks to the various problems that we tried to respond to with regard to issues of HIV and AIDS that have created very many ... view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Article 55 of the Constitution shows that children of Kenya have rights. The State is supposed to take progressive steps in helping the children of Kenya realise their various rights. This Policy seeks to respond to facilitating the enjoyment of quality life for all children in Kenya. As we speak, children in far-flung areas and in various parts of this country; northern Kenya and the Lake region included are dying of cholera, malaria and malnutrition. These children of Kenya are not enjoying the quality of life that is their constitutional aspiration. The second thing this Policy seeks to do is ... view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity. I would like to support the adoption of this Policy. I like the fact that the Cabinet Secretary is honest that issues of child labour are crosscutting. We need to deal with the low levels of economic development, high incidences of poverty, unemployment, the challenges that are facing our education sector, the inconsistencies in the laws, issues like urban-rural migration and the negative socio-cultural practices. Hon. Speaker, you also appreciate that the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services has not been sufficiently facilitated and as a result we do not have up-to-date ... view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: In all countries, you need to have good and organised private sectors supporting government policies to ensure there is good employment for those who have attained vocational training and apprenticeship. The other thing is to build capacity among the labour inspectorate staff. Right now, we lack enough labour enforcement persons. Half of them lack in terms of capacity and if the Government is honest, we need to allocate some money for building their capacities so that they are able to enforce the various laws in existence. The other thing is that child labour is a community issue. The people who ... view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Since my time is up, I would like to support the adoption of this Policy. I thank you. view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will start from where the Member for Tiaty has left. I think we are moving towards agreeing that the House does form a select committee to look into the matter of KQ. However, having said that, I would like to request my colleagues that there are moments when there are serious international businesses where you do not have to gag political issues to become politically expedient. I know it is good to always talk about Hon. Raila Odinga, but there are moments when we can agree that there are pressing national issues and even if ... view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I appreciate for being given a chance. I would like to support that the House goes on recess. It has been a couple of good months working together. I really think that the sought of legislations we have passed in this particular Sitting have been very good. view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: With regards to the Elections Laws Bill and the Election Offences Bill that we have passed, I think there are fairly good provisions in there. I would have loved to see a provision that will deal with the registration of voters, especially those people who will be waiting in limbo without ID cards and a process in which young Kenyans can be part of the voters register. view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: One of the things the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs needs to crystallize is a mechanism in which we can have new voters being registered, because it takes too long to issue ID cards. The second thing is that we have just listened to the Leader of the Majority Party read the number of legislations that have been passed by private Members. It simply shows that the uptake or the number of private Members Bills that we channel through this House is not very much. I am hoping that when we come back for the next session, we ... view