Augostinho Neto Oyugi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Nyamweya is supposed to be an old Member of this House. He ought to understand that when you are amending a Bill, ordinarily you show the section which you purport to amend. Hon. Nyamweya, what you are reading is a section that the Committee is proposing to amend. So, our amendment is actually the first clause. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise on Standing Order No.96. Looking at the number of Members in the House and given the magnitude of this Bill, which is fairly important, there are not many Members present in the House to engage in debate on this particular Bill. Would I be in order to request that we adjourn debate on this particular Bill until such a time when Members are present in the House, so that we give this Bill due consideration and the substantive debate that it deserves? view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this particular Bill. I am a member of the Parliamentary Caucus on Human Rights. One of the things that has agonised us for a long time is how to give effect to Article 27(8) of the Constitution. We have promised the Hon. Ladies in this particular Parliament who are in KEWOPA that each time there will be a Bill that would give effect to Article 27(8) of the Constitution, we shall stand with them and we shall advocate that all Members of Parliament support them. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Having said that, we support this particular Bill. Let me also pay tribute to the Hon. Ladies who got elected in single constituencies like Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a, Hon. Peris Tobiko, Hon. Joyce Laboso and Hon. Milllie Odhiambo, amongst others. It pays tribute to the fact that Hon. Ladies can actually go into what is perceived to be a male turf and fight from within and win those particular seats. To these particular ladies, we owe them so much. Hon. Deputy Speaker, of course, I have mentioned you. These particular ladies have shown that it is good and it is possible. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Let me also pay tribute to the Hon. Ladies who are also going for the gubernatorial seats. To that extent, I thank our very own Hon. Joyce Laboso and Hon. Cecily Mbarire for staying hungry. That speaks to the fact that some of them are not comfortable with affirmative action positions. They are willing to go the extra mile. I know for a fact that there are Members of Parliament who were elected in the 47 county seats who are really rearing to go for the single member constituency seats. To that extent, I have in mind my very good ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Having paid tribute to those particular Members of Parliament who are women, time has come for this House to support this legislation. The 11th Parliament must be remembered for something. We gave effect to the Protection against Domestic Violence Bill which took forever to pass. This House made it possible. This House ought to give effect to this legislation. If it is for nothing else, let the 11th Parliament be remembered for the fact that it gave women a chance of equality in elections. It is to that extent I ask my colleagues to support it. When Members of the ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Several things have been said. But the provisions of Article 27(8) also say that apart from just passing the law, we must put in place that which will give effect to it. I am very happy that the various party leaderships which include the Hon. Members who have spoken, like the leaders of FORD (K) and The National Alliance Party have said that they will make sure their political parties behave in a manner to give support and necessity for women. That is so that women are able, just from the political party levels, to move and fight for those ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: affirmative action principle will go on forever. It puts a time limit. The sunset clause makes it attractive. The second thing I would like to point out is the fact that no person running on the affirmative action seats shall do so for two terms. That means once you have run for those seats for the first time, it forces you to have ambition. If you did not have ambition, this seat is going to be the wrong seat for you to run to. The other provision I would like to speak to – and it is another attractive provision ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I listened very well to Hon. Pukose. I sympathise with the state of the residents of Kitalale. No one should be a squatter in this country. The Constitution gives every Kenyan the right to own property. I sympathise that after many years, people should still be squatters in a country where there is so much vast land. Hon. Pukose says that the place the squatters currently inhabit was part of forested land. The purpose of this Bill is to increase the forest cover of this country. The Chair of the Departmental Committee ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for giving me a chance to speak to this. I would like to oppose this particular amendment. This is the most important provision in the Health Bill. Article 43(2) of the Constitution speaks to the fact that a person shall not be denied emergency medical treatment. That being a constitutional guarantee, the law sets it very clearly under Article 24 on how you can limit that particular right. Taking away liability from health practitioners is a limitation and denial of that particular right. In fact, the least the Committee should have done is to ... view