Bonface Okhiya Otsiula

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 31 to 38 of 38.

• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also want to contribute to this Motion. As I support it, our primary concern should be exactly what has been ailing the system. As most of the Members have observed, the main problem here is corruption. This is the overriding principle. That is why you find 75 per cent of our youth who are 18 years and above do not have the IDs. By centralizing the system which I highly support, how will it eliminate corruption? Are we in one way trying to centralize corruption so that the corrupt elements will find ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: We want to propose to the Government that the issuance of these essential documents to Kenyans should be done in a manner that is acceptable and is efficient. But how will we ensure that this system is above board? Once we pass the Motion, a Bill should be brought to this House for us to debate and pass it into law. Apparently, most of the listed documents are handled independently by independent institutions. I think a law must be enacted to provide for use of documents other than a national identity card for one to participate in an election. People ... view
• 20 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this Motion. I want to thank my brother, hon. Gatobu, for this well thought Motion. Only the devil can explain what poverty has done to some of our very view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion by my good friend, Hon. Ochieng. The shortage of nurses in our hospitals and dispensaries cannot be overemphasized. In all our respective constituencies, you can attest to this; there is a problem which is affecting all of us here. Arising from this, most of our constituents have resorted to miti ni dawa. The disadvantages of miti ni dawa are that there is no prescription, no scientific proof; you are just given a gallon of miti ni dawa to take in the belief that it will cure 40 or 90 diseases. ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Also, this Motion should have been brought much earlier before the Budget Estimates were presented to this House; this would have done a lot of good to us, as a House and as Kenyans. With those remarks, I support this Motion. view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion by my good friend, hon. Ochieng. The shortage of nurses in our hospitals and dispensaries cannot be overemphasized. In all our respective constituencies, you can attest to this; there is a problem which is affecting all of us here. Arising from this, most of our constituents have resorted to miti ni dawa. The disadvantages of miti ni dawa are that there is no prescription, no scientific proof; you are just given a gallon of miti ni dawa to take in the belief that it will cure 40 or 90 diseases. ... view
• 6 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to contribute to this very important Motion by my friend, hon. Kinyanjui. This is a very important Motion. We have some constituencies in this country where people have never seen a tarmacked road. They only see it on television and perhaps when they are reading newspapers. However small the distance of 20 or 30 kilometres may be, it will go a long way in bringing change into the various constituencies which have been neglected for a long time. view
• 6 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as my colleague for Busia, Nambale has said, we have very important roads linking constituencies and counties like the particular road that hon. Bunyasi has just talked about; the Musikoma-Buyofu-Mungatsi Road. It is a short cut between Bungoma County and Busia County but people have to go all the way to Mumias to be able to connect to Busia County. If this road was actually tarmacked, it would be the shortest road for one to travel between the two counties. So, I want to urge that giving 20 to 30 kilometres each financial year to ... view