Charles Onyancha

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 31 to 40 of 305.

• 18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue about care for athletes has been bothering many of us over the years, especially retired athletes. I hope that the introduction of some of the clauses in this Bill will in some way address the needs and the welfare of retired athletes, especially those who were pioneers in this area before sports became lucrative and profitable. view
• 18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so as to take care of our athletes for the future, I would offer some other suggestions. I am for taxing athletes’ earnings within reasonable limits. In addition to that, we need to create pension scheme for them, so that we do not have old age poverty among our athletes. A case in point is Mr. Nyandika Maiyoro, one of the most renowned athletes of this country in the yester years, who is now living in poverty, whom the Government allocated a House and it was taken away view
• 18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. I thank the Minister for preparing it. I have chosen to go backwards and looked at the miscellaneous provisions in Part X, Section 55. I notice that liabilities for damages are covered in that section. In one of the other schedules; Schedule Two, Section 20, the same is covered. I think maybe the drafters forgot to cancel one of them. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know there are going to be many institutions but when you read Schedule Two, you find that it is referring to a public ... view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. Let me thank the Minister for bringing it to the House. Any institution which cannot have the mandate to hire its employees cannot succeed. This is one of the proposals in this Bill. We are now in a new constitutional dispensation, which needs to be translated into the academic curriculum of our nation right from the beginning of schooling up to the end. Of late, we have been seeing a lot of unrest in the country with regard to pay rises, trouble here and there and people sometimes, rightly ... view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. In supporting it, I also want to support what hon. Githae has said about clearing our in-tray. I hope that he will remember to pay salary, which has not been paid for the last 12 years by the Treasury. view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issues of mosquitoes and public health are very much related. This Parliament of ours is full of mosquitoes everywhere; the Minister is here with us, but he does not know that we could possibly be able from benefit from his instructions to his officers to even spray our surroundings, so that we live in a healthy atmosphere. I hope he will take the cue from this. view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: One of the problems our country has is the issue about quacks in the medical field. This Bill addresses that issue very well. We have lost a lot of friends, relatives and Kenyans due to bad administration of medicine.This was initially because of lack of sufficient number of qualified medical practitioners. Now that we almost have enough - indeed, many of them are not employed - I think it is time we became very strict. I am happy that the Minister has addressed this issue in this Bill, and I support it fully. view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Articles 43 and 46 of the Constitution, indeed, address the issues of giving the public all their requirements in health and good sanitation. But we cannot have good health and sanitation without water. I think it is a matter of prioritization. The two go together. view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appeal to my colleagues who will be in the next Parliament to allocate sufficient resources for water. With the increase in availability of drinking water, we will get rid of at least 40 per cent of the common diseases that have to be dealt with public health personnel. view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill and congratulate the Attorney-General for bringing it before the House. I also recognize that this is one of the constitutional Bills that we need to pass and I am happy we are doing it in good time. One of the problems that we have in our country today is not bad laws or lack of laws, but lack of enforcement. Now that I have heard about the powers of the Attorney- General, I wish to encourage him to even give unsolicited advice where things are going view