Charles Onyancha

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, before you put the Question, I would like to highlight a few issues. The Bill we are passing today is very important. The most important thing that we must stress, which I alluded to previously, is enforcement. Without enforcement, we will have wasted our time here doing nothing. My second concern is that, if you look around the House, you will see that it is only the Minister for Transport who is here from the Government side. We do not understand why the Government is not interested even in its own Bills and in matters ... view
• 20 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me also add my voice to that of those who have congratulated this Minister in relation to this Bill, which she has worked very hard on. You know how often she has disturbed the House Business Committee wanting this Bill to come to the Floor of the House. Let me say that children are the most important assets that we have in this country; it is very good to see that the Minister is concerned about them. I support strongly and thank her. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like a clarification, now that it is quite obvious that this programme has failed because it has been there for many years; funding has been given but nothing has improved. What is the Minister doing to dismiss the people in charge and institute a new body of managers to handle the problem? view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, listening to this Statement, I am really very upset. The Assistant Minister has said that this programme did not involve integrated refugees. The people of Kisii suffered from post-election violence more than any other group. They are a burden to our society, knowing how much land we have. Why are they left out of this programme? That is the first question. Secondly, what programme--- view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what programme does the Government have to resettle the integrated refugees, specifically from Bonchari and Kisii in general? view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise in support of this Bill. I am especially happy to note that the Bill gives the Government absolute responsibility with regard to ensuring prevention and also taking care of refugees, including integrated refugees, who have been discriminated against by previous programmes. I would have, however, like to see some punishment meted out to those who pretend to be refugees and flock into camps just to take advantage of the suffering of the genuine refugees and create a burden for the State. This means the genuine refugees do not benefit as they should. Mr. ... view
• 18 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill and thank the Minister and the Chief Whip for introducing it and bringing all these amendments. I want to stress something that hon. Githae has just said. The enforcement of the Traffic Act is a key pillar in making this Bill a success. We have enacted previous laws relating to traffic. But they are moribund because they are not enforced. They are not enforced for many reasons. Corruption is one. But the other one is lack of manpower by the police. Third is the unwillingness of mwananchi to report ... view
• 18 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the penalties, I am happy that there are going to be very tough on all the road users. But there are other road users who have not been addressed. For example, there are cart pushers in the City centre. I think that should be discouraged so that they can give way to more mobile traffic. On the issue of driving eight hours a day, I absolutely agree. Any truck owner or company which encourages drivers to drive more than eight or 24 hours continuously is not a serious business operator. I would urge that ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. In supporting it, I also want to lend credence to what my colleagues have said, and say that the regulations that came to our Committee arrived on Thursday last week. That is not view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Bill. view