Christine Oduor Ombaka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I would like to contribute to the problem of fistula that affects women. As you know, women have a lot of health problems that are quite distinct and very expensive. We are told that fistula is caused by obstructed labour and early pregnancy. When a girl is very young and she gets pregnant chances are very high that she is going to experience obstructed labour and may end up with fistula. I believe that there is lack of information on health education for the girl-child. Many of them get ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I appreciate the effort that they are trying to give. I know it is an expensive exercise but, when you are dealing with little girls who get pregnant, then you can also begin to imagine that those little girls cannot access the treatment because they cannot afford to have even the medical insurance card. One has to pay Kshs500 for the NHIF card per month. Those girls cannot afford that kind of money and so, they cannot have the card. So the treatment becomes very difficult to access. I think there is need for us to give free treatment in ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: attention. Fistula requires special treatment and a lot of money and, therefore, there is need to have or make it free for more women to be able to access it. Finally, health education is critical. Every girl, boy and teenager should be given education about their bodies so that they know how to avoid early pregnancies. They can avoid many other diseases that come through sex such as HIV and AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). Those are problems that are facing young people and many of them do not access health services. If you are going to improve on ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. I support this Motion. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I want to support this, but with apprehension. It is true that when vetting takes place, we look at certain things. We look at the education of the individual. We look at age, gender and regional balance. Those are basically the factors that we consider when vetting nominees that the President has forwarded to the House. Even though the nominees are eight, and a majority of us support them, we still have to recognise the fact that the list is not regionally balanced. Gender-wise, everything is okay. We have ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: make those mistakes. We also do not want committees to be rubberstamps. Just because the President has come up with a list of his nominees and he has included more names from one community it does not mean that he is right. It is our responsibility to point out that, that is not correct and if there is an opportunity for him to change names, it should be allowed. So, the committees should point this out to the President so that he does not make the mistake again and again. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. I do not think you heard me right. I said I have looked around, but maybe, I could be wrong. I said that. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I was saying that maybe, in future, we need to point out that to the President, so that there is no repetition of certain communities being appointed all the time. Secondly, I have observed that even though we may support this, in the subsequent appointments, let us document and ensure that all the names that will pass through this House from now to 2022, when Parliament’s term ends, are from the 45 communities. We should ensure that no community will outshine others. If we can document every appointment that passes through Parliament, then we can be sure that we shall ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: That is why I keep telling you to listen first. I said, ‘Please listen. I could be wrong’. I said that at the beginning. Let me continue. Do not interrupt unnecessarily. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you for your defence. I still want to highlight the fact that by the end of this Parliament, the appointments that will have gone through here should show that all the 42 communities are represented, be it to commissions, or as ambassadors or permanent secretaries. We ought to have a database as to which communities have already been appointed and which ones are pending. So, in the next five years, let us try to correct by balancing, so that we can acknowledge ourselves and appreciate our role in Parliament as an oversight body. view