Christine Oduor Ombaka

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• 10 May 2017 in National Assembly: When a policeman goes to work in the morning, he does not know whether he will come back home because he is going to face a lot of violence out there. Many of them are in the streets manning motorists and so on. Sometimes, people are involved in accidents and bleed, but they do not have gloves to handle them. Therefore, their exposure to danger is extremely high. It is for this reason that this Amendment Bill has come at the right time with a big shock to me. Before, I read this, I assumed police officers are taken care ... view
• 10 May 2017 in National Assembly: When a policeman goes to work in the morning, he does not know whether he will come back home because he is going to face a lot of violence out there. Many of them are in the streets manning motorists and so on. Sometimes, people are involved in accidents and bleed, but they do not have gloves to handle them. Therefore, their exposure to danger is extremely high. It is for this reason that this Amendment Bill has come at the right time with a big shock to me. Before, I read this, I assumed police officers are taken care ... view
• 10 May 2017 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 10 May 2017 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 10 May 2017 in National Assembly: I support this because it is a right to the policemen and women and is part of the labour laws which must be followed. It is very necessary for the police officers to be given compensation whenever they are injured or fall ill like anybody else in the Civil Service. It is surprising that, that aspect of their lives has been neglected for a long time. As has been said before, the compensation needs to be given on time. There are a lot of delays when looking for compensation from the insurance or anywhere else. The salary and retirement benefits ... view
• 10 May 2017 in National Assembly: I support this because it is a right to the policemen and women and is part of the labour laws which must be followed. It is very necessary for the police officers to be given compensation whenever they are injured or fall ill like anybody else in the Civil Service. It is surprising that, that aspect of their lives has been neglected for a long time. As has been said before, the compensation needs to be given on time. There are a lot of delays when looking for compensation from the insurance or anywhere else. The salary and retirement benefits ... view
• 9 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this Bill. It is true that a government that cannot feed its people has failed. Food is critical and is an essential basic need for every human being. If you cannot put food on the table, and your children are going hungry, then the Government has failed you. A family that cannot eat cannot go to school or get medical care because they have failed to get the basic need. This is a very important Bill because once we know the root cause of ... view
• 9 May 2017 in National Assembly: system that does not support farmers. That is why the agriculture sector is failing. People are getting tired and are just waiting to be supported by leaders. My question has always been: Do we need to subsidise fertilisers and seeds? Can we not give them free of charge? Is it possible to do that? If it is possible, let us go ahead and give people free fertilisers and seeds, so that they can use them on their farms. What is subsidised goes through many different routes and does not reach the common person. It does not. There are so many ... view
• 9 May 2017 in National Assembly: fishing and tea industries are collapsing. Coffee is dead. A section of the economy is dying. Why can we not ask questions around these issues? They will help us to answer the question why we do not have food on our tables. It is just not maize or sugar, but many other things are collapsing and we are not getting it right. As we continue with corruption and fail to create job opportunities for our young people, we are not telling the truth about what we need to put on our table. All those are interrelated. We cannot talk about ... view
• 9 May 2017 in National Assembly: I just wanted to wind up by simply saying that we should do our best in the agriculture sector. Let us teach our people modern farming skills. Let the right people be there. Let extension workers be there. Let us give our people free fertilisers, seeds and teach them modern farming methods so that we do not give excuses that the reason we do not have food on our table is caused by external factors. There are internal factors that we need to correct first before we can talk about food on our table. Otherwise, the Government should open its ... view