Christine Oduor Ombaka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: This country has tried to put some programmes and policies in place that will protect children. I am talking about cash transfers for children who are orphaned or children who live in poverty. I wish that the cash transfers can be implemented well. It is a good programme, but it is not being done properly. The cash is not flowing to the children. Somebody else is taking this money and using it as the children continue to live in poverty. That is a programme that we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified ... view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: should not lose. It is a good attempt, but it is poorly managed. Therefore, the children still suffer even though we talk about cash transfers to orphans. The same goes for cash transfers for the elderly. The elderly are very critical in looking after children, especially in communities where they are care-givers or care-takers of orphaned children. Many of those children live with elderly people and when you deny elderly people the cash that the Government has allocated them, you affect the children as well. This is because they live under the case of the elderly people. We have programmes ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. This is a very wonderful Motion and--- view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I support the Bill for various reasons. First, Harambee has existed historically and for a very long time. In 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
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: my community, it was there long before the word “ Harambee ” came into being. People used to meet and till the land for a family. The next day, they would go to another family’s home and do the same. It was called ‘ solro” which means Harambee . It has been there and it is part of our culture. We have always contributed to support people who need help. Over time, it came to be called “ Harambee” and this is good. Harambee has its own functions. It is a process which enables communities collect resources and undertake certain ... view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: . You may find Harambee being conducted in one school after every three months. How many times must a school conduct Harambee ? Do we need one after three years or every year? We need to know the timing, the institutions that conduct them often and those that have never conducted one so that we can balance the way we contribute. Otherwise, the exercise is very expensive and exhausting. Leaders cannot participate in Harambee every week because they contribute their own money. The Harambee spirit has been abused to the extent that very many projects initiated by view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: funds stall. Once a group of people conducts Harambee and collect a lot of money, it breaks up and the money “disappears”. Therefore, control of Harambee is required. We need to have controls in terms of who conducts Harambee and how we contribute. The organizers must account for the money they receive. Nobody is against Harambee but accountability is lacking. Many millions of shillings are collected through Harambee but the money “disappears” in a short while and you do not see any project being implemented. That is why we need to vet the projects and agree that Harambee should be ... view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: functions are conducted nowadays. There is too much carelessness amongst the organizers and very many functions take place without control. It is good for churches to conduct view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: but many new churches keep on emerging because Harambee monies are readily available. A person who has been a member of a big church leaves it for no reason and starts a small church next door. He then organizes Harambee but if he does not have enough flock in that church, he runs away and joins his former church. This means that the money realised from the view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: has gone to waste because the project has collapsed. I strongly feel that control of Harambee is necessary. I should not be misunderstood to be saying that I do not want Harambee . All I am saying is that auditing must be done on projects carried out with Harambee funds . There must be accountability and the projects must be implemented. 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