Christine Oduor Ombaka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: in this amendment is going to protect us from going back to the old ages when saying such statements would put you to prison. Secondly, the role of the Judiciary is critical. We are playing complimentary roles such that whatever debate is going on here may end up in court. There is need for coordination in a manner that one organ handles it much better or first before the other takes it up. There should be no confusion that when an issue is being debated in the House, it is already in court and somebody is pursuing that matter up ... view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I support the move towards including women in the county assembly. Women in the county assemblies have no big roles even though they were nominated. I will take an example from Siaya County where nominated women MCAs have no roles within the county assembly. They are there as flower girls and they have no positions. When elections were done, out of the 30 positions for MCAs, only one woman won the elections and is now the Chairperson of the Education Committee. So, she is ... view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 28 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I come from Siaya. That is where the Kenyan-American President comes from. Therefore, I represent him as a Woman Representative. I am very proud of that. I want to pay a glowing tribute to his coming and what he told us. President Obama demonstrated that he loves women and he would love to see them empowered. At the airport, he was met by a little girl who gave him flowers. The little girl was shy, but he turned the little girl to look at the camera man ... view
• 28 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: The people of Siaya are happy because there are many songs that have been composed to praise the President. view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Motion. Last year, we passed the Marriage Bill which was later on assented to by the President and this means it has already come into effect. In that Bill, it was indicated very clearly that men can marry more than one wife. Therefore, it means that women who are already in polygamous marriages need to legalise their marriages by registering them. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: I imagine that a man with eight wives will have to pay quite a lot to register all the wives. This becomes very expensive. I sympathise with the men who marry more than one wife, because registering them all will be more expensive than they had expected. So, this needs to be reduced. We also need to take the offices that register marriages to the county. Devolution must be made to work. We must, therefore, have the Registrar of Marriages establishing marriage offices in the villages. It is very important to do so because many women who are not registered ... view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I would also like to add my voice to this Bill concerning the transfer of prisoners back home. First and foremost, what I have observed is that Kenyans leave for countries abroad for various reasons. They go to study, to work while others just go to visit. They end up sticking there. They may not get jobs there and, therefore, commit crimes there. The crimes that I imagine warrant to be considered as cases for transfer are murder, serial rape cases, and burglary. I fail to understand what kind of crime ... view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Kenyans are abroad and whether or not they are registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The question is whether or not we can track them down. Americans are very good in knowing where their citizens are. They are very smart in knowing that their citizens are suffering in another country, and they act quickly to rescue them. Do we have such a system? I believe that we do not have such a system. This is the time this Bill is going to raise many issues; we will need to know where our children and grandparents are, so that we ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. view