Christine Oduor Ombaka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: The third part is on health. He talked of the good things going on in maternal health. That was excellent. There is a lot going on in maternal health but along health he needs to talk about malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS as being problems. These are some of the diseases that are affecting maternal health. That needs to be fixed by the Government. Finally, I want to talk about tribalism and ethnicity. Ever since we came to Parliament, the names that come here for vetting tend to be from two regions. We have The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: 42 communities and they need to be reflected. The President talks of working together as a nation. We must work together as a nation. We must love one another and he should be the first person to demonstrate that he can rally the people together through the appointments that he makes. I have been so disappointed by the names that come here since they belong to only two tribes. Forty communities are left out all the time. We want to see action in the next appointments. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I salute him for the Address but ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: 42 communities and they need to be reflected. The President talks of working together as a nation. We must work together as a nation. We must love one another and he should be the first person to demonstrate that he can rally the people together through the appointments that he makes. I have been so disappointed by the names that come here since they belong to only two tribes. Forty communities are left out all the time. We want to see action in the next appointments. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I salute him for the Address but ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you for this opportunity. I am happy to contribute to this Motion. When we talk about disposal and recycling of alcoholic containers, we are talking about waste management. We suffer a lot from lack of understanding of the importance of keeping our city clean. We tend to see in our cities and urban centers, heaps of garbage with bottles of beer, plastic containers, tetra packs and tins that are containers of alcohol. They are just thrown around in a casual manner, and nobody takes seriously the manner in which they are thrown away. Waste management is a problem . ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I would like to take this opportunity to also say that in schools we have subjects which teach environmental health. That is how to keep clean, how to keep the house clean through learning domestic science and so on. It is high time we launched a campaign on environmental cleanliness. We have always reserved one day in a year when we have environmental day. view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: This is the day that should be dedicated to sensitisation of the entire community about environmental health, how to protect our cities or villages and keep them clean. Market places do not have to be in urban centres only. They can be in villages too. The environment must be kept clean. People take beer and throw empty bottles all over. This is not limited to alcohol containers. People also litter the environment with banana, sugar- cane and orange peels. This is part and parcel of what makes the environment very dirty; it makes our living conditions unbearable. I believe that ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: put aside for environmental education and garbage collection, as well as ensuring that dumpsites are not located within our town centres. Dumpsites should be located far away from our towns. The garbage dumped should be burnt or recycled. People should pick up whatever is necessary for recycling and use it. With those remarks, I beg to support the Motion. view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I support this Motion. I acknowledge Mhe. Wanjalah for this wonderful Motion. Kenya is a multilingual society. We have 42 languages, but what unites us is one language that is Kiswahili. Therefore, I believe that once this Constitution is translated into Kiswahili, we will be moving towards the unity of a nation. We are doing well in terms of Kiswahili being spread around so that Kenyans can speak it. Already, we have many books that are translated into Kiswahili. It is not only the Bible but dictionaries as well. We also ... view
• 19 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I want to take this opportunity to pay glowing tribute to Mama Grace Ogot whom we dearly called Nyar Asembo. She came from Rarieda Constituency and was married in Gem Constituency. She was my representative in Parliament in the 1980s. She passed over power to my brother-in-law, the late Oki Ooko Ombaka. She left Gem a very well managed constituency. She cared for the children of Siaya as well as widows. She came up with a women group that was called Mabati Women Group whose aim was to build houses for ... view
• 19 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am proud because this is a historic day. We have come up with a Bill that is going to protect the family. When a family is protected, the nation is protected. It is a Bill which protects women, men, children, old men and old women as well as people living with disability. It is an encompassing Bill. Therefore, it is the right Bill. We are proud of it. We now wait to see its implementation. I am proud to hear from my eminent Chair of the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs saying ... view