Christine Oduor Ombaka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: You will see somebody overtaking in a sharp and blind corner, a black spot where accidents occur all the time. There is overtaking without respect and without knowing where you are heading. Those are the accidents that we see. Children suffer a lot because they are discriminated against. People do not think children matter. People just cross without looking at children and before they know what is happening, a vehicle has hit a child. When walking on the road with their children, parents cross the road and leave them behind. They do not hold their hands. A lot of education ... view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Everybody needs education. I have seen education going on occasionally, but it comes periodically. There is public education on road traffic or safety for one week then it disappears for two months before it comes again. What we need is constant education, both in the schools, in the radio and everywhere else. Otherwise, we are all responsible and it is going to be very difficult if that education is not done. It should be there all the time. We are now going for Christmas. You are going to start seeing accidents where 10 or 100 people die, simply because people ... view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: I support this Bill and I insist that public education must come first. We must all know our rights and respect one another, even a child. Motorists should know when to stop to let pedestrians pass and pedestrians also need to know when to wait for a vehicle to pass before they cross. Thank you for the opportunity. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity, which I have waited for so long. This country has experienced chronic insecurity and violence that has span for many years. When we first talked about violence or insecurity in this country, we associated it with tribalism. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Please, give me a chance to speak. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, can you keep the House quiet? Tribalism has been associated with insecurity in this country and that has been known for a long time. Today, it is developing a new face. We are going through other forms of insecurity that were never there before. Today, we see gender- based violence that is prominent almost on a daily basis. Nobody is dealing with is, no policeman is in sight to protect the women and arrest the perpetrators. When we talk about women being stripped in the streets, this is a ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: perpetrators? Who trains policemen in this country? We need to look at how they are trained and the values they have. We need to know whether they are aware that they have a role to play in the protection of human life. They do not seem to know or to care. The attitude of the police is so bad that they do not respect their job. That is why the public has no sympathy for them. I know about 21 police officers who were killed the other day, but a lot of people did not seem to be sympathetic to ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I just want to highlight a few things on environment as it affects this Bill. Everybody knows that the environment is very important, and that we need to protect it because without its protection, our health will be destroyed. There are many diseases that come because of environmental pollution; we have never been told by specialists in the area of health, or doctors, what diseases environmental pollution brings. We know that many people are sick with asthma. They have experienced itching and a lot of coughing. We need to ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: environmental destruction; you find a lot of noise in the Jua Kali sector and other places. I am not saying that they should not do what they do, but there should be a way in which noise from them can be controlled. Sometimes even within a neighbourhood, neighbours just play loud music and when you complain, they want to fight you. They become very unhappy with you because you complain that they play loud music. People should be aware that noise is an environmental hazard, and needs to be taken care of; NEMA should also come in very strongly. view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: There was a time we were creating awareness about malaria in Siaya and we needed to use loudspeakers as we moved around. NEMA was very strict on us. They wanted us to pay a lot of money and we were not able to afford it, and so we failed to undertake the awareness campaign. It was on malaria. In fact, many people cannot afford what NEMA charges. I wish NEMA would be tolerant and reduce the cost of its services a little bit, so that many people can afford to pay for campaigns when they have to run around with ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: There is also coloured water. In the villages where we come from, you see that river water is brown in colour. NEMA is strict about environmental protection, but what are they also doing about changing that coloured water into crystal clear water that people can drink? Women draw such water, and nobody really cares about their health, yet that water is polluted! That needs to be looked into. Environmentalists should consider the kind of water that is drunk, or drawn from the rivers in the countryside. view