Christine Oduor Ombaka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: I think what I wanted to say has been said. view
• 27 Feb 2014 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
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Okay. I support this amendment because it is a way of inspiring young people so that they can see other young people performing well and being heroes. So, it is a great thing. I support it. view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I did not press the button but thank you for giving me this chance. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. My contribution to this Bill is that, first of all, marriage is a reflection of society. If marriages break, it means the society is breaking. Therefore, this Bill comes at a time when there are so many divorces. This Bill is going to save many marriages. I think this is a very good Bill which has come at the right time when families are in trouble. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the good thing about this Bill and the reason why I support it is that it recognizes all forms of marriages and it legalizes them. One should have a certificate to be considered married. When you go through this Bill, you will see that certificates are required and these are useful documents when dissolution of marriage takes place. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: The most important thing for me here, as an educationist and somebody who has fought so hard to have the girl-child go to school, is the indication that early marriage below the age of 18 years is a criminal offence. This happens every day and we see so many girls drop out of school. They cannot complete their education and a lot of them get into marriages that are not sustainable. Even when they get married at the age of 18 years, majority of them go back to their homes and say it did not work. This Bill is going ... view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: girl gets married when she is below the age of 18 years and starts having children, even the medical personnel, including Prof. Nyikal here will tell you that the life of that girl will be in danger. To me, this is a wonderful legislation that protects the girl-child. The last point that is also very attractive in this Bill is the dissolution of a marriage. We are told today that there is too much violence in marriage to the extent that couples kill one another and to the extent that the children also die. Many a time we have been ... view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I also thank hon. Sakaja for donating his time to me. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: I would like to say that this is a fantastic enterprise for young people to be economically empowered. The youth of this country are very lucky because 30 per cent of public procurement opportunities is one of the objectives of empowering the youth. This is not the only one because we have many more which include the Youth Enterprise Development Fund and the Uwezo Fund. So, those are three big enterprises for young people to be economically empowered. So, the youth should have some information. Very few youths out there are aware of this. view