Dalmas Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 151 to 160 of 321.

• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a very important Bill and, in fact, it is overdue. I would like to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for speeding it up for consideration. I want to support this Bill by first saying that Kenyans are our responsibility. The good, the bad and the ugly of Kenyans is our responsibility. All those Kenyans are our duty. It is up to us to make them good citizens, if they turn out to be bad citizens. As of now, Kenyans are going all over the world. You get shocked when you ... view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: we have committed ourselves to as a basis for the management of our own prisons? Let them come back. Let it also be known that we have rescued so-and-so out of a terrible crime. When you only hear that somebody has been jailed in Bangkok, and you do not have a chance to go and see that person in prison, you do not have a chance to contribute to the rehabilitation of that person. In fact, you have not learnt enough from that crime. In a society, there is a principle that I have come to accept. It is that ... view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: At any time, we should be able to learn from what the Americans do. When they realize that Kenya is in a crisis they will be the first ones to call all their citizens in Kenya to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and airlift them back to the US. It is possible for us to also provide mechanisms for knowing who the Kenyans in a place are and what they are doing there. It is still our duty to ensure that Kenyans in trouble are comfortable wherever they are. If they fall in the wrong hands and get into ... view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Honestly, you are even asking for more Members to be brought to this House to complete the one-third gender rule. This House has so many committees with Chairpersons who are paid to lead this House. They are part of the leadership of this House. All of them are members of the Leader of the Majority Party’s coalition. Not even 50 per cent of them are here. view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you are chairing an empty House. We were trying to be disciplined by not raising the quorum issue, and so that the public does not think that we are becoming irresponsible. We should be blunt, Leader of the Majority Party. We have to find other mechanisms of ensuring that Members attend to House business. We still have eight items and each of them is very important to this country. 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
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: There are policy papers and reports that are remaining. We are getting the impression that the large majority of the Jubilee Alliance is a useless majority because the Opposition are learning from you. If you are not interested in the business brought by your party, you do not expect much support from us. These are serious policy items in the business of the House; we expect detailed ideas from the Jubilee Members of the House. view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, how do you allow him to rise on a point of order when I am on a point of order? view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. We are--- view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. We are talking money matters. In this country the most sensitive and explosive issues are money and land. When it comes to the budget process, consultation with the public is required; consultation with the Executive, the Central Bank of Kenya that is responsible for macro-economic management and individual Members’ interest come into play. The budget-making is rightly in the hands of the House, but it is a new responsibility which will continue as such, but we have not made adequate provisions and procedures on how to tackle it. We are going to do this overtime. For ... view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: The issue before us today apparently has been brought up by the failure of the CS for Foreign Affairs to appear before the Departmental Committee. It is only the CS whom we have powers to sanction, and no other officer in the Government. Only the CS and after the CS, it is only the President whom Parliament may have powers to sanction in a way. It should be a ruling from this House and I am sure it was expected to be the practice that on budgetary matters and financial matters, that is an audit and budget process, the CS ... view