Dalmas Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 161 to 170 of 321.

• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: The summons should give adequate notice for the Cabinet Secretary to appear. I sympathise with the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs. This is because Africa is burning all view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, you are aware that I was a Minister for Public Service. These issues of pension are areas of my specialty. When we did the Presidential pension, I pegged it at 80 per cent of the remuneration of the sitting President so that inflation is taken care of. When they brought these proposals, the first thing they changed was to say: “A per cent of the final salary when you retired.” That means it is static. If you live 20 years from retirement, you will be earning peanuts. Geoffrey Karithi is earning Kshs6000 because of these kinds ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: . How do you compensate a pension which is for past service already 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
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: delivered without complaints at that time? Now you look at it retroactively and you try to victimise the holders of the offices whom you know. It is very unfair and it should be rejected in totality. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, honestly, we do not need the word “upwards” because the tenderer is always in battle with the procurement agency. The more money he makes, the better. So, if the tender is valid, we expect it to go higher. The reason I support the 12months is because we are also increasing the limit from 10 to 15. Variation is always used in the technique of tendering. Somebody deliberately tenders low to win knowing what clauses he will use in the Engineering, Procurement and Construction policy (EPC) to vary it upwards. Now, if you lock in for 12months, ... view
• 23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the mistake here is for the Senate to have wished to remove the representative of the Attorney-General and replace him or her with the nominee of the Council of Governors. It is true that environment is a national Government function, but we are talking about representation of all the environment programmes. We will require the involvement of the counties and their contribution. In fact to an extent, they are duty bound under the Constitution even to allocate resources to strengthen the management of the environment within their own counties. Some counties will have very serious environmental ... view
• 23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Instead of removing the Attorney-General, as the Senate has recommended, we should just add the representation of the Council of Governors and retain the rest of the Board as it is. I do not know what the Chairperson of the Committee has to say in this regard. view
• 23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am surprised by the fear and magnification of that fear to an extent of some people demanding county representation in so many other national boards. Inclusivity and participation of all stakeholders is a principle accepted under the Constitution. I do not find the fear that if you allow representation of the Council of Governors in one board, then the Council of Governors will want representation in many other boards. We need the input of the county governance mechanisms in policy formulation, even if it is just at that level. At the implementation level, they will ... view
• 23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I do not find the rejection justified. If anything, we should amend what they had considered in the Committee and add the Council’s representation without having to remove the representation of the Attorney-General. view
• 23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. In support of this Bill, I would like to say that we have been ridiculously and shamefully slow in responding to security threats in this country. All the public places are still using metal detectors yet there are modern explosive detectors, where anybody who has touched explosives and rubbed clothing with somebody who has been touching explosives would be detected. If we had this in all the roads from the North Eastern region, there would be no Al Shaabab who would have come into contact with any explosive, who would find ... view