Dalmas Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I am very happy because Parliament is becoming creative. This is surely a 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
• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: very ingenious idea. Secondly, it is not unconstitutional, but it brings a new dimension in this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we were debating the decision as to whether to go presidential or parliamentary system of governance, I argued with Yash Pal Ghai when he said that a presidential system will create an “ivory tower”. It is not democratic and he agreed that it is not stable. Parliamentary system is democratic and more accountable. What Parliament is doing is to bring into account the Executive to remove the “ivory tower” kind of arrangement which we have been risking. You ... view
• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish we were also able to find a way of making the independent commissions more accountable than what they appear to be doing now. If there is a way Parliament should look creatively in that other direction, to be able to hold all commissioners and all commissions equally accountable to the people by a way of reporting to the National Assembly or through the Departmental Committees--- Secondly, having been in Cabinet for so many years, a Cabinet Secretary knows a lot and can formulate policy on the spot, based on the interest conveyed by the ... view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I have been very eager and patient to give this contribution. Based on my wide experience in these issues, as you are aware--- view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: First of all, I want to say that the family is the first unit of governance in the Republic. Second, domestic means so close as to know all the good, the bad and the ugly of another person or partner. I wish to plead with the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs that it would have been more positive if the title of this Bill were “Promotion of Domestic Harmony;” it would convey to the Republic that the offences we are castigating are those against domestic harmony. The objective in the Republic is to strengthen the ... view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: It is a serious effort towards promoting sound marital practices in this Republic. It is a Bill that we have to prepare ourselves to develop over time. To do so, we need to recognize that the offences that we are castigating under this Bill arise from situations without much malice aforethought. Somebody who says that memory has failed him, and turns out to be a negligent person, will be a culprit under this Bill. Another person will say that his temper betrays him. These are negative attributes with which each person is created in our Republic. If his temper fails ... view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: presiding, a family lawyer available for that particular purpose, an experienced community member from the same place as the particular culprit being tried, so that he goes back with the feeling that he was taken to the tribunal with the objective of promoting domestic harmony; he will feel that his personal failures have made him a culprit and he has faced a tribunal as per the law for promotion of domestic harmony. A lot of family breakdowns, some of which come from mismatched marriages, are hard to cure. I hear lawyers talk of irreconcilable differences. It takes tolerance, understanding and ... view
• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you Temporary Deputy Speaker. This Motion raises six key issues. The first one is on the identification of Kenyans, the second is on citizenship, third, is on terrorism and security in the country. Fourth--- view
• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Four, the issue of refugees. Five is our border controls and six is the issue of discrimination particularly of the genuine Kenyan- Somali citizens.First, with the identification of Kenyans, what we need is a single identification document. That, it will be an ID; it will be a voter’s card; it will be a passport number and it will be also a tax pin. Anything you do as a Kenyan with this number, we are able to track whatever you have done within the country. If you have travelled out, if you have voted or if you have committed any fraud, ... view
• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: community in Kenya, so that they can agree to help Kenya to control security adequately for all of us. As to refuges, we already know that Somali refugees are a special category in this country. If anything, they should be IDPs in their own country and not refugees here. How can we have 12,000 of them and allow them to be citizens to vote and change the power balance in the country without due process of becoming actual citizens? So, our North Eastern counties of Wajir, Garissa and Mandera will just have to agree that ideally, if the western side ... view