Dalmas Otieno

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• 19 Nov 2013 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
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, a list of functions does not necessarily have to be mutually exclusive. The two sections, (i) and (j) are really not superfluous because management is very general. This is a specific focus; when we will be analyzing the performance of the board, section (i) and (j) will also have to be rated as far as the board’s performance is concerned. So, they should be left as they are. 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
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. This is a substantial improvement in clarifying the roles of the county Member and the constituency Member in this Uwezo Fund. We are talking about money and you are sure there is going to be conflict in the management of this Fund at the constituency level, if the roles are not clarified. This is because if the functions were not defined, as put by hon. Shebesh, it is likely that the county Member will come and seek to exercise patronage even in the appointments at the constituency level. Our experience with the Constituencies Development ... view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, if four remains as hon. Kamau has said, the implication of figure five means that in a constituency where there are less than five wards the Member would have taken five nominees. The disability nominee in that constituency will have to be female so that the total remains valid. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, as of now, the smallest constituency has a committee of ten members. From my experience, the larger the committee, the higher the risk of factions developing in the committee. Those people will be scrambling for monitoring and evaluation allowances and yet the Fund is very small. So, expanding the number beyond ten members means that we will spend this money in administrative costs. It is sufficient for the membership to remain at ten. The larger constituencies with more wards can have more than ten members. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: We are really stuck because there is no means by which we can get the Cabinet Secretary here, to consult him and make him see this very sensible amendment in all the circumstances. Either we are going to let the law go as faulty as it is. The consultations will continue and we will address this amendment at a later date. But as for now, it will go as faulty if we cannot bring the Cabinet Secretary here, because he is not a Member and we have no means of consulting him outside. If we delete it, we are still ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to speak as a Member of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. I would like to say here that the problem is in this House. It originated from the human rights activists and it is resident in a clause in the National Police Service Act. The relevant clause says that lethal weapons may only be used to protect life. Previously it was protect life and property. As we are talking, we have tied our police with their hands in the back. That is why they put their guns down and raise ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The hon. Member is again mixing the two Acts. The section he is quoting relates to the Police Service Act and not the National Police Service Commission Act. 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
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Chairman is not misleading the House. The report says the clause be deleted. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, fact number one, the Executive action was clearly unconstitutional. Fact number two, this action by an apparently over-zelous Executive seeking to deliver results was reversed before the report was submitted. Fact number three, even we, in this House if we pass legislation which on further analysis is 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