Dalmas Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 41 to 50 of 321.

• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the political parties in this country are ethnic- based because somebody has sold a philosophy and there is no ideology involved; a philosophy that we must cite for our turn to eat. If you can manipulate ethnic emotions to believe that you will convey leadership that would take your people to the consumption table at national level, you lock every other leader that does not belong to that political party. There is nothing special in those leaders of those parties. It is the people’s hope that the vehicle called party “A” is a vehicle to the consumption ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the political parties in this country are ethnic- based because somebody has sold a philosophy and there is no ideology involved; a philosophy that we must cite for our turn to eat. If you can manipulate ethnic emotions to believe that you will convey leadership that would take your people to the consumption table at national level, you lock every other leader that does not belong to that political party. There is nothing special in those leaders of those parties. It is the people’s hope that the vehicle called party “A” is a vehicle to the consumption ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: That expectation is what makes the ethnic blocs and now party leaders want to manipulate ethnic emotions under this hustling philosophy of driving you to the consumption table to a point that Hon. Walukhe would say: “Join me, the Attorney-General must be ours. The leader of government business must be ours”. This exploitative consumption politics in this country must be guarded and we must not give more weapons to leaders to continue to exploit this bad governance practices. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: That expectation is what makes the ethnic blocs and now party leaders want to manipulate ethnic emotions under this hustling philosophy of driving you to the consumption table to a point that Hon. Walukhe would say: “Join me, the Attorney-General must be ours. The leader of government business must be ours”. This exploitative consumption politics in this country must be guarded and we must not give more weapons to leaders to continue to exploit this bad governance practices. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: For anybody who feels that party hopping is wrong, it is wrong because of the bad management of the parties as of now. We have seen parties where a good lieutenant collects Kshs3 million on the promise that we will get the nomination certificate. Then a relative comes and collects Kshs5 million from another person to promise a nomination certificate. Then a deputy party leader comes to collect Kshs10 million that you will get the same nomination certificate. Finally the party leader says: “Bring Kshs20 million and you will get it” and you get the ticket so the other three ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: For anybody who feels that party hopping is wrong, it is wrong because of the bad management of the parties as of now. We have seen parties where a good lieutenant collects Kshs3 million on the promise that we will get the nomination certificate. Then a relative comes and collects Kshs5 million from another person to promise a nomination certificate. Then a deputy party leader comes to collect Kshs10 million that you will get the same nomination certificate. Finally the party leader says: “Bring Kshs20 million and you will get it” and you get the ticket so the other three ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we went through a very long process to establish good governance. We have not started practising good governance as of now. It is time we must not go back to the bad practices of forcing certain leaders to become dictators because if you allow them to be so, they will be. They love it. It is nice and it guarantees you followership. I would oppose anybody who wants us to go back on the Olago amendment but it is also important to point out that even the timelines that you must be a member 90 days before, ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we went through a very long process to establish good governance. We have not started practising good governance as of now. It is time we must not go back to the bad practices of forcing certain leaders to become dictators because if you allow them to be so, they will be. They love it. It is nice and it guarantees you followership. I would oppose anybody who wants us to go back on the Olago amendment but it is also important to point out that even the timelines that you must be a member 90 days before, ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The solution to hopping is better management of political parties and that is what we should be addressing; not discrediting any Member who has party hopped before. If he hopped for nothing, he would still be defeated. If he hopped for good reason, like there are so many who I know who hopped for good reason, they won the elections. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The solution to hopping is better management of political parties and that is what we should be addressing; not discrediting any Member who has party hopped before. If he hopped for nothing, he would still be defeated. If he hopped for good reason, like there are so many who I know who hopped for good reason, they won the elections. view