Edwin Ochieng Yinda

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Water and Irrigation:- (a) to confirm the number of dams that the Government has constructed in Alego Usonga Constituency since Independence, providing their respective names and specific locations in the constituency; and, (b) what immediate action she will take to ensure that Obambo area in South West Alego and Randago area in South Alego are provided with clean drinking water, considering that underground water in the region is salty. view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Member for Nyakach sought for a Ministerial Statement, but there was no communication from the Minister. view
• 1 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education what steps he is taking to designate Usonga Location in Uranga Division as a hardship area and pay hardship allowance to teachers in the area, considering that the location suffers annual floods just like neighbouring Budalang’i whose teachers benefit from such allowance. view
• 1 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am tickled to the bone by the Assistant Minister’s answer. The Assistant Minister has been with this Question for over two months. With the good old collective responsibility, what has he done to refer the Question to the right Ministry? view
• 1 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the assumption that the Question will eventually be referred to the Ministry of State for Public Service, and hoping that Usonga area, within the constituency, will be considered a hardship area, could he confirm to the view
• 6 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Ministry and the Minister for Transport. Being a Member of the Committee, the Chairman has already covered many areas which are in the Report that has already been laid on the Table. One area I want to add on to this is that the Ministry asked for quite a substantial amount of money which it did not get. As a Committee, we would like to support the Ministry and ask the Treasury to avail more money to the Ministry. As it has already been mentioned, ... view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education:- (a what he is doing to abolish quota system in student admission to public secondary schools, considering the system is out-dated and promotes tribalism; and, (b) what further action he is taking to ensure that all Kenyan students irrespective of their districts of birth, can obtain admission in any public school in the country. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank the Assistant Minister for attempting to answer my Question. He is well aware that the quota system is basically not helping. The country is in a situation where we need the students to mix much more, so that they feel like they belong to this country, and not to an ethnic group. These days, students are born in a village and go to primary and secondary school in the same village. The universities are also opening up campuses in the villages. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Therefore, when such students complete education, for them, it appears like Kenya begins and ends in the village. So, my question is: What deliberate steps is the Ministry taking to make sure that our students grow up feeling as nationalist and not small sections of the little holes we come from? view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister ought to tell this House exactly how much time he needs to ensure that they get rid of this failed quota system that is outdated and not helping this country at all. The fact that we are now trying to do away with ethnicity is strong enough to have the Ministry do away with the system. When does he think they will be able to give us a system that will promote national cohesion in this country? view