Edwin Ochieng Yinda

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Minister once again for the Budget which, as I have already said, is a people’s Budget. One very big problem at the moment is that the Government is trying to finance a bloated Cabinet. We have 42 Ministers and almost 90 Assistant Ministers. This is the only country in the world, poor as we are, looking for money to pay for the Ministers and Assistant Ministers, many who have no proper work to do. At the moment, Ministries are overlapping and I am sure the view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is hon. Linturi introducing a Motion or asking a question or seeking clarification? view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to know what interest the Member for Kisumu East Constituency has in cattle rustling. view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting a new Section immediately after Section 15 as follows- view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: 15A. No owner of a ship or person providing the service of a shipping line shall, either directly or indirectly, provide in the maritime industry the service of crewing agencies, pilotage, clearing and forwarding agent, port facility operator, shipping agent, terminal operator, container freight station, quay side service provider, general ship contractor, haulage, ship broker, ship breaker, ship chandler, cargo consolidator, ship repairer, maritine training or such other services as the Minister may appoint under Section 2. view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The reason for this, is because at present ship owners do the business of bringing in ships in the country, but they also double up in all other businesses where the local people could handle such businesses. In many countries, the practice is basically that--- view
• 12 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, basically the other sub-businesses are done by the local people. My wish is to offer more business to local people as opposed to the present practice. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this timely Motion on the tea industry. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Tea has played a very major role in the economy of this country. The small-scale tea producer has contributed a lot to this country. As it stands now, about 60 per cent of the total tea production in the country is by the small-scale producers. The Government needs to play a much leading role in the tea industry in this country. Our competitors in Sri Lanka and India, for example, their Governments play a very major role. For example, in Sri Lanka, there are two independent Ministries that control the production of tea. There is a full Ministry of Tea ... view