Edwin Ochieng Yinda

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for me, President Obama's inauguration today is a cause for joy as well as sadness. As Kenyans, what this means is that we are expected to take up standards view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: 4262 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES January 20, 2009 view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: which are too high for us. I do not even know how we are going to achieve these standards. Obama visited this country when he was a senator. He talked about corruption and tribalism in Kenya. He talked about all the ills that are killing this country. Kenya is a great nation. Without these ills - tribalism and corruption - this country has a lot going on for it. I congratulate Obama and I wish we could go back to the drawing board and ask ourselves: What is it that we want for this country? view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Roads what immediate measures he is taking to tarmack Luanda-Siaya-Nadorera-Sio Port Road (C29), an important road linking four constituencies of Emuhaya, Gem, Alego/Usonga and Budalangi, which is in a deplorable condition. view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for answering the Question to my satisfaction. I request hon. Members to leave him in peace! That is because I am satisfied. view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, could the Assistant Minister confirm to this House that the "balkanization" of this country into the poor and the rich is very dangerous? When we start doing it with a commodity like maize meal, we are going the wrong way. Could he confirm that he is going to remove this "balkanization" and just sell the maize meal at Kshs52 per two kilogramme bag? view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this December 10, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3995 opportunity to support this Motion, which I think is very timely. The number of families that are going without food in this country now are uncountable. Even families that used to be respectable and could afford three meals a day now afford only one meal a day. The only way that problem can be sorted out is by price controls or Government subsidies. We cannot pretend that we do not need price controls on basic foodstuffs. The price of half a kilogramme of ... view
• 2 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Thank you, Madam Minister, for giving me this opportunity. I stand here to support the Bill. I will be very quick and I will not repeat myself. Basically, I am not a scientist but I have children who are learning science. Two of them are reading biotechnology, and I would like to see that when they come to Kenya, they will have work to do. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to convince my colleagues, who are against the Bill, that, maybe, people like me who are afraid of change should ... view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I want to start by thanking the Minister for Information and Communications for bringing this Bill to the Floor of the House for us to discuss. I would also like to thank the Ministry for the work they have put into this very important Bill. I have attended many workshops where many stakeholders came up with many views, amendments or improvements that they wanted to be included in this Bill. It is my hope that the Minister will ensure that those ... view