Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: I am sorry, Hon. Speaker. This is because of COVID-19 and we had to go to a retreat before we came up with the report. We are sorry that we are tabling them a little bit late. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of House: Reports of the Committee on Members Services and Facilities on- (1) Leadership Seminar held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 26th to 30 August 2019. (2) Study visit to the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Canada on 14th to 18th October 2019. (3) Study visit to the Parliament of Turkey of 14th to 20th October 2019. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also contribute. At the outset, I would like to declare my interest that from a very young age of 10 years, I became a tea picker because my parents had a small-scale tea farm. Ever since then, I have been in this business. I know it from the beginning until the end. As we all know and as it has been said, tea is the top most foreign exchange earner for this country. Tea is the source of income for quite a number of our farmers. ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: As Members of Parliament from tea-growing areas, we will come up with amendments to KTDA. Even the process of getting their directors is flawed because the returning officer and the supervisor is KTDA itself. KTDA has been imposing people in the form of directors upon the farmers over the years. Those so-called directors do not serve the interests of the farmers. In my constituency, there are tea factories. From previous years’ dividends - which is commonly known as bonus - of about Kshs40, this particular year, Kiamokama and Rianyamwamu tea factories got Kshs11.50. That amount was the lowest ever in ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Clause 5 talks about the functions of the Tea Board of Kenya, which are supposed to be a little bit elaborate. Again, we subject the farmer to a lot of fees, levies and taxation. Some of these things are supposed to be handled by a body, so that we can know the kind of negative effect it will have on the farmer by the end of the day. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Clause 7 is on the membership of the committee. I saw that four of the members out of the 11 will be from the small-scale tea growing farmers. If the process will be the way it has been with KTDA, then we will get the same kind of characters whom we have now. In the process of electing these people, we must ensure that they will add value and by the end of the day, the farmer will benefit. A lot of improvement requires to be done in the Bill. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Otherwise, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to support the Bill. Thank you. view
• 10 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On my behalf and the people of Nyaribari Masaba, I want to take this opportunity to convey my very sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Mzee Moi who was a very diligent worker; patriot and true servant of the people. Those of us who had an opportunity of working under him as District Commissioners (DCs) – I was one of them – indeed, I know that he is a man who traversed every part of the country. We have lessons to learn. Let us embrace nyayoism : the spirit of love, peace and unity. ... view
• 10 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 26 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I would like us to understand where we are and where we want to go. One, Article 53 of the Kenyan Constitution clearly spells out that, indeed, basic education is compulsory and supposed to be free. Each and every Kenyan child is supposed to access education at that level. But what is happening in our various constituencies, including mine, is that this is not the case. Why is it so? It is because, as we all know, ECDE is critical ... view