George Oner Ogalo

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• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I agree with Hon. Gichigi. A pupil is anybody who goes into an early education centre to get education. We do not have to put years. We do not have to put criteria by the CS or CECM. I do not think this is necessary. Let us stick to “a child who goes to an early childhood education centre to acquire education.” That is the pupil. Finished! No criteria of age or any other criteria prescribed by anybody should be there. I think the Vice-Chair can amend that and we move on. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: There is already a definition; a new definition for “child”. It says: view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: “child” has the meaning assigned to it under the Children Act.” So, I do not know why we are still curing “pupil” and “child”. A child is already defined in another law; in the Children Act. So here, on pupil and ages, there are areas where people start education very late. If you put age here and a child who is seven years has not started ECDE, maybe, it is because of the area where they live. Look at the pastoral communities. Why do we specify the age? Any child who can be admitted into ECDE is a pupil. Let ... view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will be very brief on this. The history of NSSF and land is long and difficult. NSSF has been used as a conduit to siphon money from the pensioners under the guise of land buying here and there. There is even an issue that I brought to this House about NSSF buying 10 acres of land in Athi River, and pretending in their records to own land worth 150 acres. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: This is not a different one. Maybe, NSSF had initially intended to use the land as an investment vehicle to settle Kenyans and make money for the pensioners. The story changed when land grabbers decided to invade the land under the guise of certain politicians. Having won the case against the squatters, NSSF had to grapple with the difficult task of rationalizing their settlement. In the process, the squatters themselves agreed that they would buy the land from NSSF. How did NSSF become a body responsible for providing infrastructure on land which had been taken away from them by force? ... view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: The NSSF should be very credible, careful and ensure that the monies put under its charge should be used for the benefit of the public. The pensioners who save money with NSSF require value for their money. They should earn money from those investments. People should not misuse NSSF funds and then we end up with pensioners suffering all over without being paid their pensions. I conclude by supporting the Report and urge the Members of the House to support it. view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support the amendment. This clarifies those definitions and most importantly introduces the definition of the term “casual employee” which is necessary in this realm. view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I oppose. This idea of creating a special category of public servants for certain public functions is what caused the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to take people from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation and elevated them. They ended up being sabotaged by other police officers and peers in other sectors of the public service. What we are trying to do here is saying that asset recovery falls in a strategic sector in the administration of justice process of the country and the nature of the service entailed requires commensurate compensation. Of course, every task requires commensurate compensation. Why should ... view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I second. view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view