George Oner Ogalo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 211 to 220 of 494.

• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am not a member of any of the three committees. So, I am not in receipt of the letters of the CJ. However, one fundamental thing that this House must address itself to is whether Article 125 refers to certain Kenyans and not others. If the drafters of the Constitution wanted to exclude anybody from the provisions of Article 125, they would have excluded the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Speaker of the Senate and the CJ. The JSC is under Chapter 15 on Commissions. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: The Chair of JSC is like the Chair of any other constitutional commission. If we invite those other chairs, how can we fail to invite the chair of the JSC? We give taxpayer’s money to the JSC to spend and they must account for it. If in the process of accounting for that money, the CJ has to appear before the House as the chair of the JSC, let it be. If there is anything that would have excluded the CJ from appearing, it would have been indicated clearly in the Constitution. The chair of JSC is specified in the ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I did not know that contraceptives do what my colleague has said. This time round, I will be watching to ensure that those mood swings I see at home are not related to those other things. However, this is a very important Bill for us at this stage as a country when we are implementing the Constitution, 2010. This Bill is arriving at a time that, as legislators, we can respond to the crisis that is affecting the health sector in this country. The state of health care in this country has deteriorated to ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to also contribute to the Motion. I want to take this opportunity to sympathise with the retired Major for falling sick during his tenure as a Commissioner. The Constitution creates the NPSC and gives it specific duties to carry out. If for two years the Commission could not raise quorum because a Commissioner was not able to be physically in office, as Members of the National Assembly, we have an obligation, under Article 251 to consider any petition by any member of the public seeking to remove a Commissioner ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: However, I do not want to let this Commission off the hook. They have been in office since 2013 and they knew that there had been a vacancy. They knew that a member of the Commission had died but they did not see why that person, who was the Vice-Chairperson of that Commission, should be replaced. It would be immoral to pile pressure on a Commissioner who is sick instead of replacing a Commissioner who is already dead. It sounds immoral. I believe that this Report has indicated that there was loss of communication between the Commission and the Commissioner. ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to concur with the Chairman of the Departmental Committee. Article 47 of the Constitution provides that every action carried out by an administrator, or anybody given discretion to decide, must be fair. Outlining a process through which the discretion of the commissioner will be exercised enriches the Act. With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 27 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I want to concur with the Chairman of the Departmental Committee. Article 47 of the Constitution provides that every action carried out by an administrator, or anybody given discretion to decide, must be fair. Outlining a process through which the discretion of the commissioner will be exercised enriches the Act. With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support the amendment. As we speak, we do not have the Insolvency Act, 2015. So, passing a law that creates an impression that the law exists would be a mistake. This is a neater way of presenting it. I support. view