Prof. Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 281 to 290 of 428.

• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Wildlife and Tourism the following Question: view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: (i) What is the implementation status of the Ushanga Kenya Initiative, established for empowering pastoralist women? view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: (ii) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide a breakdown of the activities implemented so far and the amount disbursed for each activity to date? view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I support this Motion and thank Hon. Didmus Barasa for bringing it. As I support the Motion, I want to agree with the Members who have spoken before me that we are talking about the transport sector. Although the NTSA is the unit that would be providing policy directions and regulations as we see in other countries, there seems to be some capacity lapse. When we look at countries like Botswana and South Africa, you will see that in the public transport system, they have a wider array of buses and ... view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I also want to emphasise that when we are thinking about regulating fares and when we think about what is obtaining in the public transport sector, we want to remember that commuters’ needs are of different categories. We have children, some of them school-going, others elderly, and others in a family way, who need some kind of special needs. Then there are persons with disability. As I indicated earlier, under the banner of national cohesion and equal opportunity, I had a chance to visit Dubai and the major conference issue that we were dealing with was persons with disabilities. A ... view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Dubai, in order to ensure that there is a change of mind-set, they call them persons of determination. view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: How do you ensure that policy makers and regulators determine the needs, so that when we are thinking about the transport regulation and fares, when you are looking at persons with disabilities or persons with determination, you would not only be thinking of how it is that you can ensure the infrastructure of the buses is taken care of, but you would, as they do in Dubai, have special cards to allow persons that are determined to have special needs to access the transport at subsidised rates and at times free of charge?. So, as I support this Motion, I ... view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: It is particularly necessary that we ensure that we do not allow confusion and free for all where companies, associations, SACCOs and individual matatu owners or public service vehicle owners take advantage and choose to become the ones that define, on their own, what policy they are going to implement, how they are going to do it and the kind of fees they charge. So, taking note that we would want to go beyond just regulating fares, we should remember that transport is a very key aspect and sector. I thank the Member for bringing the Motion and the House, ... view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view