Prof. Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Allow me one minute to join my people of Migori County in mourning my beloved Senator, Ben Aluoch Okello, who passed on yesterday. I hope you will give me a bit of time. My Senator has succumbed to cancer just one year after his election. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I served the County of Migori as the Woman Representative in the last Parliament. Senator Okello, who was in the media by then, played a major role in highlighting the work that I did and that I do for the people of Migori County. Many people are not aware that I am also a journalist by training. On behalf of journalists in this country, including KJ, Hon. John Kiarie, the Member for Dagoretti South, I pass my condolences to the people of the Migori County. I request them to hold on and put aside politics as we mourn. The body ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I support the free feeding programme for children in all public primary schools. As I speak, in my County of Migori, my governor has been in the front line providing free milk to school children. I have seen this happen in many other counties. However, this issue of free food especially for those from far distances is welcome. I remember when I was growing up in rural The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Maeta, Kuria East Constituency, Migori County I would walk a distance of almost 10 kilometers to school. Going to school and back home for lunch was a challenge. At times, I could accompany my fellow pupils to their homes, where I could hang around and have lunch and doeadoea. Then come back to school. This is not easy especially for children learning from rural settings. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I speak in this House on behalf of children who live with disabilities and still walk to school. You can imagine a child leaves home, walks to school and has to struggle going back home for food and get back for the afternoon lessons. Children with disability in rural settings and even urban settlements have this challenge. Therefore, I wish to challenge and support Hon. Vincent Kemosi Mogaka for bringing this Motion to this House. The Member has spoken for almost everybody in this House on the challenges our children face in public institutions. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I support this Motion. It is not a matter of who should run this programme, whether women representatives, constituency Members or nominated Members. It is efficiency in planning that will ensure our children do not waste much of their efforts and energy walking all the way to and from school in search of food. This interrupts their education and tires them. Definitely, this is a programme that is going to address the issue of malnourishment. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Even children who do not get enough food in their houses will have enough food and concentrate on their education and complete school. This Motion is in line with our Constitution on the Bill of Rights in Chapter Four. The right of children is very well enshrined in the Constitution of this country. So, we are not talking out of context. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. From the outset, I support the Bill. I was happy to note from both the Hon. Leader of the Minority Party and the Chair of the Committee that there was room to look at some particular issues. I want to particularly speak to the question of reclassification of supplies from zero-rated to exempt status to increase domestic funding. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am aware that to date, we are not collecting revenue to the level that we would like to. Less and less money is ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Article 95 of the Constitution clearly defines the role of the National Assembly. It represents the people of the constituencies and those with special interests. I am in this National Assembly courtesy of nomination to represent vulnerable groups, particularly women, children, elderly, persons living with disabilities and the youth. It is to this extent that as we look at this Bill, I urge and indicate that we relook at the manner in which we reclassify supplies from zero- rated to exempt tax status. If they are in exempt tax status, it means that we will make items more expensive. It ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I support this Bill. I want to point out that we have increased the levy on mobile money from 10 per cent to 12 per cent. We know that we have a large informal sector in this country where a lot of people do not access traditional banks and lending. Increasing tax on mobile money will greatly affect this group. Although we want to borrow money and have external debt from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), we need to look at the effect and implication of increasing tax on mobile money. I am aware, as most Kenyans are, that the ... view