Jared Odhiambo Opiyo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I notice that many of the new Members will never contribute in this House because, probably, they are never seen. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: However, I stand to support the President‟s Speech, which was delivered here last week. The President‟s act of apologising on behalf of successive governments for atrocities committed on the people of Kenya was a powerful gesture. It needs a person of courage. It needs a lot of strength to do that. When apologising, I feel that the President should have spoken to issues that have beleaguered this country for years; an example is tribalism. Successive regimes in this country have perpetuated the vice - tribalism. There are sections of this country that have been marginalized systematically for a long time ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, a long list was attached to the Presidential Speech of people who are alleged to have engaged in acts of corruption. We are also aware, because we belong to this House, that there is also another report that is pending at the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal affairs. I wonder why this Committee could not have harmonised its Report with the Report of the President, so that as we debate the so-called list of shame, we are fully aware of all the names that could have been listed in both Reports. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: The fight against corruption is something that all of us in this House must support. I can tell you the only known vessels that leak from the top are Governments. It is important that the fight against corruption in this country starts at the top. I sympathise with the President because he means very well for the country. However, the very organisation that is supposed to fight graft in this country, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is already in trouble. There is disquiet in EACC and we doubt if they will be able to prosecute this matter within the ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support. I also thank you for your guidance. The importance of Somalia in the stability of this region cannot be gainsaid. The appointment of Major General (Rtd.) Tumbo to go and establish a Mission in Somalia is a welcome idea. The job for the General is clearly cut out for him once this House approves his nomination. KDF is currently in Somalia to help them stabilise. I think having an ambassador in Somalia will be useful because, as a country, we shall be getting guidance on how to progress along that path. In ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are looking forward for a time when we shall have a 25 to 30 years old Kenyan representative in another country either as a high commissioner or an ambassador. We have a young population. Majority of our people are young. We want to have people in service who can be in sync very easily with the majority of the Kenyan population. Also, going forward, all the ambassadorial appointments from Kenya should be done more or less at the same time. This will provide Parliament and, indeed, Kenyans with an opportunity to see how they reflect ... view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak to this matter. The Constitution of Kenya gave different assemblies, governments and Government agencies different mandates. It is not right for any organ of the Government to try to change that through the back door. view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: My understanding is that the headquarters of the various counties are meant to affect the social and economic progress of those counties. Even when we would want to regulate and control the way people decide where their headquarters are going to be, it is only fair that, that decision be largely left to the people of those various regions. view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Each and every county has its own social and economic dynamics, which, sitting in Nairobi, may be very difficult to understand. That is why the business of deciding where the headquarters of the various counties should be, should be left to the counties themselves. They can do this by building consensus among the communities and then later on legislating in their County Assemblies. It is not true to say that a governor can wake up one day and say that he wants the county headquarters next to his home and it happens. These headquarters are centres of development and progress. ... view
• 5 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support the position of the Committee. view