Jared Odhiambo Opiyo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: So, when we putthis fine, I think it discourages young investors from coming into the market. I would suggest that the Committee on Delegated Legislation would go ahead and actually give a provision that all those companies that belong to the youth and which are duly registered as companies belonging to the youth are actually registered for free as Members of National Construction Authority. I know there is a levy that is imposed for registration with National Construction Authority and so, it is my humble suggestion that, that particular amount be removed for companies that belong to the youth, so ... view
• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion as amended. The issuance of identity cards in this country is a very serious matter. The total population of this country is estimated at about 40 million Kenyans. During the last general elections, we had about 12 million registered voters. Ordinarily, you would expect that up to about 60 per cent of a population are of voting age. Therefore, we would expect that the voting population in Kenya would be about 24 million. This matter disenfranchises many Kenyans and they are not able to make decisions with regard ... view
• 6 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: the Committee on Budget and Appropriations should in future take up that matter seriously. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the regions that are far-flung at the border districts of Kenya have a lot of problems in registration of persons. There are a lot of excuses and convoluted vetting process that ends up alienating people. I think we should come up with ways that will enable our people get identity cards. In my own interpretation, these are just documents for identification. Why then can we not even legislate and allow children as young as 15 years to get identity cards while they ... view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I am working on it and in due course, I will be hon. Member for Awendo, hon. Jared Opiyo. I want to take this opportunity to oppose this Motion from the outset. The work of this august House must be taken seriously. There is a tendency where when certain Bills that have serious issues to be scrutinized come to the Floor of this House, the House is not given enough time to scrutinize and look through the issues in those Bills. view
• 31 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The constitutional timelines are known. The agencies that are charged with the responsibility of coming up with these Bills are in place. These people are in office and they earn salaries. What makes them not work within the timelines that have been given? They have to up their game and let Parliament do its work according to the provisions of the Constitution. The CIOC and some agencies, or commissions, related to it are in the public domain; they continuously engage in what is supposed to be in the domain of the courts of this country. Instead of coming up with ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the Kenya National AIDS Authority Bill, National Assembly Bill No.2 of 2014, be now read a Second Time. 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
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The Kenya National AIDS Authority Bill of 2014 is a Bill for an Act of Parliament to establish the National AIDS Authority to provide for its composition, functions, and powers and for connected purposes. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: AIDS remains one of the biggest challenges to this nation. Over time, AIDS has ceased to be a purely medical or health issue. HIV/AIDS has become a social and economic issue. This has called for the need to relook at our strategies in combating this menace. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The Bill as proposed intends to provide a legal framework for the establishment and functions of the Authority. It will be a successor of the National AIDS Control Council which was established through a National AIDS Control Council Order 170 of 1999. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the National AIDS Control Council as currently constituted has got its fair share of shortfalls. There have been allegations of opaqueness in appointments and poor utilization of resources allocated to it. For some time, NACC has operated under the Office of the President and drew its funding from OP. Lately, it has been placed under the Ministry of Health and, therefore, draws its funding from the Ministry. This has posed several challenges. As we speak today, many of our constituency AIDS control committees that we formed immediately we got elected to Parliament are moribund or dysfunctional ... view