Jared Odhiambo Opiyo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 141 to 150 of 251.

• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The fight against HIV/AIDS is very important to this nation. It has been noted that AIDS remains one of the central impediments of national health, development and wellbeing. It has lowered life expectant very reasonably. It has also deepened poverty in Kenya and reduced economic growth. It has further exacerbated hunger in many parts of this country. It has also worsened basic health indicators. This, therefore, calls for this country to treat the fight against HIV/AIDS in a very special way and dedicate energies to it in a manner that will reasonably give a realistic change towards the fight against ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when this Bill finally becomes an Act, it seeks to establish an Authority as a body corporate with perpetual succession powers and a common seal thereby giving it the full autonomy that comes with the status of a body corporate; and that, funds to this Authority will be sought directly from Parliament and allocated. Initially, as I said, it drew its funding either from the Office of the President or from the Ministry of Health. That has got its challenges because once the money goes to various ministries, the ministries decide how to give it out ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: provisions. Part II has got the provision on establishment, powers and functions of Kenya National Aids Authority as the body for the formulation of policy and coordination of all matters pertaining to the prevention and control of HIV/AIDs. The fight against HIV/AIDS in this country has been very un-coordinated. That is the reason why, in the wisdom of the formulators of this Bill, we thought, instead of limiting the fight against HIV to control, we thought it is good to give powers to that Authority so that it can coordinate and control HIV/AIDS. That is because there are many bodies ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker, I want to thank all the Members of this august House for the contributions that they have put into this Bill. I really thank all of them for the focus that they have placed on this. There were some concerns raised by, I think, one Member to the effect that the country does not need authorities. Really, what we must do is weigh the benefits of having an authority against the negative effects. We may be too shy to create bodies to the extent that we may end up eating ourselves up. So, we really look ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to, first of all, thank the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for coming up with this very good list. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for that indulgence. I want to support this Motion but with a few observations here. First of all, I would like this House to move with speed to change the statutes to provide that the nomination or identification of individuals to this Commission is left to the Executive rather than this Parliament. We must stick strictly to our oversight role as the national Parliament. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Secondly, this Commission is coming a bit too late. We have had some time when they were not in place. I think it is important for us as a House to pass over this list to the appointing authority so that this Commission is in place to handle the major challenges facing this country. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Today, as we speak, there is a lot of political discourse going around the country. As politicians, our statements that we give out there will be checked if the Commission is in place. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Article 250(1) of the Constitution provides that members of constitutional commissions could be anything between three and nine. If the Act that anchors this Commission requires nine members, as the august House, we have a responsibility to move very quickly and change the statutes to provide that members should be three or between three and five so that we really cut down on the wage bill that the SRC has been talking about from time to time. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: It does not make much sense that some work that can be done by three Commissioners is left to a whole lot of nine people to undertake it. It does not make economic sense for us especially at this time when we are struggling to cut down on our wage bill. view