Jared Odhiambo Opiyo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there is a very important function that we believe with the coming into place of this Commission should be tackled immediately. I am happy that we are trying to come up with an Act that will regulate the social media. There is a lot of hate speech that is going around in the social media be it Face Book, Twitter and all those things. So, this Commission has got its task clearly cut out for it. Somebody must rein in people who abuse the social media so that this country can exist in cohesion. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Cohesion actually applies even in areas of appointment and all facets of our social life as a country. Really, it calls upon the Commission from time to time to compel the Executive to do a national audit of all Government appointments or employments in all the sectors of this economy so that we, as Kenyans, feel included. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we were trying to fight marginalization when we voted in the new Constitution. However, marginalization has now extended even to the counties. I believe that when this Commission comes into force, it will even check the behaviour of the counties. Like hon. Kaluma was trying to say here, we in Migori and Homa Bay counties do not understand what a commissioner is because there is none in this Government. Sometimes, when names are floated here, some start with ‘O’ and others with ‘A’ and we believe that the entire Nyanza is represented. In real sense, the entire Migori ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker; I want to appreciate hon. Keynan for the boldness he has displayed in coming up with this Bill. I think it takes a few Kenyans to right the wrongs that happen in this country. First of all, I want to observe that in the past we have had a lot of confusion at public functions with regard to protocol. This has been a bit unfortunate for me. I recall that during the nusu mkate Government, the coalition Government, we came up with the position of prime minister. It took us a long time to ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Office of the Controller of Budget as well as the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) are on record commenting publicly on expenditure on trips by the MCAs. Is the hon. Member in order to say that this House is the one that has been discussing, or has been conducting discourse on, MCAs’ foreign trips? view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. Thank you, for indulging me. I just wanted you to find the speaker on the Floor out of order for insinuating that the debates that are conducted in this House by hon. Members who are duly elected by the people they represent are controlled from outside this House. That is really out of order. view
• 24 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. First of all, I want to send my condolences to the people of Karachuonyo and, indeed, to the family of the late hon. Adhu Awiti. I think that the lifestyles that Members of Parliament lead after leaving the House really accelerate their exit from this world. This House should really think of the Members’ welfare after they leave Parliament. However, I want to raise something with regard to the answer that was given by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. It seems that there is a lot of confusion especially ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Today, I have really come to appreciate that when you do not have your card in this Parliament, you are in great trouble, but I believe tomorrow I will come with it. The situation we are faced with today is as a result of insincerity in national discourse. If you can remember very well how we came to this, the Senate had actually convinced this House that the Kshs.3.4 billion that had been set aside as conditional grants for the Level 5 hospitals would be dealt with by the Senate. But, again they turned ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I want to say that Level 5 and 4 hospitals should be funded directly from the national Government and the Exchequer. You will find that some monies that went to the counties were allegedly returned for lack of absorption, but the truth of the matter is that the Exchequer was not available for the counties on these monies. Therefore, the Government should also be sincere and give monies in good time so that service delivery can be in order. Lastly, we must ensure that oversight organs of this nation enforce law at the counties; otherwise, we have devolved corruption and ... view