Jared Odhiambo Opiyo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there have been reports of thousands of bags of contraband sugar worth hundreds of millions of shillings that have been impounded from supermarkets and godowns across the country by the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) and there are reports that duty has not been paid on this sugar. In the Statement the Chairperson should inquire into and report on:- view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: (i) how this excess sugar got into the country causing a major stock pile and if duty was ever paid on the same; view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: (ii) whether the KSB, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) approved of these importations and if so, he could table before this House the relevant documents; view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: (iii) if the Chairperson is aware that some unscrupulous sugar importers used dubious means to bring into the country the commodity under tax remission only to repackage it and release it into the market as local sugar and, lastly, view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: (iv) what the Government is doing to address this anomaly by way of intervention to cushion the innocent farmers and the local industry from the adverse effects of this illegal importation. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. view
• 19 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I think even though the matter is very grave, we are aware that actually the Chairman must go out and actually find this piece of information from other quarters. I recognise that you had indicated that it is high time we looked into the ways these Statements are given and probably come up with ways of even asking the Ministers themselves to present themselves in Parliament to give these answers because these issues are really grave. I think I will wait for the two weeks. Thank you. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to second this Motion and, in the same breath, wish all Members a prosperous 2014. view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. Is the Member in order to mislead this House? He is on record as saying that Members from the Jubilee Coalition should be given special treatment as Movers whenever they rise to speak in the House. I think it is proper for the Member to withdraw that and apologise. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, in July, I raised a petition on behalf of some employees of SONY Sugar Company who were dismissed irregularly and even after arbitration from the Ministry of Labour that recommended that they be reinstated, they have not been reinstated yet. Up to today, I have not received communication from the Labour and Social Welfare Committee. I would like to know when this reply may come. view