Jared Odhiambo Opiyo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: being raised in the amendments. It is, therefore, wrong for the Vice-Chair to insinuate that we tried to sneak these amendments. We shared them in the presence of the members of the Privatisation Commission. These are matters that are very dear to some hon. Members of this House. We need to be heard. Let us debate on the merits and demerits of these amendments instead of just listening to the Vice-Chair, and just saying that we must listen to the Chairpersons of Committees. There are pertinent issues regarding privatisation of these companies and the hon. Members need to really speak ... view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am here. view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I only have two issues to raise. The first one is with regard to what Hon. Kamama, the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, has said. He has said that some Regulations passed through a Committee of this House. I believe the Committee works for and on behalf of this House. I do not remember that Committee tabling any of those Regulations in this House for ratification. The second issue is with regard to what is happening in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The Executive is taking this House ... view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to speak to this Bill. First, when this Bill finally becomes law, we shall have made major steps towards achieving the Bills of Rights as stipulated in our Constitution. The provisions within this Bill will go a long way in helping us deal with issues of tribalism, nepotism and other forms of favouritism that are usually practised in our public offices. I say this because it provides that members of the public are adequately given information regarding certain administrative actions taken by the administrators. For example, this Bill envisages a situation ... view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: There is also the other issue of pensions that had been alluded to by one of the Members who spoke here before. Pensioners in this country have really suffered in the hands of administrators. There are pensions that are either not forthcoming or monies that have been released for purposes of paying them and never get to them because of administrators who are supposed to hold this money on their behalf. A report was submitted to this House with regard to teachers who retired in 1997.Their issues to do with pension have been outstanding for so many years. A lot ... view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: are ailing and suffering yet people who are supposed to take action and make decisions on their behalf and help them get their payments are not taking expeditious action. When this Bill finally comes into effect as law, it will enable such people to find solutions to their problem either through the courts or all the other avenues that have been provided for by this law. So, Members of Parliament should seriously support this Bill so that a lot of the issues that emerge from public service can be dealt with expeditiously and to the satisfaction of the members of ... view
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. Going with the discussions here, since we are debating a list that contains names of Members, will it be right to continue discussing this list while they are present?This is because they are very agitated and take this discussion personally. view
• 2 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. Owing to the interest exhibited by hon. Members on this Motion, and given that we have been sitting here since morning, would it be possible to reduce the speaking time for each Member to three minutes, so that as many Members as possible may speak to this matter? view
• 2 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. Owing to the interest exhibited by hon. Members on this Motion, and given that we have been sitting here since morning, would it be possible to reduce the speaking time for each Member to three minutes, so that as many Members as possible may speak to this matter? view