Jared Odoyo Okelo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 301 to 310 of 445.

• 7 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: that we should be asking ourselves. If the commissioners are not clean, then why are we saying that those agitating for their vacation are malicious? These are fundamental questions that we have to look into. The Supreme Court, which is the apex court in this country, harshly indicted IEBC of gross incompetence and no one wants to talk about this. If the apex court has already pronounced itself, who are we to defend them? Four out of seven commissioners have indicted the three who are still sitting pretty in office, and they have graciously resigned from their positions. Are we, ... view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also join in commending the efforts of Hon. Didmus Barasa for coming up with this. As my very able Leader of the Minority Party alluded to, listening to my brother Barasa in public barazas and funerals, you would be at pains to believe that he can come up with such an incisive Motion. I commend him, nevertheless. view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Well, based on my cordial relationship with him not just in this House but even before, I withdraw. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the fare system in this country is almost impossible to understand. The changes in a complex system of matatu fares bring about anger and hostility. The regular claims that increasing cost of travelling using matatus is an incentive to use rail transport is difficult to understand. That begs the question whether it is high time we invested more on trains and rail transport in this country. view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: We acknowledge that operating costs for running services are high and perhaps profit margins for the operators have remained stable and maybe relatively low. But that cannot be an excuse to arbitrary hiking of fares for the people of this country. The index of matatu fares have outstripped the consumer price index partly because of the built in fare rises caused by their own self price regulated systems. This is an industry where we do not have specific regulations that encompass issues of pricing. Therefore, this Motion is a wake-up call to the country to look into this. view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Lately, we have had interventions on enforcement of Michuki rules. We used to have 18 people sitting in a matatu . The Michuki rules prescribed 14. When there was laxity and a lull in enforcement of the prices the number of passengers moved to 18. When these laws were being followed by the traffic commandants and traffic officers, the prices doubled but the number of officers moved down by only four, hence giving matatu owners more than 100 per cent in terms of the profits that they make. This is utterly unacceptable. view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: A lot has been said about bearing the brunt by commuters during rainy season. Rain is an occurrence of nature. We wonder why we have to pay more just because God has opened the skies. I think by way of regulations, this will arrest this kind of wayward behaviour in the matatu industry. view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: The absence of regulations commonly triggers strikes by matatu operators. They wake up one morning and say that they shall be off the road tomorrow, even when the Matatu Owners Association, together with other regulators are opposed to those kinds of strikes. So, we are being subjected to immense suffering in the hands of a people who have very little respect to our loss. view
• 6 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: A lot has been talked about festivities, or festive seasons. During Christmas and now soon Easter holidays, the prices will be so giganomous that many will not be able to afford. We ask ourselves whether it is criminal to go home and enjoy festive seasons. These regulations will come up with certainties on what should be charged to a passenger irrespective of season and occurrences of nature that will come about and irrespective of the distances travelled. Therefore I rise to support this Motion by my brother and friend, Hon. Didmus Barasa. I thank you. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. We have a very progressive Constitution and that is what has informed the further amendment that we are coming up with as regards the vacancies as they will occur within the office of the governor. There was a misconception at the very beginning that senators were going to be more powerful than any person in this country. That is why those who would have otherwise initially gone for the position of governor chose to be senators only to realise that they have no powers and there was a mass exodus when they then chose to go and run ... view