Jared Odoyo Okelo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Put the Question! view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As a Member of the Special Funds Accounts Committee, I rise to support this Report. Political parties play a pivotal role towards advancement of democratic ideals. At the same time, they are established with a view to seizing power and controlling the instruments of Government. The freedom that we enjoy to this day has been perpetuated, to a larger degree, by political parties. Therefore, their participation in our advancements cannot be properly underscored. We have heard about funding issues. It was put in law, unequivocally, that out of the revenues collected by the Government, ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: general aggregate. The formula upon which the National Treasury relies to share out this money is so skewed that it leaves political parties with nothing, but to suffer on the streets at the end of the day, to get money to run their affairs. We must follow the law. We must follow both the Constitution and the Political Parties Act in order to properly run the affairs of political parties such that what is meant for political parties goes to political parties, as the Bible would say “give Caesar what belongs to Caesar.” Let us give political parties money that ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, while walking out on a health break, I heard the Leader of the Majority Party who is … 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
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I am building my case. Member for Mandera Central is trying to prevent me from walking out. view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. That is a very timely Petition presented by our young people. Allow me first, before I delve into it, to also bring to your attention that the guests from Uganda are led by Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi who is also known as Bobi Wine. view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I was coming to that. It was just a matter of information. view
• 11 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Petition as presented by our young people is very much in order. I urge that we treat it with a lot of urgency and caution because we know of lots of violence meted on young people that many times goes unattended to and unreported by the victims. If we put more legislative power into this kind of Petition, our young people and those who have been side-lined by issues of gender would be in a position to report in time, witness protection be employed and above all, remedial measures be taken against the perpetrators. Hence, I support ... view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: In the spirit of the handshake, I have chosen to occupy a seat of the Leader of the Majority Party in Parliament and I understand why you have 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