Jared Odoyo Okelo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: been at pains to place me correctly. You will be seeing this often as we go along. I will be joining you my sister, Hon. Janet Ong’era. I am just here on a loan, I will be back home. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: In support of the Report, I would want us to take cognisance of a few things. It is true that we are experiencing very harsh fiscal and economic realities as a country and the imposition of 8 per cent VAT on petroleum products is a testament that cannot be gainsaid. In recognition of the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, I would urge this House to advise the Executive correctly, as it considers austerity measures to fill the gaps in our budget and also to scale back our diplomatic representation oversees by closing some of the ... view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Another big question that we have to live with is: Are we really rescuing our people from the jaws of abuses in continents such as Asia and other places? Day in, day out we are confronted as a society by hue and cry from our citizens abroad about the difficulties, alienations, segregations, abuses and violence meted on them on a daily basis. Are our embassies abroad doing enough to protect the dignity of our people in these countries? Why is this becoming so rampant? We must have the right mix of skills to meet the needs of missions abroad. That ... view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: How do we allocate scholarship opportunities with countries that expend scholarship opportunities every year? Do the students we send out there have the Kenyan representation or it is about who knows who, in order that we access this most important opportunities out there? In championing the spirit of oneness, the spirit of the handshake and the spirit of Kenya, every opportunity must be given to Kenyans who deserve, regardless of their voting patterns, ethnicity and their originalities. How do they handle issues bedevilling Kenyans abroad? We know Kenyans who are always confronted with challenges out there, not just the abuses ... view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I thank you. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I seek your indulgence on one aspect. Based on the gravity of this matter, I would kindly request that even though we have exhausted the allocated time, you may give some few people including myself, at least, two minutes to delve into it. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you just allowed me… view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you. Recently, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) carried out a survey that painted a grim picture of unemployment levels in this country. We got to learn that over 8 million Kenyans are unemployed. About 2 million out of that figure are desperately looking for 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
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: work to this very day. Some of them have gone back to school to further their studies in the hope that they will put their hands in some gainful employment after graduation. But, as Kenyans would know, your guess as to what awaits them is as good as mine. Even for the few who have jobs, most of them are in low cadre, poor paying jobs. Most are constantly exploited by their employers. Then, what awaits them are family responsibilities. There is already a very thin monetary gain from those few people. Then, the family pressure in terms of budgetary ... view