Jared Odoyo Okelo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 371 to 380 of 445.

• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is connected. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this timely Motion on provision of specialised training and subsidised cost relating to fistula surgery. We cannot delve very much into the description of what fistula basically means because most of the speakers have properly given its description, which is caused by prolonged and protracted labour by women trying to deliver. This affects a woman’s life physically; it affects her psychosocially and it affects her economically. When a woman is undergoing fistula challenges, she is denied an opportunity to have self-esteem and self-confidence. Therefore, this The electronic version of the ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Motion ought to have also included the need to have Level 5 hospitals in various counties staffed with doctors or obstetricians who have the capacity to handle issues related to fistula. Fistula denies women an opportunity to engage in economic activities, because the condition that they are in may not permit them to fully exploit their potential to create wealth. Hence the need for surgery to repair the physical damage of fistula and the devastating consequences that affects a woman’s quality of life, which may persist when she re-integrates back into her community. We have been told that they experience ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Allow me to delve into what my brother, Hon. Otiende Amollo has come up with. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: What I am saying touches on legality. That is why I am on a point of order. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: You may also want to… view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to take a different tangent. This is an important issue that borders on many things. Firstly, I agree with my brother, the Majority Whip that we cannot move Kshs 5,000 to Kshs, 1000,000. That is an incremental of several hundreds of percentages. So we need to be human enough. If we are going to levy penalty of up to Kshs 1,000,000 for a mistake that perhaps in one way or another may be out of reach of these particular surveyors, we are becoming inhuman. Again, let us realise that negativity gains more ... view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am already being timed. It is puzzling that we are still grappling with recognition of our women in the 21st Century. The roles that are played by women in advancement of anything in the world cannot be fully underscored. When the immediate former President of the United States of America, my brother, Barack Obama, came to Kenya, he said that neglecting women or putting them off the radar in terms of development is akin to having half of your players in a field. Therefore, we, as a country, must bring our women so that our ... view
• 16 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: world that, indeed, there can be a paradigm shift and have our women play an integral part to the advancement of this country. During the segregation in the USA, a woman started the agitation for the civil rights movement. This was none other than Ms. Rosa Parks. She left her workplace and sat in a bus. It was a tradition that when a white man or woman showed up, a black person left the seat. She refused. When she was confronted with this issue she said in a smattering English: “My feets is tired, but my soul is strong.” It ... view