Hon Jeremiah Omboko Milemba

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• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to equally support the Motion, which provides that we establish programmes and interventions to encourage the uptake of counselling services. However, as I support it, I would wish that we expand our scope so that we do not just look at mental illnesses. The Mover also broadened the Motion enough. I also want to bring to the fore the fact that there are certain departments and institutions that do this, but they The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: have not been institutionalised formally. I, therefore, want to support, but still propose that every Government department, institution and ministry should institutionalise counselling services for its workers. In every place of work, there is not only the issue of mental illness, but also the issue of stress. In fact, what affects Kenyans as a social problem is stress. Coming back to the constituencies, we lack counselling services within the areas of our jurisdiction. I would support very strongly that there is need for the Government to post tacticians who know the issues of counselling in every constituency so that they ... view
• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Martha Wangari for this because it is extremely crucial. It touches every home and every family. It affects schooling. It affects the agricultural sector in the country because currently parents wake up in the morning to look for birth certificates and go back home and still go back the following day. Originally, birth certificates were reserved for the elite in Kenya. Not everybody had a birth certificate. But a birth certificate has become the main tool to facilitate employment opportunities and even entry into schools. Therefore, it has dawned ... view
• 18 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. We should not do it from the basis of the interest of our professions. What Hon. Kajwang’ was trying to do was that we can hire a lawyer. We do not need to bring him on board. In fact, the Hon. Member who has just spoken has given credit to this. If you look at Ministers for Finance who performed well, they may not have been guys in that profession, but under them, there were technocrats who were helping them to perform. Moving forward, whereas I do not believe in exclusion per se - that we ... view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to confine myself to the constitutionality of this Motion. I quickly want to indicate that it is wrong for the House to be informed and guided, as I earlier heard, that only just a small group of people look at the constitutionality of the Motions before they come here. That is a misguided approach. There is only one institution that can make a decision on the constitutionality of any law in this country and that is the Judiciary. Section 37 is very strong… The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Therefore, I quickly support the fact that this Motion is not proper and against our Constitution, which is supreme. At no time should this House look like it wants to meddle with the Constitution, unless we are handling a Constitutional Motion. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. My comments are on the issue of de- localisation of teachers. That policy came in quickly and without much consultation from the stakeholders. It is true that it has caused a lot of suffering among teachers. Originally, teachers were localised under the District Focus for Rural Development during the time of President Moi and teachers worked closer to their homes. Today, with the de-localisation policy, teachers are being moved to far-away places. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The idea of de-localisation has no face for the teachers especially considering the fact that the HIV/AIDs epidemic has affected the Kenyan population including teachers. De-localisation equally, has no face for the old teachers who are almost retiring, the sick, females and youthful teachers who are just newly married. It is causing a lot of havoc among the teachers. De- localisation, for the sake of the House to understand further, has moved from the level of just de- localising the existing teachers to de-localising promotions. Currently, what is happening is that, for one to be promoted, he must be a ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: So, the de-localisation policy has moved from the teachers to promotions. It is causing a lot of bad feelings among communities because local teachers are feeling left out. De-localisation is being used for favouritism because a teacher who is a non-local in an area is promoted and the locals are left out. Therefore, this policy needs to be looked into. It is true that there is a big shortage of teachers in this country and the number stands at 103,000. It is important for the Government to set aside funds for employment of more teachers in our schools. The Departmental ... view
• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I speak on behalf of Amani National Congress, which is part of the NASA Coalition. Dialogue is a word that is used severally in the community I come from. Hence the word mulembe, which means “dialogue and peace”. However, whereas we want to support dialogue in Kenya, I would like to quickly assert that dialogue must be done in a structured manner that is all-involving. As the Mover and the Seconder of the Motion have indicated, we want to move forward. If we want the dialogue process to be all-involving, we must include all the players ... view