Joel Onyancha

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. view
• 25 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. With utmost respect and in cognizance of our rules, hon. Members are raising Statements with Committees, to go to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Cabinet Secretaries and then to come back to this House for proper responses. Are we not under duty as legislators in this House, and with your guidance, to change our rules so that we do not go through this roundabout way and have the Cabinet Secretaries come to this House? I see Statements being sought and sometimes chairmen and vice chairmen are not there. In that case it behooves a member of that Committee to stand up and probably think how long it will take to get this information from the Cabinet Secretaries. It is fallacious. I think we should ... view
• 18 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I have no doubt how the Kshs6 billion came into being to the Uwezo Fund. I am absolutely clear that people voted very well and that is why we could not go for the runoff. Therefore, our youth and women will be enjoying and I want to support this amendment on Regulation 18 and generally, all the amendments that have been brought here by the Senate. That is because we want to, for once, work together as this House and the Senate. The money that has been allocated here ... view
• 18 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you and I support. view
• 18 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: ( Question, that the words to be left out be left out, view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me thank you for this opportunity and use this occasion to make my Maiden Speech as well. I would like to support this Motion and also thank God for enabling me and the people of Bomachoge Borabu that I represent to go through a grueling election. It has happened for a long time. Hon. Speaker, I was elected for the first time to this House in 2002. I was re- elected in 2007 and went out in 2009 for another by-election; that was my third participation in elections which I lost. I was re-elected in March, 2013, ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, what has happened to me is something I would not wish any Member of this House to go through. I have participated in five elections and I have won four of them and yet, I am doing my second term. view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: So, I want to thank my electors, the people of Bomachoge Borabu for sticking with me for four rounds. There have been issues about the Judiciary in terms of how they have resolved election disputes in this country. Mine is a classic example. In all the petitions that I have gone through, it has always been the IEBC that has been found to have problems and that is why I have been allowed to participate in the elections. I want to urge the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to, please, sit down and find out if there is ... view
• 12 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, once you have been elected, people look forward to development and support from both the county government and the national Government. We have appropriated money to county governments. We are the people who appropriate money to county governments. There is a lot of money now lying in the Central Bank of Kenya that should be able to develop our counties. I want to appeal to hon. Members here that we be vigilant. That is because, at the end of the term, you will either be re-elected or not elected. You could also be rigged out depending on the ... view