John Olago Aluoch

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. As we appreciate the effort of the Minister in bringing this Bill to the House, let us also appreciate the efforts of other Kenyans who have assisted in the crafting and formulation of ideas that form the core of this Bill. I have in mind the Law Reform Commission of Kenya (LRCK), the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC), the International Commission of Jurists (ECJ), Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Law Society of Kenya (LSK), Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) and all Kenyans of goodwill who have worked together to ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will recall that on 16th December, 2010, this House, after very long deliberations, adopted the Report of the Committee on Justice and Legal on the Report of the Ligale Commission. That is what was adopted by the House. However, the way the Bill handles that Report in the Fifth Schedule is something that we must look at very carefully. I do agree with the Minister that we need to look at Schedule Five of this Bill very carefully to see how best we can handle the issue of boundaries and the delimitations of wards. ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: However, the aspirations of Kenyans, by and large, are captured in this Bill. That is because never again should Kenyan experience what it experienced in late 2007 and early 2008. Never again shall we have a chairman of a commission on elections who has the temerity and the casualness to reply when asked by the media who won these elections to say: “I do not know”. Never again should we have a chairman of the electoral commission who, when confronted by questions on delay in receiving Form 16As from some constituencies has the temerity to tell the nation that his ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the foundation of this Bill, we should appreciate the fact that it is founded under Article 88(4) of the Constitution in Chapter 15. It states:- “The Commission is responsible for conducting or supervising referenda and elections to any elective body or office established by this Constitution and any other election as prescribed by an Act of Parliament.” So, the Bill has its foundation in the Constitution. That is a matter that we must not lose sight of. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was part of a team of members of ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we look at this Bill carefully, let us look at what Justice Kriegler said on the report of the Independent Review of the Electoral Commission. He had this to say about the Commission that he wanted Kenyans to seriously look at when establishing it. He said:- “The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) has professional staff in many of its departments; all the departmental heads are at least professionals. Given the Commission’s committee system, however, they will continue to be nothing more than senior assistants to the commissioners if they are not given room to ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there will be delimitation of boundaries for constituencies and wards in the Fifth Schedule. This is a matter that should be handled very carefully. While the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and Administration of Justice was tasked with the responsibility of looking at the Ligale Report and making decisions on what needs to be done, the Committee went to great length and took a lot of pain to come up with a report. The report was debated here and you will recall how Members of Parliament were divided on how to treat the Ligale ... view
• 26 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There is a bit of confusion about what the Assistant Minister is talking about. Is it not in order for him to specify that the Question talks about water “bowsers” and not water “boosers”? view
• 26 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You have heard the Assistant Minister say that there is more than enough water in Kisumu. Is it in order for him to say so when in actual fact there is not enough water? There is enough water for the lower part of Kisumu but other parts of Kisumu, including Nyahera, Kiboswa and the rest of the hill have no water at all. view
• 26 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 31st March, 2011, I asked for a Statement from the Minister for Energy in respect of safety concerns arising from the recent release of radioactive material into the atmosphere from Japan. Since then, I have had to ask three times for the Statement. Last week, the Minister for Energy himself, hon. Murungi, was present and he asked the Chair to give him more time because the matter was technical. He said that he was going to give the Statement today. view