John Olago Aluoch

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker. In moving this Motion I was expecting the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party to address the false media reports on the court case. However, Hon. Lessonet has done well to explain to the House. If you were listening to radio stations and reading newspapers, the reports on that court case were based on misconceptions and ignorance. I think reporters and media staff who deal with court cases should have some element of law so that they understand. The Hon. Leader of the Majority Party should tell the country that NG- CDF is here to stay ... view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to support this Motion but I want to set the record straight because to me it seems like Members imagine that the Pensions Management Committee simply looks at pensions of former or sitting Members. The Pensions Management Committee is one of the many arms of the PSC. It comprises of these three representatives from this House plus another group from the National Treasury and another group from the staff of Parliament. The three we will nominate will be sitting in a bigger group. The question we should be asking ourselves is: In approving ... view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, in the 10th Parliament, as we were working on legislation to accommodate county governments, some of the qualifications that we were to deal with, which came from the Office of the Attorney-General, was that for members to be appointed to several commissions, one of the disqualifications was having served as a Member of Parliament. It is as if serving in this House makes you are an ex-convict. We asked why a Member who served in this House should not serve in any commission. We had to fight hard to remove that The electronic version of the Official ... view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: disqualification because we believe if you serve in this House for five years, you have gained sufficient experience for you to serve anywhere else in this world. What the Attorney-General at that time imagined was that if you have served here, you are unemployable. After five years, you leave the House and then what do you do? view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: When you talk about pensions of Members and members of staff, we look at what is due to their families if they are deceased, sick or involved in accidents. Members of staff and Members of Parliament die. If you die, what is your family or beneficiaries entitled to? These are some of the basic facts that Members of the Parliamentary Pensions Management Committee will have to deal with. That is why we need to have men and women who understand the life of Members of Parliament. Everyday in our constituencies and the Parliament’s lounge, we come across former Members who ... view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: I have come across former Members of Parliament who ask you to give them fare to go back home. It is as bad as that. Wherever I am, I keep on praying, “Dear God, please, do not let me get to that level when I leave this House because it is miserable.” What we are discussing this morning to the Kenyan on the street out there is like we are looking at our own benefits and that is why both sides of the political divide of the House are united. It is not. I am pained that in the immediate ... view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: As we talk about the boycott, let us look exactly at what the Parliamentary Pensions Management Committee will be handling. Here is a case where Members will have to go back to their constituencies. Indeed, it has been said that coming in here is very difficult, but getting out is very easy. It may not even have anything to do with how you perform either here or in the constituency. As a senior Member of the House, I want to tell my new colleagues that they must know how to balance their time, so that they spend sufficient time legislating ... view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I know very able Members in the last Parliament who we served with in some committees. They were very effective as Committee Members and leaders, but they did not have time to attend to their constituents because they were busy in Parliament. As a result, they are not here with us. How do you measure the performance of a Member of Parliament? The media wants to measure our performance by how many times we speak, but they do not measure it by how often you look at your responsibilities at the constituency. It is also important that ... view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: I support this Motion. If my colleagues, Hon. Dan Wanyama, Hon. Rehema Dida Jaldesa and Hon. Andrew Mwadime, are approved by the House, I want to urge them to get to this Committee with the responsibility of ensuring that when Members retire or die, as well as members of staff, their beneficiaries get what they are entitled to according to the law. view
• 8 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Hon. Deputy Speaker. 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