John Owuor Onyango Kobado

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 91 to 100 of 190.

• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: More so, the sugar sub-sector is on the verge of collapse. Food security is a real issue. I expected the President to give the nation some direction on this and help us to know where we are headed. On the issue of cash transfer to the elderly, people living with disability, orphans and vulnerable children, this is a Fund that plays a very great social role and equity. It is important that we enhance this Fund. In that direction he did fairly well. Corruption is significantly turning this nation into an international corruption paradise. Corruption destroys the image of the ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: More so, the sugar sub-sector is on the verge of collapse. Food security is a real issue. I expected the President to give the nation some direction on this and help us to know where we are headed. On the issue of cash transfer to the elderly, people living with disability, orphans and vulnerable children, this is a Fund that plays a very great social role and equity. It is important that we enhance this Fund. In that direction he did fairly well. Corruption is significantly turning this nation into an international corruption paradise. Corruption destroys the image of the ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, protect me from loud consultations. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, protect me from loud consultations. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: We need to fight corruption from the top down, so that it is gravity-assisted. But if we are going to fight corruption piecemeal, this will not take us anywhere. The Government needs to commit resources for fighting corruption, so that we can give human, financial and material resources to the agency that is supposed to fight 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
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: We need to fight corruption from the top down, so that it is gravity-assisted. But if we are going to fight corruption piecemeal, this will not take us anywhere. The Government needs to commit resources for fighting corruption, so that we can give human, financial and material resources to the agency that is supposed to fight 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
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: corruption. In any case, there is also need to fix that agency, so that we have an agency that can perform. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: corruption. In any case, there is also need to fix that agency, so that we have an agency that can perform. view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to oppose this Motion. I want to begin by acknowledging the fact that, indeed, ranking encourages competition, inculcates a sense of competition and it can be used as a tool for benchmarking. That notwithstanding, in overall terms, ranking does more harm than good. Competition needs to be fair. If you have to talk about fair competition, then we must set very clear parameters upon which we need to compete. There is need to look at the infrastructure. There is need to look at teacher to student ratio. There is need to look ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, a total of 2,975 candidates had their results cancelled as a result of cheating. That is what I was saying and the records are there. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, ranking has made students operate like robots in schools. The focus is entirely on completion of the syllabus early enough and then students are drilled to pass exams. This practice should stop if we are to improve the standards of education in our schools. Let us borrow from what they do in other institutions like universities. Before you rank, there is need to come up with a ... view