John Owuor Onyango Kobado

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 101 to 110 of 190.

• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I want to start by saying that I do not think that this Government and the preceding governments are serious when it comes to matters of agriculture. The agriculture sector supports the livelihoods of approximately 25 per cent of the Kenyan population and in particular, the sugar industry plays a very significant role and contributes about 58 per cent of agriculture GDP. I say so because I belong to the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives. This morning we were discussing the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) for 2015/2016. You realize ... view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: terms of dependency in their livelihood. It also employs close to 300,000 Kenyans so the collapse of the sugar industry would kill one particular region in this country. We have heard about the COMESA safeguard from 2004 up to this year. In 2004, we had some safeguard window for the Government to make and put in place some reforms. In 2008, it was the same; 2013 it was the same and this time round it is still the same. Why have we been having these COMESA safeguards? The reason is simple. It is for the Government to come up with ... view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: of the farmers that take their sugar to SONY come from my constituency, the land is seriously undervalued if you look at what we have in the Report. The land is seriously undervalued and even the factory itself is undervalued. That is one sugar factory that is performing. That is the only sugar factory that is profitable. As we are considering the process of privatisation, this thing needs to be done sequentially. It needs to be done with an arrangement such that we give it time so that we involve public hearings. We can have conferences and we can have ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to add my voice to this. I am a very dedicated and committed Member of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. I can see the direction that the discussion has taken. I do not mind being a lone voice. I am happy. I want to appreciate the Leader of the Majority Party for making a wonderful summary of the whole thing and at least today you have talked like you can provide leadership to this House. Let me to pick from where The electronic version of the ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: he started that where there is smoke, there is likely to be fire. The reports that will be coming again from the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare are unlikely to pass credibility tests. I want to say that the Report we are discussing this afternoon does not pass credibility test. As we are producing reports we need to be objective so that we help this House. The House will make its decisions based on the reports that we produce. In producing a good report, the facts and evidence gathered should be analysed, discussed with specific reference to the ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I stand guided, hon. Speaker. The issue of looking at the National Gender and Equality Commission Act is escapist. As far as I am concerned, there is no serious confusion in the Act. I am an expert in management and I can tell you that there isno confusion. Much as it says that the Chairperson is supposed to provide supervision and direction to the Commission, that does not give her a licence to micro-manage the secretariat. This Commission hired an institution of the Government to prepare their organisational structure because basically institutions operate on legal structures. In the event that ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: So, we are dealing with a Chairperson who is autocratic, dictatorial and who more or less runs the institution like her own business. These are things we need to look at so that we do not end up with a repeat of these kinds of things. The Chairperson has violated the Employment Act, 2007. Much as I may not go deeply into that but that is part of the confusion that has brought role conflict and role ambiguity in the institution. That is the serious constant interference and intimidation of staff working under the Chairperson. Hon. Speaker, there is procedural ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. First of all, I walk with the briefcase because I am professional. My briefcase contains only professional documents. Two, I registered dissent. If you look at this Report, it is not signed by any hon. Member of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. I registered dissent which should be in the minutes if they wrote the minutes correctly. Hon. Speaker, on the issue of leaving out some evidence, the evidence that is contained in this Report is one sided; it is only for those who were opposing the Petition. view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker--- view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. They timed me. They knew I had factual information. So when I left for home to attend a funeral, they decided to call the meeting urgently and pass that Report in my absence. view