John Owuor Onyango Kobado

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was woken up yesterday late in the night because there was another issue of theft around my home. I had to wake up the Regional Commissioner in Kisumu and some livestock were rescued by the police. So, it has been very difficult and if there was commitment on the part of the Government, I believe that we would not have got into this situation. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: A few days before that incident took place, I received threats from one of the young people who run security firms. He told me that he is a very good friend of Nyanza PC, Mr. Francis Mutie and Principal Secretary, Mutea Iringo. They said that they must audit me. This is just a civilian who, to the best of my knowledge, never went to school beyond even Form Four and yet, he has police bodyguards. He is just an ordinary Kenyan. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have got messages on my phone which he sent to me. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: He is called Mr. Eric Okeyo. He has several police bodyguards and he is just a civilian. So, I would really want to know on what account he is entitled to some security services. view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also got a message from an anonymous caller who also sent me threatening messages. He has also 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
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: sent messages telling me that he had also been enlisted by a former Member of Parliament from Nyakach. That the mission they came for was to get me and they would still be committed to that. He told me that I will remember that he called me. He intimidated me and I reported this incident to a police station. I want to say that a few times before those things happened, I recall the Head of State had summoned the communication service providers; the heads of Safaricom, Airtel and Orange. I think one of the ways to deal with this ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to the debate on this very important Motion. We need to identify our citizens and the world has gone digital. Therefore, we need to take advantage of technology to be able to do this more efficiently and effectively. We are looking at individual identification that electronically stores personal bio-data. This is an all purpose electronic card, an e-card. It is an access card which can be used even in biometric voting. Indeed, this system will be able to minimise the fraud that we have experienced ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this system, indeed, will make it easier to detect, fight and prosecute criminals. Each citizen shall get one to be able to attend college, to take up a new job, to start a new business, to drive and even to walk around the country. The security agencies, if this system is implemented, will be able to access personal information about anybody using the identity cards. The system will be able to improve the service delivery in various sectors of our economy. You see long queues in banks and when people are paying for services like electricity ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, technically, we are talking about a system that will be able to use retina scan features. That is to say it will capture biometric identification using the iris scanners, which are the eyes. We are told that the eyes of human beings have better identification than the thumbs, meaning that this will be a more effective and credible system of identification. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, security in this country has been transformed into a political concern. Policies should be put in place to review these policies. We must use modern technologies as the backbone of our security and intelligence. Today’s security threats are quick, quiet and hidden and, therefore, security issues are becoming more challenging. view