Julius Odenyo Arungah

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, even if I was to give the Assistant Minister the benefit of doubt and say he has spent approximately Kshs5 million on these two projects in the last four years or so, last week I read in the Press that Kshs100 million was spent in one constituency to provide water for the people there. Is this a fair distribution of national resources? Could the Assistant Minister undertake to come to Khwisero to find out for himself whether this Kshs5 million, indeed, was properly utilised? view
• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The assistant Minister has evaded my second question, which is, can he undertake to visit Khwisero to ensure that the Kshs5 million was properly spent? view
• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to congratulate the Assistant Minister. I would like to raise two issues. First, the Ministry of Education is taking a big chunk of this money. We have been told that there is a serious shortage of teachers. Could the Ministry of Education take a census of all the teachers and students and establish whether we need the 60,000 teachers that we are talking about? The problem might be that we have teachers, but the distribution is the problem. Secondly, we know that a lot of money has been set aside for our ... view
• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. It gives me great pleasure to get this opportunity to second this Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to me, the passage or enactment of this Bill into law, will be one of the greatest milestones in the history of the 9th Parliament. This is my fifth year in this House and I have watched helplessly as hon. Members assemble in this House every June to spend seven days--- If you calculate the man hours that we spend discussing the budget speeches and, yet, at the end of it all, we ... view
• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not know whether the Minister would mind some information. view
• 15 May 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister of State for Administration and National Security the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Under what circumstances did Mr. Allan Inganga Ashiali drown in a disused quarry in Kayole on Sunday, 22nd April, 2007? (b) What measures are being taken to recover the body? (c) What further measures are being taken to prevent such unnecessary deaths? view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the information of this House, one Allan Inganga drowned on Sunday, 22nd April, 2007, and within hours the police was informed. The parents and onlookers waited in vain for a whole day. No action was taken by the police. By the Assistant Minister's admission, the parents, indeed, sought assistance from a young man to try and help the young Allan who had drowned. Unfortunately, the young man, David Ochieng, also drowned. The Assistant Minister said that they airlifted the Kenya Navy divers from Mombasa on 26th April, 2007. That was four days later, after the ... view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Four days, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. May 3, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1099 view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the response given by the Assistant Minister, in a nutshell, it means that disaster management in the country is in a very sorry state. I would like the Assistant Minister to tell this House what specific steps he is taking to improve the response time to disaster. This is not the first time this is happening. To tell us that it will take four days to airlift personnel from Mombasa is, to say the least, very absurd. What steps is he taking so that he can improve on his response time? 1100 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May ... view