Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 May 2017 in National Assembly: The health of our nation and people is the biggest asset that this country can have. Children that are breastfed exclusively for six months develop well and are stronger. Their cognitive ability, the brain development, their immunity, their bones and all those issues benefit from the longer they have the chance to breastfeed. Six months is what is recommended. We know that in many places in Kenya, maternity leave is limited to just three months. We need to create a culture, framework and put systems in place to make sure those women who are coming back from maternity leave are ... view
• 31 May 2017 in National Assembly: The Bill and its provisions will help us break some of the taboo issues around public breastfeeding and make it much more reasonable and acceptable. I do not want to belabour the point. I know there are Members in the House who want to contribute to this Bill. It is a progressive Bill. It will protect the rights of mothers and enhance their capacity to be mothers. It is also in our interest that our children grow into healthy adults. view
• 31 May 2017 in National Assembly: The Bill and its provisions will help us break some of the taboo issues around public breastfeeding and make it much more reasonable and acceptable. I do not want to belabour the point. I know there are Members in the House who want to contribute to this Bill. It is a progressive Bill. It will protect the rights of mothers and enhance their capacity to be mothers. It is also in our interest that our children grow into healthy adults. view
• 31 May 2017 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I am happy to second. I would like to compliment Hon. Sabina Chege for moving this Bill. I hope that many Members of the House will support it even as we move to the Third Reading. Thank you. view
• 31 May 2017 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I am happy to second. I would like to compliment Hon. Sabina Chege for moving this Bill. I hope that many Members of the House will support it even as we move to the Third Reading. Thank you. view
• 30 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I support that we keep the taxes that have been levied and are less than six months old in place. It will be very critical. As we have been debating this at one point, the Leader of the Majority Party declared his interest when there was an amendment about silos, that he had no interest and that he is only interested in camels. view
• 30 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I support that we keep the taxes that have been levied and are less than six months old in place. It will be very critical. As we have been debating this at one point, the Leader of the Majority Party declared his interest when there was an amendment about silos, that he had no interest and that he is only interested in camels. view
• 30 May 2017 in National Assembly: On this betting issue, it will be prudent for Members - because we saw when Hon. Jakoyo’s Bill came up how it was received - to declare if they have any interest or any influence or whether they are voting and deciding based purely on their conscience. Members know these regulations and tax levels were set less than six months ago. They proceeded to publish an extortionist and scary 50 per cent and then they are turning round and saying that they now want to withdraw them. It smells very fishy to me and there is no good explanation why ... view
• 30 May 2017 in National Assembly: On this betting issue, it will be prudent for Members - because we saw when Hon. Jakoyo’s Bill came up how it was received - to declare if they have any interest or any influence or whether they are voting and deciding based purely on their conscience. Members know these regulations and tax levels were set less than six months ago. They proceeded to publish an extortionist and scary 50 per cent and then they are turning round and saying that they now want to withdraw them. It smells very fishy to me and there is no good explanation why ... view
• 30 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. view