Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me begin by saying a big thank you to PAC, led by Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo, for doing a thorough Report. Many people doubted that this Report would see the light of day. I am relieved and encouraged to see the Report has made it to be debated in the open. I hope it will be put in simple PDF format so that it can be shared widely for Kenyans to read and for it to go as a document of a shameful scandal in our history. We must make a choice as a ... view
• 17 May 2017 in National Assembly: public relations with media branding, it gives them a hope that “finally we have been remembered. Here is something for us. Here is something that will really engage us and give us a chance to be empowered. We will earn from our sweat. We will have the dignity of working and earning and we will not be begging or waiting for handouts from politicians. We will be improving our environment like cleaning up Kibra, building roads that the community needs, building water pans in rural areas where they are needed and contributing to society and earning justly from it”. This ... view
• 17 May 2017 in National Assembly: public relations with media branding, it gives them a hope that “finally we have been remembered. Here is something for us. Here is something that will really engage us and give us a chance to be empowered. We will earn from our sweat. We will have the dignity of working and earning and we will not be begging or waiting for handouts from politicians. We will be improving our environment like cleaning up Kibra, building roads that the community needs, building water pans in rural areas where they are needed and contributing to society and earning justly from it”. This ... view
• 17 May 2017 in National Assembly: the young people of Kibra worked for, earned in over 12 months, the savings that were held by the NYS, and as the Report has said here, over Kshs500 million of it was used by the NYS to pay for recurrent expenses. The young people thought that their money was being held in trust and it would be earning interest and they would get it to invest in businesses. The NYS was using that money illegally to do other recurrent expenditures. Up to now, the SACCOs of the young people in Kibra have not received their full money. This is ... view
• 17 May 2017 in National Assembly: the young people of Kibra worked for, earned in over 12 months, the savings that were held by the NYS, and as the Report has said here, over Kshs500 million of it was used by the NYS to pay for recurrent expenses. The young people thought that their money was being held in trust and it would be earning interest and they would get it to invest in businesses. The NYS was using that money illegally to do other recurrent expenditures. Up to now, the SACCOs of the young people in Kibra have not received their full money. This is ... view
• 17 May 2017 in National Assembly: to feed their children. Those are the situations we are dealing with. That is the betrayal by the NYS. I know most of the people are focusing on the figures, but I choose to tell the personal story of the young people. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I see my time is running out and I beg in advance for just a minute. On the issue of food security in Kibra, the young people were promised and the whole community was given a model that the Government would subsidise food prices for the most vulnerable communities in Kibra and places. They ... view
• 17 May 2017 in National Assembly: to feed their children. Those are the situations we are dealing with. That is the betrayal by the NYS. I know most of the people are focusing on the figures, but I choose to tell the personal story of the young people. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I see my time is running out and I beg in advance for just a minute. On the issue of food security in Kibra, the young people were promised and the whole community was given a model that the Government would subsidise food prices for the most vulnerable communities in Kibra and places. They ... view
• 17 May 2017 in National Assembly: That did not happen. The young people in Kibra did not get all the posho mills working and the maize was not delivered. I apologise to them. I apologise to the whole country because on two occasions when the CS was being questioned by this House, I rose up in good faith to defend her. I never gained anything personal from the NYS. I was working in trust for my people for a project that I thought was with good intentions. Now it turns out that my people were being used to create a situation where billions would be stolen ... view
• 17 May 2017 in National Assembly: That did not happen. The young people in Kibra did not get all the posho mills working and the maize was not delivered. I apologise to them. I apologise to the whole country because on two occasions when the CS was being questioned by this House, I rose up in good faith to defend her. I never gained anything personal from the NYS. I was working in trust for my people for a project that I thought was with good intentions. Now it turns out that my people were being used to create a situation where billions would be stolen ... view
• 17 May 2017 in National Assembly: join. It could build two new Technical Industrial Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training (TIVET) institutions. It could start a new college or a small university in Kibra, yet these people stole. This money should be pulled back because I am sure it did not go abroad. It is still in this country. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity. I support and appreciate the work that has been done inthis Report. view