Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: This Bill has one piece of it that is barely acceptable; tiny cleaning of it, editorial pieces to make it come into line with current references of Government. On issues of substance, the House must be involved in the appointment of the commissioners, even if they have been vetted in a competitive process. They should be brought to this House for consideration and for the advice and consent of this House. view
• 26 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: This Bill has one piece of it that is barely acceptable; tiny cleaning of it, editorial pieces to make it come into line with current references of Government. On issues of substance, the House must be involved in the appointment of the commissioners, even if they have been vetted in a competitive process. They should be brought to this House for consideration and for the advice and consent of this House. view
• 26 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: When we talk about the decisions to privatise and there are recommendations, they should be debated and the relevant Committee of this House looks at them. We are in tricky times and I urge the Members of Parliament to remain very vigilant in this coming few months. There are a lot of things competing for our attention. It may be voter registration, hunger and famine issues around the country, security issues and campaign issues. All these issues are there eating our minds. But, I beg Members of this House that we do not lose our vigilance and our attention to ... view
• 26 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: When we talk about the decisions to privatise and there are recommendations, they should be debated and the relevant Committee of this House looks at them. We are in tricky times and I urge the Members of Parliament to remain very vigilant in this coming few months. There are a lot of things competing for our attention. It may be voter registration, hunger and famine issues around the country, security issues and campaign issues. All these issues are there eating our minds. But, I beg Members of this House that we do not lose our vigilance and our attention to ... view
• 26 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: people. I am happy to rise up and oppose this Bill. If it does somehow pass the Second Reading, where I hope it dies a natural death, I will be making sure we support any amendments at the Third Reading as promised by the Chair. With those few remarks, I beg to oppose. view
• 26 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: people. I am happy to rise up and oppose this Bill. If it does somehow pass the Second Reading, where I hope it dies a natural death, I will be making sure we support any amendments at the Third Reading as promised by the Chair. With those few remarks, I beg to oppose. view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Public Private Partnerships (Amendment) Bill. It is an important Bill with critical amendments that will help to improve this legislation and framework. We have seen that if we rely on our Government to raise revenue and construct critical infrastructure and other public development projects on its own, it takes a very long time. However, if we are creative and consistent, we can seek competent partners from the private sector who can inject in capital and help us to embrace and do much more in a faster way. Public Private ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: a lot of the projects much faster. The language is clarified and the framework of our 47 county governments working with the national Government is important. As I comment on this Public Private Partnership Bill, I am excited. Everybody knows that my focus and passion as a leader in this country is the issue of education. In fact, in Kibra, my policy is elimu kwanza, education first. Sometimes I wish we could get public private partners to come in and help us to earn and scale up the schools and the quality of the facilities available. We have some government ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Even at the county level, I come from the County of Nairobi and the County Government of Nairobi had proposed to construct early childhood development (ECD) centres through containers. That plan did not sit very well with parents. I can tell you that in places like Kibra, we want quality facilities for our children. We do not want our children to learn in a container as a school. We want them to have a proper school that is well-built. This is where we seek that in counties like Mombasa, Kisumu and across the country, there should be that innovation and ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, will I be in order to request, before it is six O’clock, that we extend the time up to 7.00 p.m. so that all Members get a chance to speak? view