Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

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• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: The pot is dry of funding for Kenya. We have to be innovative and realistic as Kenyan legislators to make sure we deal with our security problems; integrate our refugees; monitor them better and not rely on foreign aid that is not coming, even from within the United Nations (UN) system. The pot of money for refugee care is dwindling. We are a generous nation. Let us be creative and resourceful when these resources dry up. We relied on the UNHCR and the UN for too long. The resources are just not coming. They are going elsewhere closer to the ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: The pot is dry of funding for Kenya. We have to be innovative and realistic as Kenyan legislators to make sure we deal with our security problems; integrate our refugees; monitor them better and not rely on foreign aid that is not coming, even from within the United Nations (UN) system. The pot of money for refugee care is dwindling. We are a generous nation. Let us be creative and resourceful when these resources dry up. We relied on the UNHCR and the UN for too long. The resources are just not coming. They are going elsewhere closer to the ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I think the Chair of the Committee is out of order and you must hold him to account. This is because he is sharing his opinion and political sentiment, but not addressing the words of the text that Hon. Aghostinho has provided. If you just listen to him carefully, he said that Kenyans do not want refugees to be given land. What Hon. Aghostinho has put in the law says exactly the same. It says refugees shall not acquire land or hold free-hold interest in land in Kenya. Let us speak clear English. Let us not ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I think the Chair of the Committee is out of order and you must hold him to account. This is because he is sharing his opinion and political sentiment, but not addressing the words of the text that Hon. Aghostinho has provided. If you just listen to him carefully, he said that Kenyans do not want refugees to be given land. What Hon. Aghostinho has put in the law says exactly the same. It says refugees shall not acquire land or hold free-hold interest in land in Kenya. Let us speak clear English. Let us not ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Please allow me just one minute, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. If you take away what Hon. Aghostinho has put in place explicitly, which will become part of our law, we will end up in silence. It is in that silence, through corruption, that refugees will acquire land. However, if you put it in law, in black and white, that refugees shall not acquire land, and that they will have access to some land for their own subsistence and things like those, you will be able to come up with guidelines on how to integrate refugees with the host communities; and ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Please allow me just one minute, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. If you take away what Hon. Aghostinho has put in place explicitly, which will become part of our law, we will end up in silence. It is in that silence, through corruption, that refugees will acquire land. However, if you put it in law, in black and white, that refugees shall not acquire land, and that they will have access to some land for their own subsistence and things like those, you will be able to come up with guidelines on how to integrate refugees with the host communities; and ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: safeguard their rights and privileges of sharing water and pastures, among other things. If you are silent on it, we will have conflict, which the Chair and I do not like. Therefore, let us eliminate the conflict by having a law. If we do not have it in the law, we will create that gap. For 30 years, we have already seen the harmful impact of that gap. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: safeguard their rights and privileges of sharing water and pastures, among other things. If you are silent on it, we will have conflict, which the Chair and I do not like. Therefore, let us eliminate the conflict by having a law. If we do not have it in the law, we will create that gap. For 30 years, we have already seen the harmful impact of that gap. view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I rise to oppose the deletion of Clause 52 because Clause 24 comes under the part of the Bill that talks about issues of application for refugee status. It is very clear on what you should do when talking about refugee women and children in their application for refugee status. That is Part III of the Bill. In Part VII of the Bill, we are dealing with integration, repatriation and resettlement of refugees. It is one simple and clear line. You will negate and neglect when you take out this provision and say you were asked ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I rise to oppose the deletion of Clause 52 because Clause 24 comes under the part of the Bill that talks about issues of application for refugee status. It is very clear on what you should do when talking about refugee women and children in their application for refugee status. That is Part III of the Bill. In Part VII of the Bill, we are dealing with integration, repatriation and resettlement of refugees. It is one simple and clear line. You will negate and neglect when you take out this provision and say you were asked ... view