Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I have heard the Vice Chair of the Departmental Committee. Legal aid needs to be available in all the counties without difficulty, especially because the people who are going to be served are poor, be they in Nyeri, Nairobi or Marsabit, they cannot afford to travel to Nairobi for legal aid. While I am sensitive to the value of using “may” in the second part about establishing offices in the county headquarters, it will be imperative for Parliament and the Office of the Attorney-General (AG) to roll out this progressively, as she has suggested, but it should not ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Chairlady. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, in terms of the process, would it be possible to recommit it? view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: In that sense, therefore, I would like to propose to the Members after listening to their concerns that a further amendment be brought that says “within five or ten years”. So the “may” does not become a “may” that shows forever, but within five years. It cannot be open-ended. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: In the spirit of it, I beg the Members to support and pass it as has been amended by the Chairperson of the Committee and we will make sure that we oversee carefully The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: the implementation in all the counties. Please, Hon. Members, support it. We better have this than lose it all. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. Clause 1(c) says the Principal Secretary in the Ministry for the time being responsible for matters relating to legal aid. I want that deleted. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, clause 9 of the Bill be amended- (a) in sub-clause (1)— (i) by deleting paragraph (c); The reason behind this is that the membership of the board already includes in (f), the AG or his representative. If you go back to Clause (c), it is the Principal Secretary in the Ministry for the time being responsible for matters relating to legal aid and justice issues, which is the Office of the AG. So, the Office of the AG is represented doubly here and it serves no purpose. Let us stick with it or ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. Members are all allowed to contribute to making laws in this country and that is why we are Members of Parliament. While I did not get the chance to present this to the Committee, saying that the Committee spent a lot of time on this is not a good enough reason. Just convince us on the merit of the argument and why it is good. I urge Members to support my deletion. While we look at the deletion of Clause 9(c), the set of amendments that I proposed on the constitution of the board apply to ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: hang by itself. It is a set of amendments that I have proposed that talk about the whole board. There is the principle of the two-thirds gender representation, inclusivity of people with disability and issues like that are also a set of amendments that go together in the same spirit. I am not just proposing the deletion of the Cabinet Secretary as presented, but I am also, in the subsequent amendments that are related to Clause 9, presenting a vision of what this new board, as constituted, would be. Majority of it would be good. My thoughts add to what ... view