Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I appreciate the opportunity. I will also try to contribute quickly to this Report by the President. My first comment comes from Page 65, Item 190 of the Report, where the President says that the transition rate to secondary school has improved to 78 per cent. We need to make commitment to get that to 100 per cent to meet the requirements of the Constitution for free and compulsory basic education up to Form Four. That is important. The free registration for examination in public primary and secondary schools is a good initiative, but ... view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: benefit the citizens now and not 10 or 15 years from now. For instance, very sadly, we have over 1,000 modern housing units, one and two bedroom apartments, that have not been occupied over the last 16 months. They were built under the Slum Upgrading Project under the retired President Kibaki and former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga. We need to move with speed. It has been three years and the citizens are not benefiting. Item 198 notes that the Ministry of Devolution and Planning was involved in the settlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). I regret to note that there ... view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: One of my last two points is on Item 218, which mentions that the Ministry of Planning and Devolution built four police posts in Kibra Constituency to promote the rule of law and access to justice. This is a good first step. I hope the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government will take the next step and realise the President’s vision. The President promised security for all the residents of Nairobi, including those in Kibra Constituency. So far, we rely on a police station in Kilimani, which is in a different constituency with its own issues. The people ... view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: My final point is on Item 247, which says that the Office of the Attorney-General has submitted universal periodic reports and country review reports. The Office of the Attorney- General, on behalf of the Government of Kenya, is also doing its periodic reports on implementation of the African Charter on Human Rights. These reports have been submitted to the Commission. That is important because for the last four or five years, the Office of the Attorney-General and the Government have failed to submit such reports. It was only in November last year that they submitted the first report. This House ... view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support the Report. I thank the President for the steps that have been taken. I am ready to work to make sure that more steps are taken to promote our national values and principles of governance. view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am Odhiambo Okoth. I will move fast. I rise to second the Report that has been ably moved by Hon. Katoo. I will highlight a couple of key things in the Report. It highlights the role of Parliament in overseeing our international obligations. So far, consultation and exercise of Parliament’s prerogatives in this field has not been fully used as required under the Treaty Making and Ratification Act. The domestication of international treaties and agreements that are being signed through laws, regulation and policies within Kenya must go through Parliament. This is the ... view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I want to make sure that Parliament plays a bigger role in using the Treaty Making and Ratification Act and following its oversight role in, first of all, making sure that we ratify treaties legally, enforce and domesticate them as part of our laws with proper local laws, but also monitor their implementation every year whether through the Budget and other oversight mechanisms that this Parliament has. view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The second one is an issue of great interest to me. This is on the issue of Article 43 of the Constitution. One of the major treaties Kenya is a part of that is referred to here is the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. That treaty is referred to on Page 20 of the Report. This treaty is clearly reflected in Article 43 of the Constitution addressing the rights of women, consumers, children, persons with disability, youth and older persons. These are economic and social rights in issues such as access to clean water in adequate quantities, ... view
• 23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Kenya has taken a bold radical step in our Constitution in domesticating these treaties and also in reflecting, for instance, this very important treaty, namely, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Article 43 of our Constitution. It is now upon us, as Parliamentarians, to make sure that every Budget that we pass leads to the progressive realisation of those treaties. I will skip one of the points there because I mentioned it in the beginning. Some treaties have been ratified since 2013. I will give an example of the Bali Package on the World Trade Organisation ... view