Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: We have a Treaty Making and Ratification Act. The Cabinet Secretary (CS), and anyone in the Executive, who is in charge of pushing forward such treaties, should give Parliament its due space in the decision-making and the constitutional structure of our Government. Parliament should debate and see if Members support it or not before it comes into force. If that is not done, we will end up with a scenario where a majority of companies that do business in Kenya will declare zero profits and taxes in Kenya and pretend they are Mauritian companies, and thus deny us revenue. We ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, education is a right in our Constitution. Parents and Kenyan citizens of all cadres pay taxes through VAT, Pay as You Earn, rents and others. This money goes into the common pool as a resource to be used by our country, our leadership and our Government to guarantee, safeguard and deliver on promises to our people. There are many rights, including rights to water, housing and healthcare. However, let me talk about the right to education. A few months ago, this House debated a Report by a Committee that was chaired by Mr. Kilemi Mwiria. We had a ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: I have girls in Kibra Constituency schooling at State House Girls Secondary School. I help in paying their fees. The school has now resorted to making sure that it charges the fees as mandated and gazetted by the CS for Education, Science and Technology. It is a very good thing. We need to send a message that you cannot collect extra illegal fees and in essence tax parents by adding uncompleted projects that in effect double the fees. Those are the things we need to take a stand on as the Legislative Assembly that represents the voice of the people. ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to actually ask if this belongs in the Bill and should not be something that is administrative within the Judiciary itself, that they find their own mechanisms of planning, timing and scheduling transfers and those administrative windows to take into consideration the family situations and other realities of the lives of magistrates. I will give a good example. In the diplomatic service in advanced countries, you know that you can only be stationed as an ambassador or a foreign officer in a country for three or four years and you have to keep bidding ... view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: So, I was actually hoping that, maybe, this is something we can take away and just adopt best practices of good administrative management elsewhere within the Judiciary other, than in the main law itself. But I stand to be corrected. view
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: 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
• 12 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to raise a point of order with the leave of the Chairman. I wish to request the Chairman of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee to make sense. Would I be in order to propose that the House extends its sitting until the completion of business in items listed under 9(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) tonight? As we look towards the coming end of the session, we can stretch ourselves a little bit and complete. view
• 10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Give her two minutes. view
• 10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to say it is a timely matter to have this Bill before this House but, due to the limited time, I would like to be brief in my remarks and contribution. The first thing that I will point out is that Kenya has international obligations which we have signed up to. I had the privilege to participate in the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, 57th Session in Banjul, Gambia and Kenya presented its report on human rights. When we think about economic and social rights that are guaranteed under Article 43 ... view
• 10 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Not yet! I will gladly take my six minutes to give more details to the House. view