Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I look forward to the recess. I support this Motion for Adjournment. It will give Members an opportunity to engage with their people. I represent a constituency not far from Parliament, but the effort that is needed to pay attention to the people, listen to their concerns and suggestions about priorities and how to fix the economy, improve their lives, negotiate relationships with other branches of Government, including the county governments are important. So, I appreciate this time. We will also be out there praying for this country in general. I heard another Member ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute to this Motion for adjournment and thank the Hon. Member for Kisumu West for bringing it to the House. It is an important national issue. The education sector in this country is in a crisis. This explosion of violence, death, destruction and confusion that has happened at Maseno University is just the tip of the iceberg. It is what we see happening in a lot of universities in this country, which have been reduced to dens of tribal and ethnic mismanagement, where the leadership, surrounded and encouraged by their localities, ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is high time that instead of this House constituting a select committee to look into post-election non-issues, we put together a national select committee to look at the status of higher education in the country. Why is it that our tertiary education institutions, with the capacity to accommodate over 45,000 students, received 11,000 applications only? Our universities, which are oversubscribed, are giving so much false hope to students. As Hon. Gumbo pointed out, many of them have First Class Honours Degrees yet they cannot even write an application letter. The sector is in a crisis. ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: There are a lot of private universities in this country that are coming up strongly. They allow students to run their own student affairs very effectively. There is nothing wrong with students managing their own affairs. I was a student leader at a private university and we managed our affairs very well. It is a shame that the campus leadership of some public universities policies interfere with students’ affairs. We need to learn from the private universities, which find ways of engaging students in governance without causing conflict. It is also time for this nation to form a select committee ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Finally, I would like to thank Hon. Olago Aluoch for giving us an opportunity to discuss this issue. view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to also oppose this proposal. Can you imagine the full powers of the police to include the power to shoot and use force upon arrest. At this rate, Hon. Duale, who said something that does not please that officer, can be shot in the process of being taken away from Parliament. We cannot risk this. That is why I fully oppose. Let Members of this House look at this very carefully. The full powers and privileges of police officers include the power to use force during arrest. You can see Members here ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: On point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is such a nice Bill. Would I be in order to request that Members be allowed to speak on it for only five minutes instead of 10? This is to allow more Members to speak. view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I think it is great when we have a Speaker from Nairobi in the Chair we tend to catch his eye. I would like to support and congratulate Hon. Tiren for bringing this Bill. We are living in a constitutional dispensation that is focused on the rights of citizens, including the rights of workers; this is a very practical Bill that will make sure that employers, manufacturers and other people, who provide packaging will consider that in Kenya a lot of movement of goods and materials is not done using equipment as in other ... view
• 14 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: This is a progressive Bill; most importantly when you even think of the women who do manual labour in Kenya in construction and farm sites. If they are involved in carrying heavy 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