Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, you have not allowed me to tell you the provisions in sub-clause 4. This is why he was misleading the House. The trustee shall have the power to device any lawful means of raising funds and property without going into our taxes. The concern Hon. Gikaria raised very eloquently was that we should not be imposing a charge on the Kenyan taxpayers. It states under sub-clause 4 (a) and (b) how the monies for this trust fund shall be raised. It is not through the Kenyan taxpayers. For instance, the government of Turkey raised US$ 6 ... view
• 7 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, you have not allowed me to tell you the provisions in sub-clause 4. This is why he was misleading the House. The trustee shall have the power to device any lawful means of raising funds and property without going into our taxes. The concern Hon. Gikaria raised very eloquently was that we should not be imposing a charge on the Kenyan taxpayers. It states under sub-clause 4 (a) and (b) how the monies for this trust fund shall be raised. It is not through the Kenyan taxpayers. For instance, the government of Turkey raised US$ 6 ... view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As Hon. Aghostinho has said, the Companies Act was a big book and as was noted by the Member for Cherangany, it demands that legislators work hard, following through on the work ahead and maybe engage strongly with the support staff from Parliament as well as the staff they hire for themselves - people who have the skills to help them to do their work. My comments will be on this issue of companies in Kenya. We need to ensure that on the implementation side, companies that are registered by youth and people with disabilities are ... view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: of education, we must make an amendment to the Basic Education Act that covers up to Form Four and ensure that people who own schools in Garissa that are not Government schools, when it comes to a time for implementing free secondary education, there will be a legal framework for the Government to engage them. This is because the Government in the next few months, whether it will be January or September, will not have in place all the schools it needs to ensure that children get free secondary education. If we pre-emptively put a legal framework or amendment to ... view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the amendment and make my remarks on why and give the context. We, Kenyans, often make the mistake of forgetting our history even the most recent so quickly and find ourselves in a situation where we are dealing with issues as if we are dealing with them for the first time. The reality of the matter is that the push for equity, equality and justice and inclusivity in our political system is a battle that has been going on for a long time. When we go back to the 2010 Constitution, which ... view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Neto and the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Duale were remarkable for what they said this afternoon. If they will go down in history… My good friend, Aghostinho thinks he will come back here in October as an independent Member. He said when we talk about the definition of spouse, we should expand it. This was a constitutional issue that was debated at that time. We have had time in the last five years, without too much pressure to fundamentally put these issues down and question them. What is the direction that Kenya will take on the 20 per ... view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Agostinho was advised it is a money Bill and you may not proceed by reducing the size of Parliament and making it smaller and more affordable. What was he told? He was urged: “Go and come back with a better formula that increases the size of Parliament.” He did. When he came to this House again, the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and the Budget and Appropriations Committee – and Hon. Baiya is here. He knows how these things go. It got a nod but it was never published and brought here for debate. So, I wonder ... view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Unless we proceed with our usual ways of impunity and ignoring things, the reality is that, if the 12th Parliament is not properly constituted, we will have a constitutional crisis. We will either have to pass a formula that can work to make that House legitimate or not. The message to Kenyans is that many Kenyans are tired with the cost of Government. They are concerned about the structures that were set up in this Constitution. Some even say the number of counties is high and the constituencies are too many. We must have ... view
• 6 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: something was published in the newspapers.” But you do not have the chance for members of the public to really engage. With those few remarks, I would like to note that I support the Bill. I regret that it has come too late. I regret that we are doing it because our arms have been twisted as a House by the ruling of Justice Mativo, and that we are not going to pass it. Any Kenyan citizen can thus ask for the House to be formally dissolved even though that will happen next week. It is a shame. The struggle ... view
• 31 May 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. Part (a) of the Bill says that we have the Kenya Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission; part (b) talks about the Secretariat for Refugee Affairs and part (c) the Refugee Status Appeals Board. The amendment that the Committee has proposed seeks to change to “Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission”, which sounds more robust and clearer. “Refugee Advisory Committee’ is a weaker body yet we know the challenges involved in dealing with issues, especially when Kenya is a host country for so many refugees. There is need for a bigger structure. In his argument, the Departmental Committee ... view