Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. What Chairman Chepkong’a has raised is very valid, and all our Members who want to promote peace in the country should do so in a way that does not undermine the role of committees and what we have assigned them. I actually have another question which I want to ask you. In terms of the reports by the President to Parliament we got a chance to debate his main presentation. I saw that the Senate had a separate discussion in which they debated his report and touched on our The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: international and national security obligations. I am wondering if I missed at any point the chance for the National Assembly, which is the true representative of the people, to debate those two other reports that the Head of State presented here. Thank you. view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: international and national security obligations. I am wondering if I missed at any point the chance for the National Assembly, which is the true representative of the people, to debate those two other reports that the Head of State presented here. Thank you. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I actually rise to oppose this Report even as amended because I have a number of important concerns. Some are legal and some political, given where we are as country. The first thing I see as a problem with the amendment is the process within which powers had to be transferred. One of the amendments that we have got here proposes that, in accordance with Article 187 of the Constitution, the national and county governments urgently enter into agreements with a view to transferring specific functions to the National Government. Now, the words “urgently enters into ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: regulation made under this Act. I think there is a deliberate effort to sabotage when you consider that the regulations under Article 25(c) have not been developed and there are no excuses that can explain why those regulations have not been developed. It is a full responsibility of the Attorney-General’s Office and the Departmental Committee on Health. Why have they spent more than a year and they have not developed those regulations and brought them to the Committee of Delegated Legislation or the House to be passed beats me! So, I know that in some sense, when a Kenyan looks ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I thank hon. Mule for clarifying that his Committee has done some work and it is the Attorney-General who is at fault for not bringing those regulations. The fact is that those regulations are not here. But before I was interrupted, I was talking about what exists in the law. The law talks about the costing of functions which has not been explained to us. At which level was it decided how much money would go to the counties? Do we know if that money was adequate and appropriate to the task that the county governments were expected ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: governmental relations is the Summit of Governors and the National Government. These amendments here are trying to sneak a way to go around the Summit. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I will desist from coalition matters. But all I want to say is that we cannot circumvent an institution that exists in our law, which is the Summit of Governors. However much we dislike the Head of the Summit of Governors, you must sit down and dialogue with him. That is because he represents the opinions and feelings of the governors and county governments. Yesterday, you mentioned that anything that we debate here that is not constitutional, or does not take into account the good laws that we already have, it is an exercise in futility. So, I ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I am at liberty to share my best thoughts as I see them in the service of this country, and I wish my colleagues would be comfortable in discussing them with me on and off the Floor. But I will wrap up by simply saying that we fought for a Constitution and devolution of power and resources at the national level. For the people who are against devolution and want to sabotage it, what better way to do that than to violate the requirements and procedures clearly laid out in the Inter-Governmental Relations Act to hastily award things to the ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: On a practical matter, I think this Report is misguided because one year in the three year window for devolution of those competencies to the county government has already passed. We are almost halfway through the second year--- 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