Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 979.

• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to ask under Standing Order No.95 if we can call upon the Mover to reply, given the nature of repetitions that we are hearing now. view
• 19 Mar 2014 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
• 13 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: She left hon. Speaker, but she had a request for a Statement. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise under Standing Order No.1 to seek your guidance or ruling about resolutions of the House. We are a House of rules, records and a House that conducts its business based on traditions and precedents. I want to get a ruling from the Chair either today or another day indicating the circumstances under which resolutions of this House can be overturned by the House itself, by other bodies, committees or agencies outside this House. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, in relation to two specific matters affecting hon. Members of this House. The first one is that this House passed a resolution that Committee Members would serve in different committees. I was appointed to the Committee on Delegated Legislation and I have been removed from that Committee without any proper procedure. I was appointed to that Committee through a resolution of this House. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Reports as presented by the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and seconded by hon. Manje. I want to thank the Committee for a good job and I want to go directly to aspects of the recommendations that they brought up and the salient issues that they highlighted for us, especially considering the debate that our country is going through right now. We have had a debate very recently about the wage bill and a bloated Civil Service; that we have too many civil servants but this debate ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: We really should be pushing to ensure that we implement our Constitution which called for the reformation and elimination eventually of our Provincial Administration. We should make sure that we support devolution to make sure that there is no duplication of duties and that the county governments staff can deliver and do all of the duties that are necessary and that are currently being done by the Provincial Administration. I think a serious commitment to reformation of the Provincial Administration should be undertaken. I know that an immediate elimination of the Provincial Administration may be hard. We should find a ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, another area that we need to be serious about as Kenyans, if we really want to save the taxpayer some money--- We have entered into a Government system and structure that in some sense is very wasteful but there are things we can do. For example, in the last Parliament and prior ones, we have had Members of this august House serving as Cabinet Secretaries very successfully and competently. Any Member of this House, for example, Chairman Abongotum, if he were to be appointed the Minister for National Security instead of the current hotelier, who knows ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: If we go to matters of education, that sector that is very dear to my heart is being handled incompetently; we are not getting full value for our money as Kenyan taxpayers. We have seen the laptop tender was mishandled by the Ministry of Education which is a huge shame and embarrassment. Our children were promised laptops but they have not got them. The tender was awarded in a terrible manner that it has had to be cancelled. The Cabinet Secretary, Prof. Kaimenyi did not work with the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology. He showed complete contempt throughout ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: House and showed up here for Question Time. They answered Questions directly to us. So, as I appeal to my colleagues in this House, let us think broadly on these financial records that we are looking at, the public accounts that have been audited. Give us an opportunity to understand the cost of having a government system that we embraced that is not perfect and gives us a sense of urgency to quickly go ahead and fix it. We need to go back to a system where Ministers will be in this House. view