Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I hope my time is protected, or I will be compensated. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: On the first constitutional issue that I had raised, you have guided me well. The second constitutional issue that I want to raise on this is Article 96(3) and Article 217 of the Constitution read together. Would we, by pushing on with this Bill be compromising or diluting the oversight role of the Senate if we allow them to chair this Board? I want us to think clearly on that; again, I would welcome your guidance at a necessary point. Beyond the constitutional--- view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I respect my dear friend’s contribution and question on that, but my first question was about origination, and I was sufficiently guided. My second constitutional issue has nothing to do with the first question. Let us move ahead. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. You are being a very good champion and protector of young Members of this Parliament, so that they are not bullied by anybody. I oppose this Bill; I am very concerned about it because we have to be a country that seriously engages in the implementation of our Constitution. We need to protect the process of devolution by all legal means and at any cost. What I see here right now are Senators, Members of the so called “Upper House.” They ran for their positions under the illusion that those positions would carry a lot of ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: So, I think that people who are in a hurry to change our Constitution, laws and structures of the Government should just wait until the next political cycle and run for the right offices that suit their temperament and intentions for the development of this country. If you want to be a Senator or a Member of the National Assembly, stick with that role. I am convinced that the County Governments Act of 2012 provides for institutions and frameworks for co-ordination between the governors, the Members of Parliament and the Senators. What we may be seeing here is a mistake ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Finally, if this House passes this law in any form or shape, we, perhaps, should consider a situation where the governor will be the chairman and not the Senator. Trust 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
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: me, my dear friends, my brothers and sisters in this honourable House, if we make the mistake of letting the Senators to be the chairs of the proposed boards at the county level, we will be asking for trouble. Let the governor, who ran for an executive office, be the governor. Let him chair. Let the Senator and other Members of Parliament participate in the boards, contribute to the people’s welfare and make sure that development is well- planned. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: We cannot underestimate governors and start undermining devolution in this country by weakening the governor’s position. A governor is a politician who has a mandate, sells his policy during the campaigns and people buy that policy and grant a mandate to him on the basis of his campaign pledges; we cannot presume that a board chaired by a Senator and a different political force, will determine development priorities. This cannot happen through a Bill like this one. Such a new law will negate the process and we will end up with stalemates in many different ways. I know it has ... view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you; I hope that we will, even as we talk about the rights and privileges of governors to fly flags, remember that the flag is a national symbol that any bodaboda driver or matatu driver can fly on their motor vehicles. Perhaps, what we should look at are excesses such as every governor calling himself or herself “His or Her Excellency”. view