Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: An hon. Member of this House has asked: “Has the Governor sat down with the stakeholders?” I can give the information with authority that indeed he has but the process of raising taxes goes through the county assembly. We are law makers. You cannot come and put pressure on the Governor today and expect him to change the law immediately. It has to go to the county assembly. The rates have to be agreed on by the county assembly. So, let us be respectful to the Governor. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Let us work with the County Assembly of Nairobi and see if these rates can be revised downwards but under no circumstances whatsoever should we be told that what happened is because the police extort our people. There is a culture in the public transport industry in Kenya. If hon. Ichung’wah stands on the side of the young people who work in this industry, he should be talking about police reforms and the clean-up of the police system. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Today I was absolutely disappointed that our police force, despite all the money that we give them, could not come out to defend the city that is the lifeline, the heart and the engine of our economy. It is a shame. We must fix this. We must not stand down to anarchists and extortionists. Long live the Governor of Nairobi. Let us have order. view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: I support the amendment fully. I think it is a wise one. view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the proposal by the Member for Mbita that we recognize child heroes because they are capable. We know that even young people who are under the age of 18 years can do many amazing things. view
• 27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to oppose this Bill. I recognize the efforts that have been made to bring everybody closer but I think it is a little bit of a lie to the nation that this Bill once passed will make the nation more secure. view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations and the Vice-Chair is presenting a very important and critical point and someone is consulting you. Is that in order? That is because you need to listen. As you have seen, the Supplementary Budget did not consider that department and we had a lot of issues? Is somebody in order to consult you when a very important point is being presented? view
• 18 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Uwezo Fund Regulations and welcome some of the wise amendments from the Senate. I am also very concerned, however, that the amendments that have been put here propose to limit the role of the National Youth Council in proposing representatives to serve in the Oversight Committee of the National Uwezo Fund Committee. So, that is my key concern. We cannot move forward. Even the President just last month in Ethiopia, talked about the role of the youth in this country and the importance of the National Youth Council and pledged his ... view
• 4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am actually very interested and keen on matters of land because some of you may have seen on news yesterday that we have a lot of tension in Kibra concerning the issuance of title deeds--- view