Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 961 to 970 of 979.

• 23 May 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wanted to ask if we could move this a little bit faster so that people may speak for a shorter time, view
• 22 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion and thank hon. Ganya for bringing it. Our elephants and other wildlife in general are a big national asset for us and a heritage for all humanity. So, while I support the Motion, I urge the Government to put necessary punitive measures in place, as well as measures to assist our communities to see the value of wildlife. They should get monetary returns from protecting the wildlife in our different areas. I also think we need to look at the KWS Act as well as our international ... view
• 21 May 2013 in National Assembly: First of all, let me congratulate the leadership of the House and thank everyone in the technical team for making sure that we finally can move away from the analogue system of rising up of around 50 people at a time to a more sophisticated and respectable system. So, to hon. Deputy Speaker and your whole team, thank you and kudos for a good job for making this happen quickly. I rise to oppose this Motion because again the era and the context in which we had Government corporations as the only sole owners of capital to run important sectors ... view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. We would like to say that although the statement presented to us by the Leader of the Majority Party in response to the Press statement says one thing, we have video evidence of the Deputy President, in fact saying that on Saturday morning, the 11th of May 2013, the previous night he had ordered the military --- view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: Leader of the Majority Party, may I have your attention? I need your clarification. Thank you for the attention. I would like to request for a clarification. Why is he in denial and can we be told, even if it was an emergency that necessitated the Deputy President to deploy the military as he is on record on video and I have the view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, this is a serious issue. It touches on our Constitution. It touches on the role of this Parliament here and the deployment of our forces. We must be consulted. It must report to us and I have video evidence of Saturday the 11th May. I am not crazy. The whole nation has seen it. I can present the video now of the Deputy President speaking saying that we deploy the forces the night before. They are on the ground now to disarm the militias – foreign and local. If you want, we can play the video now. ... view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg your permission on Tuesday to present this video on CD with a transcript and have us discuss the same thing. There is nothing I am lying about. There is nothing I am running away from. Without fear of contradiction, this is public record. Let us not fool each other and I speak passionately to this issue because I want to defend the Constitution of our Republic. I want to defend our national institutions that are young and fragile and we want to bring them to have strong records and precedents. You cannot deploy our forces ... view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: I had not finished my contribution! view
• 15 May 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 15 May 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Do we have quorum? view