Mark Ogolla Nyamita

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: I know that the matter on the Floor of the House is very weighty, but we must maintain the honour of this House. I just wanted to say that, as much as we may blame the Members, and I am talking as a friend to a couple of committees, even the capacity of our chairs needs to be enhanced. view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Whereas you say that certain Members do not know how to interrogate issues, a number of committee chairs do not also know how to preside over committee sessions. view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Absolutely! Thank you, Hon. Speaker for protecting me. If the committees are supposed to be a reflection of what is in the House, whenever you give a Member an opportunity to speak within this House and even when you disagree, you, at least, allow them to land on the point they want to make. That is rarely happening in some of the committees. When a committee chair realises that you have taken a certain trajectory, even before you mention something, you are told, “No, we are not doing that one”, without referring to anything. view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Therefore, I challenge the leadership of the House, on both sides, especially on the majority side. Some of these chairs are computer-generated or they were designated from the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: point the committees were being set up. The positions of committee chairs were used to reward some individuals without capacity. view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Secondly, I read in the newspaper last week an allegation that a committee went on a retreat sponsored by one of the organisations they were investigating. I want to believe that no committee of this House would go without the authority of the Clerk. Probably you might also just want to check. Did the Clerk of this House authorise the committee to go on this retreat? Before they authorise, there is an agenda that is set out. Did the Clerk of this House authorise a committee to go out and have a meeting investigating a Semi-Autonomous Government Agency (SAGA) that ... view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: We read this in newspapers. It was alleged that a committee of this House was hosted by one of the parastatals and it had portrayed the House in very bad light. So, in as much as we might blame the Members, I urge my colleagues that we carry ourselves with a bit of decorum. Let us listen to the professionals that are seconded to the committees. We ask the chairpersons to be responsible and emulate the way Hon. Speaker runs this House, so that whenever we are in committees, a committee can be an extension of the House. Also, check ... view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if I am one of the accused persons of the many scandals that we hear of, a witness has imported sugar, for example, and he hosts you at the factory, gives you the sugar and then you sit there to investigate them and hopefully come up with a report, it is not possible. Therefore, I urge the Members to be responsible. Committee chairs need to be taken for further training, as you induct other Members, but also check whether the House has put Members in a situation where there could be conflict of interest. view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker view
• 4 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, maybe he did not understand, I said computer-engineered. view