Martin Otieno Ogindo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the Motion. I want to start by saying that, today, I am very proud to be a Kenyan. I am very proud to be part of the history that ushered in the new Constitution. The jewel in the new Constitution is the Chapter on Devolution. Article 1 of the new Constitution tells us that the sovereign power of this Republic shall be exercised at two levels – at the national level and at the county level – by the people of this Republic. The people of the Republic of Kenya are very ... view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we do not want to be part of the hurdles that will be derailing the implementation of the new Constitution. We want to appreciate circumstances which were outside our control, but we also want to discourage anybody trying to play around with the implementation of the new Constitution. The Bills that are the subject of this Motion are very critical to devolution. I want to say that the Bill on devolved governments, the Public Financial Management Bill and the Lands Bill are the cornerstone of devolution, and anything that stands in the way of their implementation ... view
• 2 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Now that the deputy prime ministers are no longer ministers and that the only job they have now is to deputize the Prime Minister and they have not availed themselves here to deputise the Prime Minister, would I be in order to ask you to find their positions as deputy prime ministers unworthy of being carried into this House and redundant, for that matter? view
• 2 May 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want you to find my Chairman grossly out of order because hon. Midiwo is not even an hon. Member of this Committee. view
• 2 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I second, I want to say that the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is a very important organ in the region. It is a precursor to the long awaited East African Federation Political Union. Kenya, being what it is, is a major stakeholder and a potential beneficiary of such an eventuality. On that account, it becomes incumbent on us to take this matter very, very seriously. view
• 2 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is with a lot of regret that Kenya, which is a premier member of this community, is the one lagging in its subscription. Our representatives there are one of the most miserable. It is important that the Government takes seriously its commitment to subscribe to the EALA. view
• 2 May 2012 in National Assembly: It is also regrettable, like my Chairman says, that our next door neighbour, Uganda, which is our leading trading partner in the region, what we have is a Chancery by name, but not a Chancery by design and yet we rake so much benefit from the trade we have with Uganda. If diplomacy is not for that, then I do not know what it is for. I want to implore further that the issue of our Chancery in Uganda be addressed. view
• 2 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we came up with rules that seek to get us out of the quagmire that we found ourselves in, in earlier nominations. Today, we have been very meticulous in defining how we get our membership into EALA. view
• 2 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think at this point, it is important for the House to appreciate that it is going to play a very significant role in this. But ahead of that, one of the rules that we have generated is the one that defines how these positions are going to be allocated. I want to refer the House to Page 19, Rule No. 6, which says:- view
• 2 May 2012 in National Assembly: “A party shall be entitled to nominate for election under these rules any number of candidates not exceeding three times the figure arrived by multiplying the number of elected members of the National Assembly of that party by nine and dividing the result by the total number of elected Members of the National Assembly.” view