Martin Otieno Ogindo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, if you look at my amendment to the same clause, it is also fighting the same thing that is carried forward in part (b), and I want to borrow from where hon. Ruto has left. We are either talking about appointing somebody who is of the planning and surveying profession to be part of the board, in which case the ex-officio bit does not apply; or, we are taking county staff who is a planner or a surveyor to be an ex-officio on the board. So, we must go either way. But we cannot have a ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, yes, it concurs with my amendment, but we still need more people in the board. view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, if I may proceed, having agreed with the amendment by hon. Kioni, to the original amendment by the Committee, now we have two members in the board, one who is either a Surveyor or Planner. I want to bring an insertion:- “THAT, the Governor shall with the approval of the county assembly, appoint the rest of the members of the board from among the persons in the county who are knowledgeable on land matters in the county, taking into account gender, equity and ethnic diversity within the county.” view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady. view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have no intention of disrupting debate on Order No.9; I also want to appreciate your ruling. There is something of logic and procedure that we have raised before. I do not wish to direct the operations of the House Business Committee; but when you look at the sequencing of Order No.9 and Order No.10, it is only logical that Order No.10 comes before Order No.9. The simple logic is that once there is a Budget it is better to have authority to raise money before you get authority to spend. That ... view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I rise to support this amendment. I just want to persuade this House that this amendment seeks to achieve one simple thing. We are not capping the interest rate. This amendment seeks to regulate the interest rate. When you look at this amendment, you will see that it is floating with the CBR rate. That floatation allows flexibility in the market. What we want to achieve are two important points. Of late, the high interest rates have caused a lot of suffering to individuals in this country. The high interest rates have caused a lot ... view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, allow me to say this. It has been alleged here that this amendment has communist leanings. I want to say that in the United States of America there are State laws that have been legislated to guard against usury which is the excess interest charges. In England or the United Kingdom in 1715, a law was passed called the “Legal Maximum Interest Rate” which regulated interest. The long and short of this is that if we have an affordable interest rate regime we are able to ensure that we have an economy that thrives and ... view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I have two points of order. You saw the way the defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya behaved immediately after they presented results. They were quick to rush to the other side to shake hands. view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. The second point of order is this: This is very fundamental. We forced a Division and there was counting. We were 31 and at the voting, we ended up with 17. I want you to find those hon. Members who did not vote grossly out of order. I invite you to find them out of order; can you rule on that? view
• 19 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I rise to support the amendment. I am aware that three years ago, there was an amendment that was brought to this House that increased the core capital of the banks. But this country has since moved. Three years ago, we did not have a new Constitution. Today, we have a new Constitution. The new Constitution today creates counties. The counties have become centres of operation. It is important that we enlarge the banking market to create competition. view