Martin Otieno Ogindo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was also in the company of the Right Honorable Prime Minister as he was trying to mainstream the issue of Somalia. As a Committee, we visited the Kenyan Embassy in Somalia, which is here in Kenya. We believe that it is important that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Kenyan Embassy to Somalia, now plays its rightful role. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this can only be done if the mission is functional. As it is today, this Embassy is bordering on dis-functionality. It is important to have a serious focal point that ... view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Finance Bill. However, I want to point out that the Finance Bill should have come to this House earlier than now the reason being that it is important for this House to relate the finances to the expenditures. I want to suggest that as we formulate new Standing Orders, this concern should be taken into account. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the move by the Minister to amend the Capital Markets Act to accommodate the real estate funds. However, it is also important that this new industry, which ... view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Capital Markets (Amendment) Bill, and I want to thank the Minister for having taken courage to tread the untrodden path. This country is endowed with a lot of resources but it lacks the courage to open up its resources for exploitation for the welfare of Kenyans. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will recollect that most of the developed countries were developed by outsiders. South Africa, Hong Kong and Malaysia are cases in point. It is important to create a regulatory framework where foreign investors are able to operate. We ... view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to concur with the previous speaker, hon. Mungatana, on self regulation. Unless the Minister comes out clearly, we look forward to moving amendments in that area of the Bill when it comes to the Committee Stage. view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I still want to commend the Minister because we really need to open up as a country and let people who are ready and willing to invest in our country to come and do that. But we must ensure that we have a regulatory framework that saves us from exploitation. view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was expecting a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security in connection with the Government Printer on the errors of omission and commission that have been perpetually and notoriously perpetrated by the Government Printer in connection with the insertion during the printing of the new Constitution, in connection with the failure to publish the Ligale Report, in connection with the mix-up in the dates of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and lately, with the error that was detected by Mr. Gitobu Imanyara. This has been pending for the past ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I withdraw that portion of my submission. view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was expecting a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security in connection with the Government Printer on the errors of omission and commission that have been perpetually and notoriously perpetrated by the Government Printer in connection with the insertion during the printing of the new Constitution, in connection with the failure to publish the Ligale Report, in connection with the mix-up in the dates of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and lately, with the error that was detected by Mr. Gitobu Imanyara. This has been pending for the past ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I withdraw that portion of my submission. view