Martin Peters Owino

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. I would like to congratulate the Budget and Appropriations Committee for taking up this matter very fast. When the Senate was dilly-dallying with this thing, the problem shifted to MPs because the counties were not functioning. We had to use the meagre National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) to help everywhere. We want them to know that was not right when we talk about public money. Now, the primary fiduciary The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: responsibility of the Senate is to look at how the money generated is used. If they remove the tool to do what is called fiscal prudence and effort, then you will ask yourself what they are going to use to motivate or punish counties if they are going the way they are doing. Two, the disease burden is not measured by frequent visits to primary health facilities. Right now, we are encouraging people that even if they want to check their blood pressure or sugar levels, they should visit those facilities. If you have such people closer to you, you ... view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Bill. I want to thank the Committee Chair, Hon. Gladys Wanga, for taking up this Bill immediately because time is of essence. Citizens are paying taxes very faithfully because they expect improved lives and businesses. Whatever is happening now in the counties is pathetic. The county governments are using all sorts of crude weapons to collect revenues: Personal receipts, semi-government personal receipts, skewed automations for their own good, right to pocket, and others give official waivers to friends to get back what they had ... view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Lastly, as I thank Sen. Zani for this Bill, it is important that the Senate focuses on counties. Right now, they spread too thin on issues of national importance such as KEMSA. They are everywhere leaving the counties as orphans. This Bill ought to have come much earlier if they were focusing on their role of overseeing and improving the county governments. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Cancer Prevention and Control Bill, 2019. Let me commend Hon. Wanga for being a cancer survivor. She has not relented but taken the bull by the horns to ensure other people can be saved from this disease. This is commendable. It should be known that cancer has moved up in our epidemiological chart to number three after infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases. This means it is affecting many people. The Bill which Hon. Wanga has moved will do several things which should be done as quickly as possible. That ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Cancer Prevention and Control Bill, 2019. Let me commend Hon. Wanga for being a cancer survivor. She has not relented but taken the bull by the horns to ensure other people can be saved from this disease. This is commendable. It should be known that cancer has moved up in our epidemiological chart to number three after infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases. This means it is affecting many people. The Bill which Hon. Wanga has moved will do several things which should be done as quickly as possible. That ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: settings. You can take images and send them for interpretation by experts, even if you are in a rural setting. So, Section 2 is amended to introduce tele-medicine which is straight forward. Sections 5 and 6 will expand the scope of the National Cancer Institute of Kenya in collaboration with the county governments. Let me say a little bit on this because some of these conditions, as Hon. Wanga has clearly stated, are diagnosed during the late stages. Stages one and two always pass and we catch cancer in stages three and four. At this time, treatment is very elusive. ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: settings. You can take images and send them for interpretation by experts, even if you are in a rural setting. So, Section 2 is amended to introduce tele-medicine which is straight forward. Sections 5 and 6 will expand the scope of the National Cancer Institute of Kenya in collaboration with the county governments. Let me say a little bit on this because some of these conditions, as Hon. Wanga has clearly stated, are diagnosed during the late stages. Stages one and two always pass and we catch cancer in stages three and four. At this time, treatment is very elusive. ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No. 42A (5) I rise to ask Question No. 015/2020 to the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries: (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain why Ms Sukari Industry Limited in Ndhiwa Constituency is not purchasing cane from sugarcane farmers in Homabay County, having promoted sugarcane farming in the area, thereby neglecting the said farmers and their produce? (ii) Could the Cabinet Secretary undertake to investigate the allegations that Ms Sukari Industry Limited imports sugar at the expense of development and production of sugar by the local sugarcane ... view