Martin Peters Owino

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, another area which has been elaborately expressed by you, as you were making your contribution is on community good and the corporate social responsibility. I have gone through it but I did not see the specifics. We say that a certain percentage should remain in the sub-counties. Sub-counties can be large. It may be reasonable enough to cascade those percentages to areas where the exploration is being done, because that is where damages can be bad to the local population. While doing that, it will also be prudent to state clearly all the amenities that constitute ... view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Lastly, the managers or the implementers of this corporation are only left for the Executive and there is no stakeholder’s voice strongly streamlined in this. This can also lead to the “black gold curse” because there will be nothing trickling to them. We should explore how the community voice can come all through the exploration areas through the county to the commission which is going to be established. With that, I think there is a lot of work done in this Bill and if implemented rightly, it will safeguard the interest of the communities. view
• 12 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I rise to support the Motion. In my constituency, over 67 per cent of the youth are unemployed. Most of them are very poor and have no resources to even enable them to access the documentation we are talking about. I believe it is the responsibility of the State to provide for her citizens. So, the waiver proposal is very much in order. I also want to say that the establishment of the database should not only be at the national level but should be decentralised to the wards, constituencies and ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was just trying to say that when we were in high school during those old days, the professions you wanted to be in were already in the high school itself. It was through the teachers or papers. So, we knew what we wanted to be. The same thing can be done with the job professions. For example, job counselling centres can be introduced along this as well as having a database presented to the colleges and universities so that when you qualify, you know what is required. Lastly, documentations can be required but ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank the Member who brought this Motion. I am very passionate about this Motion because I have lost so many people in my constituency. Non-cutaneous malignancies can be well treated if found on time. We do not need to do more duplication. We have community strategy which is very elaborate. We are moving from hospitals to households. We did very well with malaria and we are doing much better. We can now diagnose malaria and treat it at home. In the same vein, there is what we call the “3D syndrome”. Decisions should ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I was involved in lobbying President Moi to declare HIV/AIDS a national disaster when I was working with the National AIDS and STIs Control Programme (NASCOP). It made a difference. Let us do the same for cancer. Research is a very important part of these efforts. There are lots of environmental and nutritional issues involved as well as the entire lifestyle that one leads. We cannot just wait to treat. It is good to have centres of excellence but prevention and screening is the major part of this intervention. I want to conclude by saying that, like any other policy ... view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. You will agree with me that food, shelter and education are human basic rights. You cannot go to class on an empty stomach. You cannot also sleep on an empty stomach. So, food becomes a serious human right. view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: We have been talking about construction of dams, which is okay for us to do in this country. However, I want to inform the House that the largest dam which we have is Lake Victoria. Almost nine huge rivers of this country flow into that lake. The lake has been under- utilized since Independence, but it has a very high potential for food security. As we try to benchmark in Egypt and Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda are using that water. However, we are restricted by a very old Nile treaty. When we tried to use this water massively, it came ... view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: because all the progress in irrigation in those countries is as a result of using the waters of Lake Victoria. Can you imagine that the people at the source of Lake Victoria are suffering while those who are downstream are using that water? Then what are we saying to our citizens? view