Mary Emaase Otuch

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Actually, I have been queuing since 3.00 p.m. but finally, at least, I am lucky to catch your eye. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to add my voice to the contributions already made by my colleagues on the issue of the Committee on General Oversight and the behaviour that has been exhibited by our Cabinet Secretaries. I also want to register my disappointment. I left Teso South Constituency yesterday prepared to be here very early in the morning to seek clarification on areas of national importance ... view
• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: monitoring and supervision of Government agencies, programmes, activities and policy implementation. Therefore, when Cabinet Secretaries fail to appear before a committee established by this House, that derives its powers from Articles that have been quoted, for example, Articles 124, 123 (3) and 125, we do not understand which Constitution Mr. Nyachae and his team are referring to or how they are interpreting the Constitution. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, many questions have been asked in this House with respect to the implementation of the resolutions and enforcement of the legislation made in this House. Most of the times, the answers we ... view
• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: We have even just concluded a visit of several counties to get the views and opinions of the public before we begin reviewing and discussing our Budget. I want to tell you Members that the people we represent are very much aware of their rights. They are very much aware of the programmes with respect to development and they have questions. When Members place questions before this House, we do it on behalf of the people that we represent. view
• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: So, Cabinet Secretaries should therefore take it very seriously that when we summon them to appear before a Committee of this House, they need to honour and appear and give us clarifications and answers. This is because we have said many times that everyone has to be accountable. We, Members of Parliament, have to be accountable. Governors have to be accountable. Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) have to be accountable and everybody has to be accountable. So, what a better forum than this! I find this Committee a more structured means and way of actually carrying out the oversight mandate ... view
• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I want to say that going forward we have to insist we must hold our ground that Cabinet Secretaries must appear before committees when summoned and they must give us clarifications. We must see the outputs because it is our mandate to oversee Government agencies. view
• 14 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. 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 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I support the adjournment because these are very important appointments. I think it will be important that Members are given time to look at the reports, so that we can have serious debate in the afternoon. view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: I support the adjournment. view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity and for recognizing gender. view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: First and foremost, I must congratulate the President for nominating those very able Kenyans – men and women. I also must commend the Committee for a job well done, despite all the challenges. I must say that the Committee has done a very good job. Having said that, all those nominees were found suitable, going by the Report and the evidence that is attached. It is very evident that all the nominees were found suitable as per Section 69. Even those who contested, their letters did not meet the threshold that is required. They were cleared by HELB, KRA, and ... view