Mary Emaase Otuch

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I really appreciate this opportunity because I have been waiting for it since we resumed this Second Session of the Eleventh Parliament. First and foremost, I must appreciate my friend hon. Lelelit for bringing this amendment. It is really important. We all agree that disbursing the money directly to the constituencies is the only sure way we shall be guaranteed of efficient and effective application of this Equalization Fund. We all know that the Equalization Fund seeks to address or mitigate the challenges of inequities in the distribution of development across our country. It ... view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to support the report as tabled by our Chairman. Before I contribute to the substantive Motion, I must register my disappointment with the manner in which the “Noes” had it with respect to the amendment which has just been defeated. When we look at the Budget, and that takes me to the question which I was going to ask, what gender specific allocations, or affirmative action programmes have we included in our Budget? I want to say that the Supplementary Budget, basically looks at the re-allocations and re-alignments within sectors and ceilings that were ... view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I have been persuaded to support the amendment by hon. Shebesh. Before this amendment, I was going to strongly oppose the amendment which had been proposed by the Committee earlier on deleting any responsibility or participation by the County Member of Parliament. This amendment gives the County Members of Parliament, at least, a role to play in the administration of this Fund, I am persuaded to support it. If this amendment was not moved, I would have opposed the amendment of the Committee. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am opposing the deletion of subparagraph (d). This is because religious institutions have supported women and youth. Maybe what should be done is to clarify and define what “religious institutions” are. What are we really referring to? Is it just a church or a registered religious group that is supporting youth and women? I wanted to seek clarification why we were deleting the word “religious” in the previous amendment. The Committee needs to explain to us why that was being deleted and why, again, we intend to delete subparagraph (d). Why should religious institutions not ... view
• 13 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was queuing to contribute to another Motion, and not this one. But I support this Procedural Motion. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, I must commend hon. Fatuma for this very important Motion and I want to say that this is a shame to this nation. It is a shame and it is something that should not be left to continue. It is unacceptable and I just want to refer to one more case in Busia County. Besides the girl that was gang raped, there is another young lady who was taking her child to Prison’s Hospital at 9.00 o’clock in the morning and she was never seen alive again. Her body was found a few ... view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: This is very sad. This nation has a Constitution which is supreme and anything to the contrary is null and void and, therefore, we cannot continue watching this happen in this nation. I think something needs to be done. As leaders, if there are grey areas in the Constitution, then we need to come up with laws that expressly address issues and guarantee the security of any child in this nation. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, efforts that are being put by Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) and civil society groups are being frustrated. I remember even in that case the civil society groups came and they protested against what had happened. However, some of these efforts are being frustrated by corruption either by the police or by the parents who are induced to take certain gifts so that they can withdraw the matter in order to settle it out of court. It is also because of fear of stigmatisation. It is also because of fear that the affected families will be ashamed. Most ... view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: So, we must condemn this in the strongest terms possible. We must ask questions like: “Why are the rapists not put on trial?” Something has got to be done by the security people. We want justice for all those young women and girls who are raped and routinely ignored by the authorities who are supposed to take action. view