Michael Aringo Onyura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I support, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have not changed seats. I have been having problems since morning. Whenever I try to speak, I have to move to the next microphone. 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
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, for giving me this opportunity. I would also like to support this Motion. The Committee that dealt with this matter has given him a very good Report. I flipped through the Report and realized that Lt. Col. (Rtd.) Julius Githiri has very good qualifications. He rose through the ranks in the army and retired occupying a fairly senior position. We know that to rise to that kind of position in the army means that one has exhibited diligence and leadership qualities. It also means that he has a lot of potential. I am also happy to note that ... view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I do not know what is disturbing the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. That surprised me. I thought there could have been something. Maybe, it was not noticed by members of public. This could be something, not necessarily just for this Committee, but others as well. You get that the response, increasingly, is not as encouraging or forthcoming as one would like to see. I am just saying we try to look for other ways that can solicit more public participation in some of these issues. Another thing I hope the nominated Chairman will pay ... view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: liquors and so on are at times over-policed. You will find very brutal and completely uncalled for raids on them from the police. It is because--- view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am just saying this because it also falls within the mandate of NACADA and they are supposed to be educating the public on issues that are drug- related. I am just encouraging the incoming chairman to look at these things holistically. Let him be sensitive to some of the local practices and not just apply unnecessary raids that I have seen in other places. I also look forward, given the experience and the level of operation of the incoming chairman, to him being able to forge good teamwork and good team spirit within NACADA; both the secretariat ... view
• 15 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I rise to support the County Assembly Services Bill. I am very convinced that the vehicle for the future development of this country is devolution and the counties. I strongly believe that the way to develop our country is through devolution. I am a strong supporter of devolution. For us to succeed and achieve what we set out to do and objectives of devolution, we need to create structures and put in place policies, systems and guidelines that can make operations in the counties as predictable as possible, so that we ... view
• 19 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. This document should be easily accessible, available and easy to fill. It might be a simple document, but it is very important in the process of seeking justice. The same spirit and principle should apply to other enabling documents; for example, the national ID, police abstract, birth certificate, death certificate and burial permits. Those documents are free under the law, but there are so many hidden expenses in acquiring them. We should help our people to acquire those documents for free so as to bring down the cost ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Both petitions raise some serious issues of concern, especially the one on land by Hon. Nyaga. I cannot understand why that process has taken over 20 years. When you do that, is it bureaucracy, inefficiency or negligence? That should be established. The costs keep escalating for the users of that land. What about the opportunities that they have missed for all those 20 years? How will they be compensated for that? The one on SGR borders on breach of laws. The poor working conditions--- We might find that they have breached some of this country’s labour ... view
• 12 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for allowing me to contribute to this Motion on deployment of chaplains to learning institutions. I will start by thanking the Mover of the Motion, Hon. Odanga who is my good neighbour and a very good teacher in his own right. I acknowledge that at one time he was the principal of my village secondary school while I was the chairman of the board. I know that he has a very good reason as he comes from an appropriate background for recommending this kind of Motion. This Motion is very timely because it addresses ... view