Michael Aringo Onyura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those comments, I support the Report. view
• 1 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute on the President’s Address. I also join the other Members who have expressed their happiness with the President for coming to address us as expected. It actually means that he has respect for the Constitution and this House. I was also happy with the easy manner in which he carried himself around and interacted with people. I wish that next time he comes maybe those who surround and put tight cordon around him will allow him to walk around freely and interact with Members of ... view
• 1 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: There are certain things that were mentioned that one might say were good to hear. The President gave a lot of promises, said a lot of right things and good things to hear, but the challenge will be in accomplishing those things. I commend him for his ambitious project of irrigating one million acres of land for food sufficiency. However, in doing that, we should not forget the high potential areas as well. We might be over- investing or rushing to invest in sort of marginalized areas and then forget the high potential areas, which we could also invest in, ... view
• 1 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: My Busia County, for example, is a fairly high potential area, but one of our problems when it comes to agriculture and production is the cost of inputs and even their availability. There has been talk about subsidized inputs, fertilizers and seeds, but getting these inputs is a big problem. It is a whole mess. You go round and round, too much bureaucracy and no proper policy and systems as to how to get the inputs. So, much as we irrigate these areas, let us not forget the high potential areas as well. view
• 1 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: The issue of energy was also nice to hear about. We heard that we are working towards the production of 5000 megawatts and ensuring that 80 per cent of our households get electricity, and also ensuring that all our primary schools get electricity. These are good targets and objectives and the challenge will be in their implementation. It is also not very clear what kind of timeframe we are talking about. These are the some of the things that--- view
• 1 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on energy, other than a brief mention of the pipeline from Lamu, I did not hear anything about oil in Turkana. I thought that this was really a major resource for this country and we need to be appraised all the time of where we are and what we are doing. Finally, on the issue of security, we still have a lot to do. You can promise us all these things, we shall wait. view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have read through this Report, and I must say that I am not any wiser, or better informed, than when I had read newspapers, magazines and listened to talk shows. This appears more of an academic exercise than a serious investigative exercise that we had expected to get from this Committee. This Committee had set out to investigate and establish whether there were commissions or omissions that caused what happened at Westgate and other terrorist attacks. Indeed, they admit that there were errors of commission and omission, but there is nobody who is mentioned to take ... view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, may I end my contribution by also expressing my sympathy and condolences to the victims of the terrorist attack in Likoni. My prayers are also for baby Satrin, who has a bullet in the head. I have since learnt that the family is from Busia, which is my county. We pray for them and we should look for every way to support them. view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Otherwise, I oppose this Report. 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
• 19 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance also to say something about this Bill. view