Michael Aringo Onyura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: If you have visited or travelled to other countries or cities, you will not smell the stench or offensive smell that you will smell when you visit the dumpsites. You will get a foul smell when garbage vehicles pass in this country. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think we need to institute a lot of research in this area to find out whether there are ways, even as we manage our waste, it can be useful to us. For example, if we can get a way of managing and recycling waste like polythene bags and plastics, we will create employment opportunities and we will clean up our environment. It will also be an income earner to many people. I know that these view
• 3 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support this Petition. As it has been observed, the whole length of the road from Kisumu to Busia - it is a road I use very frequently to my constituency - is really a black spot. I would like to also urge the authorities to put bumps at all shopping centres. We know that in our country, unfortunately even if you put road signs, Kenyan drivers have no respect for them. The language that, perhaps, they will understand is that of bumps. Even where there are bumps you will ... view
• 3 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: So, I support this petition very much. I urge that bumps be erected at every shopping centre on the whole road from Kisumu to Busia; rumble strips should also be added, as is the case on the Thika Super Highway. The bumps should also be properly painted and maintained because they can also cause accidents, particularly to people who are not used to them. I have been on certain roads where there are bumps, but there are no signs to show them and they are not painted. This way, it becomes very difficult for the drivers when driving to see ... view
• 3 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I strongly support this Motion. view
• 2 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. I want to thank the Mover of this Motion, honourable Galgalo, for bringing it. I strongly support the Motion. It is high time that we had a Disaster Preparedness and Response Authority. What we need to do is to ensure that there is proper planning. The Government should, all the time, be in a position to act proactively rather than a knee-jerk sort of action. So, with an authority like that, we will be having well prepared and well trained personnel who can respond at ... view
• 2 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I personally believe that some of what we consider as causes of disaster is actually a blessing. I consider the waters, rain and sun as among the abundant natural resources that we have in this country. I am aware that there are many other countries where they go for years without seeing a drop of rain. I am also aware that there are countries which will go for days and, maybe, weeks without even seeing the sun. We should be counting ourselves blessed to have those natural resources. What we need to do is to see how we can harness ... view
• 2 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we should not wait and watch in the news ordinary and helpless Kenyans saying: “Tunaomba Serikali”, all the time. We want a situation where those Kenyans will be saying: “Tunapongeza Serikali” for having foreseen, planned and dealt with those disasters as they occur. Many times, we have the information we require to make those responses. We have invested a lot of money and resources in agencies like the Meteorological Department and they give us a lot of information all the time. So, some of those things do not just come all over a sudden. It ... view
• 2 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this amendment because I feel the Motion is now more inclusive and wider, rather than just talking of narrow preparedness. We are now talking about disaster management in all its totality and description. I think it reads much better than the original Motion. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to add that as part of disaster management, we need to involve our population. We need to create awareness; we need to be able to give civic education to our population for them to be able to understand what ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. I have a lot of sympathy for this Motion and that is why I was very uncomfortable when there was an attempt to amend it. It is difficult enough for the girl child anywhere. I am just imagining that it must, therefore, be much more difficult in an environment like the ASAL areas. It is very important that everything be done to employ affirmative action in situations like this, where the Government is committed to providing universal education. If we are going to ensure that we attain ... view