Michael Aringo Onyura

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 511 to 520 of 520.

• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think these issues need to be addressed, so that the girl-child, who suffers a lot of these disadvantages, is protected. view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also rise to support this Motion. This is a very serious matter as already mentioned by hon. Members who have spoken before. The most important role of a Government is to ensure security of its population. I would expect that when something like this happens, we should have very serious reaction. I would expect the top echelons in the Government, particularly the security sector to react very strongly and send a very clear message to any of these aggressors, whoever they may be, wherever they may be coming from, that if you do this again, ... view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: It is very disappointing at times to see in the media that those who have been entrusted with the duties of security of our nation are just wrangling and trying to argue, each one trying to talk about who has more power than the other. view
• 4 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also rise to support this Motion. This is a very serious matter as already has been mentioned by hon. Members who have spoken before. The most important role of a Government is to ensure security of its population. I would expect that when something like this happens, we should have very serious reaction. I would expect the top echelons in the Government, particularly the security sector to react very strongly and send a very clear message to any of these aggressors, whoever they may be, wherever they may be coming from, that if you do ... view
• 8 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you very much Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I am supporting this Bill in principle because the time that was available for some of us to look at it was not enough. The time was not enough for us to scrutinize it a bit more thoroughly and even involve our constituents. There was no time to even involve Kenyans who have expertise in this area. Hon. Deputy Speaker, as it is normally said, the devil is in the details. However, I have said that I support it in principle because looking at the reasons and objects ... view
• 8 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I hinted that if we had a bit more time, we would have looked at this Bill in more depth. I also learnt that if this Bill had come through the Committees, then there would have been deeper scrutiny. It is unfortunate and regrettable that we have not succeeded in forming these Committees. I want to reflect on what one of the Members pointed out, that it is not a complicated matter. In fact, our House Leaders can sit down, have a cup of tea or coffee and resolve the issue. I want to appeal that you ... view
• 7 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am aware that given our numbers, you are still learning our names. view
• 7 May 2013 in National Assembly: I would like to say a few things about this Motion. I noted that the first two Motions, Private Members’ Motions that have come to this House have had something to do with health. To me that is significant. Issues of health are a major challenge for this nation. I rate security as number one, food as number two and healthcare as number three most important challenges for this nation. view
• 7 May 2013 in National Assembly: If there is any institution that can help us get universal healthcare that we have all been talking about, that institution is the NHIF. I would urge the House and the nation that we do everything we can to support this particular institution, develop it, move politics away from it and let it be managed by professionals professionally. Looking at the way the Motion is framed, I would be very reluctant to support it; when we reduce the surcharge, who are we assisting? Who are we trying to protect? Are we trying to protect the defaulters? Is this not likely ... view
• 7 May 2013 in National Assembly: With those few comments, I oppose this Motion. view