Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 961 to 970 of 1172.

• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: That is not new. Can I table this report? view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the general feeling I have after reading that letter and after listening to many other people in the industry, especially of the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE), is that there is some behaviour where people who consider themselves a clan 3468 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 23, 2007 behave as they wish. They fix prices of shares as they wish. They can, of course, mislead the public who then buy those shares. The Enron case in America, is a case in point where the public can be robbed. view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is a public document. I wish to--- view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Education treats teaching as a different Civil Service job. That is because all other civil servants move from Coast Province to Nyanza Province. They move from Nyanza Province to North Eastern Province without complaining. But teachers want to teach in the same sub-location where they were born. Then, they have farms and goats. They never go to school. Since they come from there and have clans, those clans protect them against other clans. They bring a lot of problems and they do not teach. Why do you not treat teachers like any other ... view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what is the policy of the Government on gazettement of institutions like these ones? We do not have to come to Parliament to ask Questions for the Government to do it for us. If a community has put up a dispensary, do they need their Member of Parliament to ask a Question in the House for them to be included in the Gazette Notice, or is there a policy that once an institution has been established and the MOH has been notified--- In fact, he knows about it because he helped in putting it up. ... view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the policy on the Fund is a bit cumbersome and it is not transparent. It leaves our communities in very vulnerable situations. Why do you not put money in the districts? The District Water Officer (DWO) would identify whatever projects they can carry out with the communities around per year, instead of asking Community Based Organisations (CBOs), men and women groups to write proposals to some Trust Fund they do not even know. They then hope that they will be answered and wait for years without an answer. Why do you not bring ... view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have a lot of interest in this area because, originally, when the Ministry of Education was going round to collect views from Kenyans before putting together the Sessional Paper on our policy on education, one of our very senior politicians from southern Nyanza, who was one time the Chairman of Homa Bay County Council, when it was still a big county council--- He is not a person who went to school much. He was called Councillor Aketch Chieng'. He asked the professors who had gone to gather information: "You are talking about ... view
• 22 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: In fact, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think he wanted me to emphasise, so that Dr. Mwiria can get the support he needs to get in his constituency. Actually, he has made a very relevant point on this. If we are not careful, we are isolating our rural areas. We are not integrating them into the system. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me use this little opportunity to mention that there are some schools in the slum areas, which are also self-driven. Those kids cannot go to the city schools because the city schools are also very few. ... view
• 21 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Why is the Assistant Minister misleading the House that there is no capacity in the districts when we have District Architects, Engineers and all those who can design markets and get those things done by the councils. Why can he not tell us the real reason why they do those things at the centre? Is it not because of so much corruption? view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hotel was sold off to a private person, and it has been rehabilitated after being closed for many years. The hotel is very good now. However, the Ministry must accept that if you dismiss people because you want to sell a facility, when you get the money, which they got from whoever bought it, the first liability should have been to pay the workers. Now the workers cannot let us drink tea anywhere in this country. Everywhere you go, whether it is in Nakuru or Mombasa, you find one of the former employees of Homabay Hotel, ... view