Dr. Pamela Awuor Ochieng

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 101 to 110 of 148.

• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I cannot agree more with my colleague, Hon. Osoro. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this debate. I was in the process of saying that all the sentiments we have heard are touching. I rise to support the approval of the nominees whose names are before us today. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I want to bring to the attention of the House the fact that between 2011 and 2013, when we were preparing for the election under the Constitution of Kenya 2010, I undertook a programme with police officers during which we talked about police reforms. At that point in time, we were talking about the concept of a police officer on one side being a citizen and on the other side being a service provider to protect the rights of wananchi and enforce the laws of Kenya. Something stood out that I would like to allude to as we continue to ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I would like to urge this team to approach the work from a reformist position. We talk about police officers on our roads or in the market. It is not right for us to wait for somebody to make mistakes all the time and then they are arrested. I wish IPOA could be proactive in terms of closely interacting with police officers in their daily operations, so that they understand their work deeply and appreciate the conditions in which they operate. That way, IPOA will be able to guide police officers to deliver the desired service of protecting wananchi and ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: In Kenya, most of the time, our police have never acted in a manner to avoid or prevent crime. They wait for a crime to occur then they follow it up or try to pursue it. I listened to Hon. Mbadi who is not here now when he was talking about what happened in the recent past in Homa Bay County. One wonders if it is possible through this Authority and other police organs to come up with ways and means of doing things in order to avert crime and reduce the number of crimes that we witness in our ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I propose that even as we support these nominees to be appointed, it is also in order to think about them as individuals. I agree with what my colleague, Hon. Osoro, said that sometimes we go overboard as Kenyans and even as Members of this House when we look at an appointment list and are so much concerned about regions, ethnicity and communities where these people come from. As Kenyans, what we should look for is whether we have a Kenyan somewhere who can deliver competently the services that the rest of Kenyans are looking for. This is something we ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: way, then it would not matter who is doing what so long as they are doing the right thing that can make all Kenyans happy, they should also be happy with them. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: It is my prayer that even as these nominees will be moving to take their position, we will see a different operation, an all-inclusive approach, we will see a scenario where communities partner with the police service members and even their leader to give Kenya the transparency we are looking for. When we talk about people who have committed a crime and for some reason or another they disappear and cannot be found yet they are within us, it tells us that there is some mistrust between the public and the police force and whoever else who enforces. If we ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I know it has been said and we can say it again, to be honest the police operate under very hard circumstances. They have a challenge in housing, transport even equipment most of the time especially those that operate in rural areas. I come from Migori County and a sample of constituencies like Kuria East, Kuria West, Suna West and Nyatike are purely rural settings with very poor road conditions. Police have no vehicles. In a constituency, they have only one car and we expect them to maintain law and order everywhere. view