Dr. Paul Otuoma

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 301 to 310 of 412.

• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the piece of land on which the four families and the two youth groups had settled was an open land belonging to the National Youth Service which has been fenced off following the Government directive that all public institutions properly secure the land belonging to such institutions through acquisition of title deeds and erection of appropriate perimeter fence. view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as much as I understand the issue of squatter problems in the coastal area, I have tabled a document that shows that this land measuring almost 100 hectares belongs to the National Youth Service (NYS). I have information of the four families namely Mr. Mohamed Omar - a former navy officer; Mr. Mohamed Arafat - a former NYS officer, Mr. Hesbon Mwaura - a businessman and Josing Jokil - a former navy officer. Others are Asali Tamu Youth Group and Jamaica Youth Group. These are the groups which were voluntarily moved out of this land once it ... view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Bw. Spika, nimetoa cheti cha umiliki wa ardhi hii. Cheti hicho kinaonyesha kwamba Idara ya NYS imekuwa pale zaidi ya miaka 40. Cheti hicho kinaonyesha eneo ambalo walikuwa wametengewa kwa kazi yao. Pia, idara hii si ya mtu binafsi. Ni idara ya Wakenya ambayo inashughulikia vijana wa Kenya. Kwa hivyo, hatuwezi kujaribu kuwasaidia Wakenya na iwe ni sisi tunaenda kuwanyanyasa Wakenya. view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have said that they were only four families and I have mentioned their names. However, I can repeat. They are Mohamed Omar - a former Kenya Navy officer; Mohamed Arafat - a former NYS officer; Hesbon Mwaura - a businessman, Josing Jokil - a former Kenya Navy officer. These were people who were there in the course of their duties as navy officers. They were not even indigenous people. There is also nothing to show that they had acquired that land. Those were the families that we were dealing with. view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I need to verify that because the information I have is that the leasehold that was given to the NYS is for 99 years and I am yet to establish when it was issued. I think it is on that title deed. However, it is a leasehold land for 99 years. That means that it either belonged to the municipal council or the Government. I am not very sure about that but I can check. view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the title deed that I have furnished Parliament with that belongs to the NYS has not been challenged at all anywhere. So, if it has not been challenged, I assume that it is the legal document of the true ownership of that land. I will go a step further and engage my colleague, Mr. Mwahima, to know if there could be other underlying issues that have not come to my attention. view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to give this Ministerial Statement on the circumstances that led to Harambee Stars dismal performance in the recently concluded CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup. I wish to inform the House that Harambee Stars was not well prepared for CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup held in Dar-es-Salaam. The team was in the camp for only four days before they departed for Dar-es-Salaam. The team had also assembled nine new players who had just joined the team. So, they had not trained with the team before, meaning there was no adequate time for the team ... view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member for Webuye has asked what policies we have put in place in terms of professionalism when it comes to recruiting the coaches. I have already said that we have a very comprehensive sports policy. We also have a Bill which clearly stipulates how our federation and our national teams should run. I want to assure this House that so long as I am still the Minister in charge of sports, we will implement this to the letter. view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, he just asked me what I was going to do. The Bill was ready, but we were clearing with the Treasury because of some financial implications. We have already finished that. So, the Bill will soon be tabled before the Cabinet and then it comes here. I want to assure you that there will be professionalism when it comes to recruiting coaches, so that there is continuity. I totally agree with you that when you have got a very high turn-over, already that is an indicator of some problems somewhere. The problem may not be ... view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, currently, the federation running football in this country is called the Football Kenya Limited (FKL). These are some of the issues that we have been saying are problems in this country. We cannot have a limited company at the same time masquerading as an association. If you look at the FA League, which they were trying to copy, in those places, they do not normally elect the officials. Those are honorary positions. You saw the FA Chairman just resigning because of London not being considered for World Cup. Some of these officials have been around ... view