Peter Ochieng Odoyo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 191 to 200 of 314.

• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister is a well known Chartered Accountant. I would, therefore, like to address my question to a well known Chartered Accountant. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could he confirm or deny that despite the much touted growth rate of 5.8 per cent, poverty levels in this country have increased since the Minister came into office? view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: I have confirmed, by among others, international bodies like the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and--- view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: I could go on, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 5 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you clearly heard the Minister say that they are planning to buy second-hand helicopters. I would like to know which Act or regulation of the Government the Minister intends to invoke since procurement rules in this country do not allow the Government to buy second-hand goods? Is it that because the price of second-hand is so variable and unknown the Government hopes to buy secondhand machines and then mislead the public as to their real value? view
• 4 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Normally, those who are remanded in police custody are people who for one reason or another are still undergoing interrogation. It is unusual to remand such people in a police station rather than in a prison as is the case in many other courts. Could the Assistant Minister confirm or deny that, indeed, this is wrongful confinement by the concerned police officers in that district? view
• 4 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to add my voice to those who have congratulated the hon. Ligale, the Speaker of the National Assembly, and all hon. Members who participated in one way or another, right from the planning to paying attention to small details like transport. Indeed, one may say that this Parliament is coming of age, as we are now able to host large international conferences quite efficiently. We count ourselves lucky for having able people like hon. Ligale, who have wide national and international experience to support us in such exercises. Mr. Temporary Deputy ... view
• 4 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do note that from the leader of the Kenyan delegation during the function. However, there were only 33 Speakers who attended the conference out of a possible 145. This may mean that if less than 20 per cent of the presiding officers of those parliaments were able to attend, we are also not targeting the appropriate presiding officers. So, I appeal that future IPU conferences should be attended by many more Speakers of national assemblies, so that they may guide many of the discussions on the topics and resolutions that were passed at the ... view
• 4 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: in Kenya or Africa has not been addressed. It is time that we have to put our foot down so that we are able to, first, undertake intra-trade among the neighbouring countries before we venture into other countries. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is time that this Parliament put in legislation to introduce all manner of value addition to the products we produce in Kenya. It is time for us to say that unless we are able to bring in more export revenue, this country may be on the downward side. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I congratulate ... view
• 4 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. N. Nyagah, I assume that you are looking up to see whether the people from the Press are in. I can assure you that the Press is on full time. view
• 4 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me now talk about food insecurity. It was discussed that no Government can go on without proper food security. The IPU meeting noted that people in dry land areas of Kenya fight for resources. When there is drought, the Pokot, Marakwet, Elgeyo and also Tugen, et cetera, fight. The same applies to Nairobi. Today, we have gangs of young boys aged between 18 to 25 years who are terrorising this city. It can only mean that, indeed, their access to resources and to participating in the economy is being diminished day by ... view