Robert Pukose

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• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Many of the areas where a lot of discoveries have been made in the recent past are very remote. At times, you look at it and wonder whether it was a deliberate scheme by, maybe, those who came before us, the colonialists and neo-colonialists, to make those areas inaccessible, so that the country does not discover the wealth underneath. In the recent few years, we have discovered a lot of minerals in Turkana, Kitui and parts of north eastern, western regions and other places. Those are areas that are inaccessible. In areas like West Pokot, there are no roads. There ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Many of the areas where a lot of discoveries have been made in the recent past are very remote. At times, you look at it and wonder whether it was a deliberate scheme by, maybe, those who came before us, the colonialists and neo-colonialists, to make those areas inaccessible, so that the country does not discover the wealth underneath. In the recent few years, we have discovered a lot of minerals in Turkana, Kitui and parts of north eastern, western regions and other places. Those are areas that are inaccessible. In areas like West Pokot, there are no roads. There ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: theirs. We must have a system that guarantees that a certain percentage of opportunities belongs to them and the other percentage goes to the nation. The other day, we had the World Cup in Brazil and when Brazil played with Germany, Germany scored seven goals and Brazil got a consolation of one goal. The joke in the public is that some people called for a referendum to determine whether Brazil lost fairly. We do not want to go that way. Things should be made clear. For instance, everybody was able to see seven goals. So, I did not think we ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: theirs. We must have a system that guarantees that a certain percentage of opportunities belongs to them and the other percentage goes to the nation. The other day, we had the World Cup in Brazil and when Brazil played with Germany, Germany scored seven goals and Brazil got a consolation of one goal. The joke in the public is that some people called for a referendum to determine whether Brazil lost fairly. We do not want to go that way. Things should be made clear. For instance, everybody was able to see seven goals. So, I did not think we ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for allowing me to contribute on this Motion. First and foremost, I want to thank our colleagues, hon. Chepkong’a, hon. Dr. Eseli Simiyu, hon. ole Metito, Senator Wako and others for work well done. They sat down and agreed. As you have read Article 113 of the Constitution it is right, had they not agreed we would have lost this Bill. It is important that they have submitted this Report. I remember we debated this issue so much last time. This is a very important forum for us because, as put by hon. Dr. Eseli, it ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for allowing me to contribute on this Motion. First and foremost, I want to thank our colleagues, hon. Chepkong’a, hon. Dr. Eseli Simiyu, hon. ole Metito, Senator Wako and others for work well done. They sat down and agreed. As you have read Article 113 of the Constitution it is right, had they not agreed we would have lost this Bill. It is important that they have submitted this Report. I remember we debated this issue so much last time. This is a very important forum for us because, as put by hon. Dr. Eseli, it ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: THAT, clause 4 be amended— (a) in sub-clause (1)— (i) in paragraph (e) by deleting the expression “three persons of whom one shall be a counsellor, one a psychologist and one a psychotherapist, elected by licensed counsellors, psychologists and psychotherapists” and substituting therefor the expression “four persons of whom two shall be counsellors and two shall be psychologists”; (ii) in paragraph (g) by deleting the expression “from among persons who are not counsellors, psychologists or psychotherapists” and substituting therefor the expression “to represent minorities and marginalized groups”. (b) by deleting subclause (2); (c) in subclause (4) by inserting the following ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, what we had proposed to delete were the words “or psychotherapists” in (g). In (e), we propose to delete “three” and replace it with “two”, so that there can be one counsellor and one psychologist. We are seeking to delete the words “and one psychothepist”. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The import of this amendment is to ensure equal representation for counsellors and psychologists in the Board. We have discussed this amendment with hon. Wamunyinyi and agreed. view