Silvanus Osoro Onyiego

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 141 to 150 of 156.

• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I rise to second and support the Motion by Hon. Keter. It is important to urge the Government to consider establishing the centres, even if it is one in every region: one in the coastal region, one in Nairobi, one in Nyanza and one in the western region. We will be able to improve our sporting activities in the country. view
• 1 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I beg to second the Motion. 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
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Indeed, this discussion is necessary due to the harm caused by the rains. I am a victim of being caught up in the rains while I was travelling from my constituency in Kisii County. Upon reaching Mai Mahiu, vehicles could not pass. The road had cracked into two parts and several other commuters and I left our vehicles. This was 10.00 p.m. in the night and we walked in search of safety. view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: This matter needs urgent attention and all the concerned relevant authorities should act as quickly as possible because several people have been left homeless. This is not about transport but it also affects food security. People cannot go to work and in some constituencies, they are camping in schools in pursuit of shelter and even those schools are not safe. This is a matter that is of grave concern. It is important to look for ways of making sure that this is resolved generally and collectively through the relevant Ministries. I rise to second. view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the consideration of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA); and the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) Agreements, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 26th April 2018 and pursuant to Section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, 2012, approves the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) and the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) agreements. On 29th March 2018, the Leader of the Majority Party in ... view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: The main objective of the Agreement is to create an expanded and secure market for the goods and services of state parties through adequate infrastructure and the reduction and progressive elimination of tariffs and non-tariff barriers. Hon. Deputy Speaker, these are the obligations that are imposed by the Agreement. The modalities for trade liberalisation negotiated provides for liberalisation of up to 90 per cent of total tariff lines for each member state. That is including sensitive products within a period of 13 years for least developed countries (LDCs) and 10 years for non-LDCs. What is national interest of this Agreement? ... view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: The main objectives of the Agreement are to increase intra-regional trade through the establishment of a larger market with a single economic space and to address the challenges of multiple memberships by harmonising rules and policies such as health and technical standards, rules of origin and customs, trade facilitation and transit issues with a long-term goal of moving to other deeper levels of integration. What could be the national interest of this Agreement? In simple terms, this is for the benefit of advancement of economic prosperity of Kenya and her people. Kenya has been trading with Africa as much as ... view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: That, the Constitution provides for the entrenchment of these agreements into the laws of Kenya. The Agreement is aligned to the Constitution where it accelerates the political and socio- economic integration of the continent, and coordinates and harmonises the policies between the existing and future regional economic communities, for the gradual attainment of the objective of the union of the Constitutive Act of the African Union. Article 15 of the Agreement talks about the waiver of obligation and protocol on trade in goods. Hon. Kimani, I am almost done. Article 17 talks about anti-dumping and countervailing measures. This is in ... view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Exactly. I do not really know what to reply. view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I appreciate the fact that Hon. Members have fully understood, if they did, what we moved. The fact that the mood of the House is to put the Question, then it means that the whole House is in agreement and there is no moving back. We need to move forward. view