OLUOCH, ANTHONY TOM

I support the amendments by the Committee on the grounds that the Authority being created will deal with very fundamental things, including the administration of drugs and the technology involved in this area. So, enhancing the experience of the Director-General to 15 years is appropriate. This will ensure that the...

Apologies, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I was speaking to my amendments when I was making my interventions. I later realised that the amendments as put on the Order Paper by the Chair and the Committee, on Clause 6 (c) that deals with the 15 years of experience, had an issue. You...

Yes, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. To begin with, I had a proposed amendment. I support the part that seeks to add the words “persons with disabilities” in terms of being in tandem with the provisions of the Constitution. To the extent that it seeks to include persons with disabilities, I agree...

Are we on Clause 7 or Clause 8?

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I wanted to contribute to Clause 8 (7) of the Bill which is not part of what the Chair has proposed to amend. I will ask to be given an opportunity to prosecute Clause 8 (7) of the Bill. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : Let...

THAT, Clause 8 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (7) by inserting the words “fair representation of persons with disabilities” immediately after the words “regional balance.” The import of this, which I have tried to persuade the Chairman through the Deputy Speaker, is to add a language of the...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I am not anticipating debate but thinking out loud. If you look at the concerns being raised by Members and the provisions of Clause 23 and in light of the fact that we ought to have thought about traditional medicine in the same manner we brought four...

Yes, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 23 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (2) by — Yes, I had already proposed the amendment as per the Order Paper. I was giving my justification that this ought to be enhanced considering the offences being spoken about...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Anthony Thomas Oluoch, go ahead. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise on Standing Order 95. Going by the mood of the House, and considering the fact that we do not wish to debate, and going by the previous precedent, I...

I have no comments on this Bill. I do not know why I have been called upon. I wanted to prepare for the other Bills. I spent three hours preparing for the previous Bill.

Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 43, I wish to make a statement on the World Mental Health Day that was observed on Tuesday, 10th October 2023. As we reflect upon the Mental Health Day, we must recognise that mental health is a universal human right. However, it is the...

Hon. Members, ladies, I support your quest. Allow me to state my point of order. Pads for our girls. I also have a girl and so, I support. Can you allow me to state my point of order? (Loud consultations) Hon. Members, The Member for Mathare is supporting you. You...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the indulgence. I wish to make this General Statement pursuant to Standing Order 43 (1) regarding the planned deployment of 1,000 Kenya Police officers to the Republic of Haiti. As a House, we appreciate that as part of fulfilment of international obligations to the...

On a point of information, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. KJ. He is my very good friend from my alma mater. I want to inform him in utmost good faith. Already I can see Hon. Murugara smiling at what I want to inform him about. The Act is called the Judicature Act. I know, understandably, because he...

Hon. Speaker, could the Cabinet Secretary–

No. Give Hon. Antony Oluoch the microphone. Ask a supplementary question if you have any. Thank you, Hon. Speaker and the Cabinet Secretary. I wish to ask a supplementary question, specifically on the question of the court award which we adverted to the Judicial Review No.483 of 2016. To my...

Thank you. Hon Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 14 of the Bill be amended by deleting the words “in consultation with” appearing immediately after the word “determine” and substituting therefor the words “upon the advice of” The reason is to make the wordings of this clause consistent...

I can take it again. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Yes please. 27th September 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 37 Hon. Chair I did not notice there was a change of guard. Sorry. The purpose of this is to substitute the words “in consultations with” the wordings “upon the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 31 of the Bill be amended by deleting paragraph (c) of sub-clause 2 and inserting the following new paragraph— “ (c) it is required for historical, statistical and research purposes where the data is anonymised.” The reason is that...

THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 51. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Say what you intend to do. I intend to amend it by deleting the clause and then I proceed to give the reasons. For purposes of good drafting and neatness, Parliament must never make...

I am trying to persuade the Leader of the Majority party that in principle, I am not opposed to management of e-waste. As a law maker and a drafter who contributes a lot to drafting and lawmaking in this House, for neatness, we could have consequential amendments where you take...

27th September 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 49 THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended by—

Hon. Temporary Chairman, after consultation with the Chairperson of the Committee, Leader of the Majority Party and Members of the Departmental Committee on Health, they seem to be insistent on maintaining the word “e- waste”. I concede to drop my amendment under (a) on condition that they have agreed to...

I am there. Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 5 of the Bill be amended by deleting paragraph (i) . The amendment seeks to remove the functions of complaints handling from the Social Health Authority as there is already a Dispute Resolution Committee established under Clause 45...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, for the avoidance of doubt, first, we are not saying that there should be no complaints. It is only that they cannot be heard against the very person you are complaining about. In law, there is a maxim called nemo judex in causa sua. You cannot sit...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I had this amendment, but listening to the Chairperson of the Committee, it appears what I had proposed is carried in his amendment. Correct. So, I drop mine and support the Chairperson’s amendment. (Proposed amendments to Clause 26 by Hon. Anthony Oluoch dropped)

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 33 of the Bill be amended by—

The part (b) of it. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Go ahead. Thank you, Hon. Chairperson for agreeing with that. I want to drop part (b) , which seeks to delete the word “Committee” after the words “Dispute Resolution” in sub-clause 33 (5) . However, reading the correct...

THAT, Clause 35 of the Bill be amended by— 27th September 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 74

THAT the First Schedule of the Bill be amended in Paragraph 6 by deleting sub paragraphs (2) , (3) and (4) and substituting therefor the following new sub- paragraphs— Hon. Temporary Chairman, the proposed amendment will save the human resource that we have even as we transit to have an...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to request for a Statement regarding the projected funding ceilings for the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) for the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 Financial Years. (Applause)Committee on Transport and Infrastructure. This is signed by Anthony Tom Oluoch, Member(Applause) 26th September 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 6

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me begin from a point Hon. Ichung’wah mentioned when he was moving. I agree with him entirely. I think he said one is a candidate of condemnation to death if one has the misfortune of being committed to any institution in our country, be...

Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 24 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (b) -

On behalf of the people of Mathare, all struggling hustlers abandoned by the Kenya Kwanza government, and all content creators wale wananyanyaswa, I vote a big “No”. (Voting in progress)

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to begin by saying that the Finance Bill is for total rejection. My preliminary point is to invite you, Hon. Speaker, to issue directions and a ruling on the Bill in light of the supporting reports. We were 14th June 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...

On a point of order. Yes, Hon. Oluoch. What is your point of order? Hon. Speaker, I think the Leader of Majority Party has the duty to be factual in terms of our Standing Orders. It is not factual for him to stand here and tell Kenyans about the devolved...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As I support the appointment of Hon. Isaac Rutto, I would like to remind him and his counterpart the reason why we have independent commissions and constitutional office holders in the Constitution. The JSC was supposed to be one of those that not only speak and...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : Member for Mathare. I would like to confirm whether your gadget indicates that we are on intervention and we are able to make contributions. You have just confirmed that part of this process requires that...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I have looked at the figures allocated to this, and my comments are that the figures are way below, considering that we still have many constituencies that are yet to have TVETs, including Homa Bay Town. Hon. Kaluma here confirms it. There are also places...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I support the Vote, but the allocation is too little. The allocation to the basic education sector should, at least, be Ksh250 billion. I have two short reasons that I want to advance in this regard. It has been close to 10 years, with a...

Thank you, the Temporary Chairman. I am being reminded that you need to announce the change of Chair so that Members do not call you Madam Chair. On this allocation, there is an over-supply. I hope the Budget and Appropriation Committee Chairperson is listening because there is an over-supply in...

Hon. Temporary Chairman and Hon. Ichung’wah, the allocation of Ksh29 billion is well-grounded but with a rider. I suggest that Ksh20 billion should be ring-fenced to cushion taxpayers who would have paid 3 per cent, 1.5 per cent or whatever that percentage is instead of burdening them on what they...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I want to support this. This is an important intervention for constituencies such as mine where we have many talented young people who earn a living from sports. There is an under supply in this particular allocation which perhaps the Committee could check so that in future...

Even as I support, this is one of the ingenious inventions of the previous administration. I am happy this administration has picked this up for administrative continuity. However, one of the things we need to ask is why our wazee are complaining continuously and for long periods that the government...