OKELO, JARED ODOYO

Yes. 31st March 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 34 Proceed. It will be a month before the D-day. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to support the Public Finance Management (Public Prosecutions Fund) Regulations. The Committee has done a splendid job. There is urgent need to empower the ODPP. When the ODPP...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise to support Sessional Paper No.6 of 2024 on the National Aviation Policy. Air transport is the safest mode of transport. Once a flight perches on air, it is very safe, unless there are very extraneous mechanical issues surrounding it. Air transport is usually the best....

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, it is true that the registration of service providers falls under the purview of the county governments. However, there is only one problem. When it comes to the registration of transporters and the levies that they charge on the citizenry in general, you realise that those charges...

It is the Member for Nyando. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Member for Nyando? Yes, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : You may proceed. Hon. Temporary Chairlady, two main issues are under consideration. First, the responsibility for appointing board members has been...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I thank you very much for the opportunity. At the outset, let me make it clear that I support Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2025 on Partial Divestiture of Safaricom PLC by the Government of Kenya. Firstly, it is important to note that we just passed the...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Yes, what is your point of order? Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for the opportunity. Allow me to join my brother, Hon. Walter Owino of Awendo. This matter is not unique to Sony Sugar; it cuts across all four Government-owned...

I thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I am in line with the proposal as advanced by the Leader of the Majority. For one 19th February 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 33 to serve in the Supreme Court, for example in the United States of America, the rigorous process that...

I thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to also add my voice to this most timely debate.

I thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. In the same breath, allow me to also add my voice to the Teachers Service Commission (Amendment) Bill that is before us. It would be remiss not to make it clear that my late father was a teacher for many years, before...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. 18th February 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 7 Yes, Hon. Jared. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I am taking a cue from the Report presented by Hon. Karemba. As you are aware, re-categorisation of areas as hardship areas has been my pet project....

I thank you, Hon. Speaker. Land remains a volatile and very sensitive issue to the plight of our citizenry. Therefore, it behoves the Public Petitions Committee to not only move with speed, but to also look at the in-depth issues so that people in Runyenjes, all the way to Kianjokoma,...

Thank you for the opportunity, Hon. Speaker; it is part of joyriding. But I am taking a tangent from the efforts the Government employed, particularly last week. For over 30 days, we had our two Kenyans who were allegedly abducted in Uganda. But last week, the Cabinet Secretary in charge...

Hon. Speaker, I thank you very much. I also want to delve into this matter. As it has been alluded to, schools will proceed for the long break and report back in January 2026. As we speak, the second term’s capitation has not been submitted to schools in total, and,...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the opportunity. I lend my support to the Air Passenger Service Charge (Amendment) Bill. It is true that we have had great challenges with our airline industry. The Fund will inevitably help to boost and perpetuate a better airline industry. Our pride...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not have to necessarily respond to what Hon. Elisha said. It is true that Agriculture has been our best foreign exchange earner for many years. Tourism has always been our number two best foreign exchange earner. However, that has been overtaken by light industries. Therefore,...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, fortunately, I got the statistics with regard to what we have lost in tourism as a nation. In 2019, we netted USD1.76 billion from the tourism industry. In 2022, the amount dropped to USD1.7 billion. That means we lost USD600 million in the tourism sector. That downward...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the opportunity. I lend my support to the Air Passenger Service Charge (Amendment) Bill. It is true that we have had great challenges with our airline industry. The Fund will inevitably help to boost and perpetuate a better airline industry. Our pride...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not have to necessarily respond to what Hon. Elisha said. It is true that Agriculture has been our best foreign exchange earner for many years. Tourism has always been our number two best foreign exchange earner. However, that has been overtaken by light industries. Therefore,...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, fortunately, I got the statistics with regard to what we have lost in tourism as a nation. In 2019, we netted USD1.76 billion from the tourism industry. In 2022, the amount dropped to USD1.7 billion. That means we lost USD600 million in the tourism sector. That downward...

Hon. Speaker, I just wanted to acknowledge your generosity. We have had so many children coming to attend our proceedings last week and this week. I hope that the kind of generation you are helping today would mould into future leaders. Through such kinds of visits and tours, we will...