George Oner Ogalo

Hon. Ogalo No, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. (Question, that the words to be left out be left out, put and agreed to) (Question, that the words to be inserted in place thereof be inserted, put and agreed to) (Clause 88 as amended agreed to) (Clause 89 agreed to) Clause 90

Hon. Ogalo Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. The hon. Member has raised an important point that requires a response. What happens if the county assembly decides to legislate on water resources in their counties? Article 186 (3) of the Constitution is very clear that a function or power not...

Hon. Ogalo Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, consumer protection is a national Government function. If we allow county governments to set tariffs whimsically, then the element of costing water way above the reach of ordinary citizens might occur. So, for the national...

Hon. Ogalo Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to congratulate the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. In rushing to get the amendments done, we made irrelevant amendments to Section 16 and 17 of this Bill. I think the Chairman should consider, at the earliest opportunity, to...

Hon. Ogalo Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Everybody has said very good things about the Committee. This is the third major Bill we are transacting in this House as a Committee. I am very happy with our Committee. However, I want to appeal to the Members of this House....

Hon. Ogalo Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. You know, there are very many instances we give Cabinet Secretaries authority to formulate regulations or other functions within Acts and they take forever to do that. The language in this amendment would have given the Cabinet Secretary his or her own...

Hon. Ogalo Yes, I am in support. Hon. Ogalo(Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted, put and agreed to)

Hon. Ogalo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this amendment would make somebody who is manipulative to personalise this institution. If you are replaced with a junior person, then you can come back after two years and continue being chairman. This amendment should be dropped. I oppose. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon....

Hon. Ogalo Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I wanted to clarify something over what the Chairlady of our Committee has said. By dint of the Fourth Schedule, the county government is the one to provide water services. These other water service providers are going to fill the gap that the county...

Hon. OgaloThank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. This is a very important amendment by the Committee. If you look at the Bill as it was before, you will find that the Basin Resources Committee was going to be given powers that they have no capacity to exercise. In the amendment,...