Jared Odoyo Okelo

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am in agreement with the Committee’s proposal. We have just opened it a little wider to incorporate the civil society or the NGOs at the same time denying them an opportunity to have an officer recognized in law...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, on MDA’s and other Government agencies, in terms of recruitment, there is a Mwongozo, which is a document to be adopted by these agencies while doing recruitment. “Competitive” is a word that clearly appears there. It could have been an inadvertent...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. This is a very important aspect of this Bill because, firstly, it will be user-friendly and that is why we are putting emphasis on it. It will be simple to use so that even those who are not as...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) I thank you very much for the opportunity, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also thank my Committee together with its secretariat for burning the midnight oil. The leadership of this House, headed by the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM)I thank you, Hon. Deputy Chairlady. My friend can sometimes be funny. Article 260 of our Constitution has delineated who qualifies to become a State Officer or a Public Officer. We are guided by Chapter Six of our Constitution on Leadership and Integrity. If the Leadership...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it only buttresses the relevance of the same thing. It is semantics. When you talk about advanced relevant degree, it only means that it has been upped. It is the first degree yes, but on this particular case, to make it...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Besides what he has stated which is a code, there will also be a signature which will be superimposed onto that document. Together with other security features, it will pass as an authentic document.

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. In areas where there is forgery, that is criminal. We have procedures of settling down criminal activities. The electronic signature is not a new phenomenon. It has been in existence since the advent of computer systems. It is recognised in...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) Thank you, very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. My sister, Hon. Esther Passaris, has raised a pertinent concern on the issue of demolitions. I want to believe that even though that happened, sufficient notice was given. Additionally, this should not turn to be economic sabotage...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. It is true that diaspora remittances to this country is annual, and looking at 2021, it was over Kshs300 billion. Last year in December, it hit the highest record ever at Kshs39.7 billion in just one month. Therefore,...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to support this Petition by Mr. Gaya, of North Karachuonyo. It is true that the area, which I know very well, deserves hardship allowance. I am aware that there was a multi-agency approach by the national Government that was...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity, and I regret taking you back. As you were reading the ruling, I was pricked to say something; and that is by applauding you for such a very important ruling that you have come up...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I am in support of this because we have seen situations where we have even numbers and during voting, there has been a gridlock. So, when it is odd numbers as it is being proposed by the...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) Thank you, Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Public Finance Management Bill for reasons that are known to many. There are very good reasons why the Committee has advanced these kind of amendments. It is usually very good for business to quickly...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I thank you very much. I support this Bill on the creation of a third-party account by the National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) . In the advent of NG-CDF which was then CDF, there were no specific roles for the funds. In retrospect,...

Hon. Jared Okelo (Nyando, ODM) Yes, Hon. Speaker. Thank you very much. You have given a directive on what needs to follow as pertains to this subject that was before us. I want to thank you. You know as well as I do and – together with our colleagues here...