Charles Mamwacha Onchoke

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I wish to request for a Statement from the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works regarding collapsed residential buildings in Bonchari Constituency, Kisii County. Hon. Speaker, incidents of buildings...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education regarding the alarming rate of drug and substance use among university students in Kenya. Drug...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, Additionally, many students find themselves away from parental supervision and authority, which creates an environment that encourages uncontrolled experimentation with drugs and other risky behaviours. Those factors can negatively impact students’ academic performance, mental health and overall well-being, even at post-university stage....

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman, for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this issue. If you look at the best practices worldwide, you do not necessarily need a PhD to lead a research institution. I support the Chairman of the Committee that...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. First of all, I wish to congratulate Hon. Irene Mayaka for moving this Bill this far. When I was growing up in Bonchari, I saw good big rivers, wetlands,...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. My frustration and disappointment, like everybody else here, is that institutions are appropriated funds yet year in, year out there is stealing going on. Where is our oversight? Do we wait until all the money is stolen and all assets...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity you have given me to mourn the death of Hon. Zebedeo Opore. It is so personal to me, that I am lost for words. The late Hon. Opore is my uncle and I was there the very...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I wish to present the Report on the inquiry into irregular and illegal grant of tax exemptions to a company under the special operating framework agreement. I will give a summary of the Report and findings of the Committee. This Report presents...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity. Earlier today, in the morning Session, I tabled the Report on behalf of the Chairman of the Committee on Delegated Legislation as he was engaged elsewhere. We went through the discussion of the Report, leading...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Bill. At the outset, let me say that it appears that a lot of concepts and telecommunications technology is inhibiting the efficient way of handling this debate. The...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity on behalf of the House, to welcome Itierio Primary Boarding, which is in my constituency and Oganga Primary School from Karachuonyo. Itierio Girls Boarding Primary is one of the top-performing schools in the country. I also dare...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute on this important Motion. First, I want to commend the sponsor for bringing it. This is the correct thing to do. Mental illness manifests itself in many ways. Just like one of my colleagues has...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Hon. Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. The people of Bonchari have sent me various views about this Bill that they have taken time to go through, and on their behalf, I would like to state them as follows: that...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (C) , I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure regarding the status of the Suneka Airstrip. Suneka Airstrip was established during the...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. Village elders or managers are very critical in the societies that we come from. The alternative would be that all disputes go to the normal judicial system, which is normally...

Hon Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, we can cure the Chairman’s fears by defining what ‘net’ means. If the deduction will be made on the gross salary, it will be punitive and prohibitive. Kenyans are already suffering. We can define that and remove the fears that the Chairman...