Charles Mamwacha Onchoke

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. It is long overdue for Kenya to get its act together in terms of protecting its heritage and cultural property. The items on the shelves in our museums or at the Kenyan National Archives...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Yes, Hon. Speaker. Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. We have a Supplementary Budget against the backdrop of a country not having a medium-term plan. One wonders how we can manage our economy without a medium-term plan. We are 11 months...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker for the opportunity to present this Petition. I, the undersigned, on behalf of Mr. Benson Asiago Mocheo, an aggrieved Kenyan citizen, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Article 1 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 replaces all...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to second this Motion. We all need to be alive to the requirements or the need to take care of our dead. All over the country, you do not find any well-maintained cemetery. That is something that needs...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have had the privilege of working in the defunct Nairobi City Council, and I am very familiar with Langata Cemetery. It is an old facility that was created before Independence. The projection was to take a small number of...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) I second the Motion. (Question proposed)

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to support this Motion. I invite us to think of Kenya, which is known to be a first country in many respects. Kenya has the best athletes internationally and is the economic superpower in the East African...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute to this Bill and thank the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee for his excellent presentation on this matter of the Supplementary Budget. (Hon. Silvanus Osoro spoke off-record) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am being intimidated....

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to appreciate the Cabinet Secretary and his team for appearing before this House to take our Questions. Could the Cabinet Secretary-

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity. Earlier on, in his answers, the Prime Cabinet Secretary attributed the current economic situation to huge public debts, and part of it to State corporations. I am just wondering if he could explain what the Government is doing...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this very important proposed amendment. The bodaboda sub-sector is very important in the economy because of its contribution to the transportation of the people. If you look around the country...

Hon. Charles Onchoke (Bonchari, UPA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The report by the Standard and Poor (S&P;) on Kenya's credit worthiness shows that Kenya is not doing well on a number of parameters like solvency and liquidity. What that means in terms of public debt is that the cost...