Jared Odoyo Okelo

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me, from the outset, to welcome back my colleagues, the Office of the Speaker and the secretariat in general having been at home during our recess for the last two months. On the same breadth, allow me to express our collective frustration and resentment,...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the opportunity. At the outset, allow me to flag an issue of concern to all Members of Parliament in this House: the inordinate delay in remission of funds from the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) to our workers on the ground. Hon. Temporary...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. That was a good commercial break. Through you, we have heard this Petition that has been brought by… Order, Hon. Okello! Withdraw the statement that you made that this is a commercial break. We do not deal with commerce in this House. Apologise...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to thank you most sincerely because for the first time we have somebody coming out in defence of our women, specifically in conformity with the Constitution. I wish you were the President. We would not be having the matter of Principal Secretaries before the court....

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. We are discussing twin issues here. The first issue relates to the safety of GMO food commodities, which has been a subject of discussion in the last few days in this country. The second one is the opaque...

I hope I will get back my minutes.

The time keeper, kindly give me those two minutes. I was taken aback this afternoon after listening to the Members of National Assembly and the Senate from the Rift Valley castigating their own Government for importing a food consignment. So, if people from Rift Valley can make that noise in...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Order! Hon. Jared Okello, what is out of order? Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not intend to cut short my very knowledgeable Chairperson. He has been introduced as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. I like his indepth...

Well, it is just like a scenario where a judge sitting before a court of law litigates on a matter and then takes a particular direction, just like we saw during the Supreme Court ruling the other day, when the judges called certain allegations raised in the petition names like...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was just doing some mathematics off my head. If we are a full House of 349 Members, give and take two minutes each to cast their ballots, it will take us 11 hours to be in this House voting, just as you had predicted earlier....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. In the same breath, allow me to congratulate my brother, Hon. Kiarie, for coming up with this Motion. It is informed by the joblessness that has percolated this nation. I will take a different tangent with regard to funding of this artisans’ project. Because this...

Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker for the opportunity. I also recognise that the DRC is the new kid on the block as far as the EAC is concerned and we wholeheartedly welcome them into the block. The violence that has been in the DRC is not a new...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I hope that I will recover my four minutes that have been taken away from me. It is true that under a fortnight ago, our soldiers were flagged off to go to DRC by the President of this country. Together with him were army commanders. I would...

Alright Hon. Temporary Speaker. I do not know why the incessant disruptions. I think I am very logical in my presentation. Because you have said we should not talk about the number of soldiers we have sent and those who have since died in various wars, let me talk about...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Jared Okello, what is your point of order? Hon Temporary Speaker, this flippant and disdainful characterisation of one, Nyando Member of Parliament is unacceptable. You gave a very clear indication that always where we touch on casualties, we should request to...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. We are here today because of the NG-CDF and it stems from a history. There was a time when you only had to sing the tune of the Government of the day for projects to be extended your way. However, when the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We have seen what the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NG-AAF) can do together with the Hon. Members representing various counties in this House. When I move around Kisumu County, I see women doing businesses in market sheds provided by NG-AAF. I see women having...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I did not intend to cut short my brother’s speech. I have an issue or two to raise, with your indulgence. This relates to the prevailing situation across our constituencies. In the last Parliament, there was a pending issue from National Government Constituencies...

I will do so. I am well guided.