John Makali Okwisia

Hon. John Makali (Kanduyi, FORD - K) Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I wish to request a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Lands regarding the registration status of land parcels in Kanduyi Constituency. The land, popularly known as...

Hon. John Makali (Kanduyi, FORD - K) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I also support this increase because some technical vocational training centres in my constituency have not been funded, specifically the Bungoma National Polytechnic. I hope the sums will go towards assisting operations and programmes in that particular institution....

Hon. John Makali (Kanduyi, FORD - K) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I am happy that the increment also affects quality assurance. We hope this particular increment will assist the education officers on the ground in terms of movement to enable them to visit all schools to ensure effective implementation...

Hon. John Makali (Kanduyi, FORD-K) Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I support this amendment because agriculture is a very vital sector in our economy. Going forward we need to put more money in this department. I support the amendment because sugarcane farmers, specifically in the Nzoia Sugar Belt,...

Hon. John Makali (Kanduyi, FORD-K) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity. Let me take this opportunity on my own behalf, and on behalf of the great people of Kanduyi Constituency, to eulogise the late Hon. Malulu Injendi. Hon. Malulu Injendi was a true representative of the people and he...

Hon. John Makali (Kanduyi, FORD-K) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the opportunity to contribute to the President's Speech. This was the third one since this regime came into office. The State of the Nation Address by His Excellency the President to this House answered our key principles of national...

Hon. John Makali (Kanduyi, FORD-K) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to ask this Supplementary Question. There is this road that links Kakamega County and Bungoma County — the Navakholo-Dorofu-Sang’alo-Musikoma Road — that was abandoned way back in 2017. His predecessor, I think, was in this House...

Hon. John Makali (Kanduyi, FORD-K) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity that you have granted me to also weigh in on this Motion. We are facing a constitutional moment where our Constitution is being tested. At the outset, let me state that I have nothing against the Deputy President...

Hon. John Makali (Kanduyi, FORD-K) Thank you, Madam, Chair. The entire spirit of the Act is to provide for the registration of farmers. And the registration of farmers is not compulsory. Once farmers are registered, a contract is created between a miller and the farmer. One of the issues that...

Hon. John Makali (Kanduyi, FORD-K) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. Growers are the goose that lays the golden eggs. They provide the raw materials for the running of those particular factories, and their voices need to be heard. If we delete that particular clause, then it means that the growers...

Hon. John Makali (Kanduyi, FORD-K) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me the opportunity to weigh in on this Supplementary Appropriation Bill. We are living in unprecedented times and, therefore, we must make unprecedented solutions. As indicated by the speakers before, this Supplementary Appropriation Bill is unprecedented. As a...

Hon. John Makali (Kanduyi, FORD-K) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to also weigh in on this Bill. At the outset, I support it wholeheartedly. The Fourth Schedule to the Constitution grants the power to manage and control disasters to county governments. Equally, the Fifth Schedule gives the...

Hon. John Makali (Kanduyi, FORD-K) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also add my voice on the demise of the late Hon. Lawrence Sifuna. He represented Kanduyi Constituency, which I represent at the moment, at the onset of multi-party democracy. On my behalf and that...