Nelson Koech

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am here. I beg to lay the following two Papers on the Table: Report of Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on the Inspection Visit to Kenyan Embassies in the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic...

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am here. I beg to lay the following two Papers on the Table: Report of Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on the Inspection Visit to Kenyan Embassies in the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic...

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am here. I beg to lay the following two Papers on the Table: Report of Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on the Inspection Visit to Kenyan Embassies in the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic...

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I second.

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I second.

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Allow me to also add my voice to the debate on the Motion for deployment of officers to Haiti. Like many of my colleagues have said, I do not understand why they did not involve the Departmental Committee on Defence,...

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I want to give an explanation. The Ministry of Defence requested for Ksh900 million, Ksh600 million went to the National Intelligence Service (NIS) for recruitment, Ksh200 million to East African Community (EAC) and Ksh100 million to diaspora affairs. As a...

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Allow me to also add my voice to the debate on the Motion for deployment of officers to Haiti. Like many of my colleagues have said, I do not understand why they did not involve the Departmental Committee on Defence,...

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) I will finish with that, Hon. Temporary Speaker. On the international front, the economic diplomacy that the President has engaged in for the last one year has been extremely gainful. I am sure many of you are aware today that China is now relaxing its...

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Hon. KK seems to have an issue with the time, but I will try to be very brief so as to allow other Members to also make their contributions. Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you for...

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me start by thanking Hon. Members for very positive contributions towards these nominees. Generally, 100 per cent of the Members of Parliament who have spoken today have supported these appointments. Let me also use this opportunity to...

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Thank you.

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Amb. Betty Cherwon has had an outstanding service and testament to her education. Another notable nominee was Mohammed Nur Adan, our nominee to Doha, Qatar. Mr Maurice Odhiambo Makoloo, our nominee ambassador to Vienna, was another notable nominee. He is currently the Vice-President of the...

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Yes, I did.

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) I was here. I took your seat today. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in its Report on the Vetting of the Nominees for Appointment...

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me start by thanking Hon. Members for very positive contributions towards these nominees. Generally, 100 per cent of the Members of Parliament who have spoken today have supported these appointments. Let me also use this opportunity to...

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Thank you.

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Amb. Betty Cherwon has had an outstanding service and testament to her education. Another notable nominee was Mohammed Nur Adan, our nominee to Doha, Qatar. Mr Maurice Odhiambo Makoloo, our nominee ambassador to Vienna, was another notable nominee. He is currently the Vice-President of the...

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) Yes, I did.

Hon. Nelson Koech (Belgut, UDA) I was here. I took your seat today. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in its Report on the Vetting of the Nominees for Appointment...