Martin Peters Owino

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to support the Chair and Committee on this one. This co-ordination will need wider thinking. There needs to be linkage with the lower people at the villages and first responders. These are areas where there is a...

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I also want to support the Chairperson on this one, especially part (d) which talks of emergency response capacity building across board. This is very timely. I support. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Christopher Omulele) : Hon. Makali, do...

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) Thank you, Hon Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am now very happy because what I was looking for is well taken care of here and I really support. It is important to devolve the national disaster management measures and structures to the sub- county and village...

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I really want to support this amendment because I think Hon Ichung’wah is right. The most frequent disasters are fire and Section (b) captures this very well that there should be provision of adequate personnel and equipment. This is not only...

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Many times, administrative procedures do not really live up to what we expect. I rise to object the amendment because NITA has no capacity to collect these revenues. Even through that arrangement, we are still collecting revenue of one...

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Before I move this Bill, I have to express my joy that after almost two years, this Bill has seen some light at the Second Reading. I also want to thank the Majority Whip who has been passionate to...

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) Thank you, Leader of the Majority Party. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I second. (Question proposed)

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) I am so sorry. I was not looking up. This Bill also tends to ring-fence the funds to constituencies. I think this is where we also suffer a lot. If you look at how roads are being networked in this country, some parts have good...

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) No. I just have an opinion. I have some expertise on environmental health. This is reinforcing the regulation. It is dealing with radioactivity, but there is no conflict whatsoever. In fact, it is a complementing regulation rather than contradicting.