Martin Peters Owino

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, when you have resigned, you are not a Member of Parliament. That is out of question. I wanted you to give us guidance. With all these amendments coming from the Floor all the time, we will not finish this. If they were...

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) The reason I am supporting this is for the headquarters to remain in Nairobi. Only branches can be established elsewhere, as stated in the amendment. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : Hon. Pukose, kindly summarise this matter.

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) I think we are missing the point here. The current Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) does not regulate traditional medicine. If we want to regulate traditional medicine, let us think of another Bill. It is not in this one. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari)...

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am a very happy man today because I have been fighting for this proposed law since I joined the healthcare delivery system.

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) I have been fighting for it internationally and nationally. It is very interesting. We started working in 1980s and these things were working very well in the Ministry of Health. The same thing which was working well was changed, and now we are going back...

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) I just want the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock to explain the harm of having a representative from private growers. In Ndhiwa, which I represent in this House, we have a private one and their participation in sugar issues is very...

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndiwa, ODM) If you want to know where farmers lose, it is this one. I support it only if we can add something like “technical” in sub section (g) where it reads “technical nominee of the sugar research” especially on the sugar sucrose content. That is the...

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. Clause 2 (b) does the counter-productive to the whole thing. Chairman of the Committee, I want you to listen to this because you mean well. However, you take away the power of the board by what you have put here...

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Sugar issues are very emotive. I am a product of sugarcane farming back when sugar was sugar. As the Leader of the Minority Party mentioned, the enactment of the Crop Act was a disaster for the sugar industry, which nosedived....

Hon. Martin Owino (Ndhiwa, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, this is very important. Can this be applied in Section 35B (2(c) ? Information relating to person’s financial, family or private affairs is very important. If it is left open, this is a very important document that families and individual have. The...