Andrew Adipo Okuome

Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Please permit me to say that a Kenyan is a Kenyan, whether they are within or outside the country. If a Kenyan is outside the country, particularly next door in Tanzania or Uganda, and something happens to them, as in the...

Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. I support the Bill with varied reasons. One of the reasons is that GOEs, to a large extent, have an inherent management problem. A lot of corruption is going on. In...

Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) I am against e-procurement on one simple ground. Whereas NG-CDF, for example, was intended to empower the population of the areas it covers, the e-procurement system will award tenders to individuals even from outside the constituency to which the funds are allocated. This misses the...

Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I would like to inform Hon. Wanjiku Muhia that nothing can stop me from making my contributions.

Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I struggle with the fact that as Members of Parliament running NG-CDF, we always take the bullet. I say this in relation to the allocation of the county governments’ equitable share of revenue. The one...

Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I have interest in other clauses, not this one. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : On that note, Hon. Members, I request those who have interest in this particular Bill to press the intervention button. It will be easier for...

Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) Yes, it is stuck and I am trying to get it out. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Just use the microphone next to you. It is on. Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) Okay. Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I am sorry, I did not...

Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Land is a very important tool. The only unfortunate thing is that it is limited. What we have is what we must use. To maximise the benefit of the use of land, we must do what is necessary for it....

Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to air my opinion on what happened in Japan. It was a wonderful job. Congratulations to all our teams that represented Kenya. In particular, let me congratulate Odira. She comes from Migori, an area which has never been...

Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to start by saying that when SHA came into being, as my other colleagues have said, nearly all medical schemes were collapsed into one, under SHA. Although this one may fall under PFM Act, I do not think...

Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. First, I must say that the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) is a Fund that normally does not have pending bills. It is very unique. Elsewhere, in the national Government and the counties, you always find...

Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me...

Hon. Adipo Okuome (Karachuonyo, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to make a statement on the demise of the late former Member of Parliament for Karachuonyo, Hon. Phoebe Muga Asiyo. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.259D (2) (a) , I rise to pay tribute to the...