Jared Odoyo Okelo

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Speaker, indulge and pardon my peripheral Question, but this regards the hardship classification. 2nd April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 39 Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM)Hon. Speaker, We will come to that later. Yes, Hon. Gikaria. We are dealing with operationalising units.

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. The substantive Speaker made an undertaking that I would be given an opportunity to prosecute a matter not directly linked to the Ministry of Interior and National Administration. However, under the spirit of...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Speaker, thank you for the opportunity. I may have inadvertently lost the thread of events, because I was waiting for Questions and Statements. I thank you for your indulgence. It is the eleventh time I am raising the issue of classification of hardship areas.

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Speaker, what we are talking about now concerns a report that was written by a multi-agency team that was headed by the Ministry of Public Service, Performance and Delivery Management. It delved into areas where the hardship allowance is deserved. Therefore, it informed a...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I join my colleagues in congratulating those elected Chairpersons and their respective Vice- Chairpersons. We hope and pray that they will deliver on the promises we make, both as a house and the Executive wing of the Government. I...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity. Zambia actually came up with the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) way ahead of us. When our parliamentarians in the 10th Parliament were writing the laws around the CDF, they borrowed heavily from what was already...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I join my brothers in congratulating the Liaison Committee for a job well done. The BPS sets the stage for the budget-making process. They have achieved adorable things...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Yes. You have asked the Leader of the Majority Party four times to avail the report here. In fact, last week, when you were giving what I will call the final directive, the Leader of the Majority Party talked about the imbalances in his constituency....

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Speaker, there is this thing that is now becoming my pet project, though inadvertently. You have ordered more than four times for a report that feeds into hardship areas in this country.

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Jared, hold your horses until after three weeks. Clerk-at-the-Table, call out the next Order. Hon. Members, be upstanding. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [The Speaker (Hon. Moses Wetang’ula) left the Chair] IN THE COMMITTEE [The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) in the Chair]...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) What is out of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker, is Hon. Atandi's assertion that we need to divorce ….

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, whereas I do not intend to pour cold water on sentiments made by my brother, Hon. Atandi, we acknowledge the responsibility that is played by churches in our schools and within our communities. The churches offer spiritual nourishment to our people. Therefore,...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) What is out of order is Hon. Atandi's assertion that we need to divorce churches and religious organisations from conducting affairs within our schools. All of us know that there is another life in God's kingdom after this life, and preparation ought to ensue along...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) I thank you once again. The Government picked up the matter and a multi-agency team was formed. It went across the country collecting data on hardship areas that hitherto put off this scheme. Taxpayers’ money funded the report. Sylvester Bullo, attached to the Ministry of...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Let me add this, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I said, it has been one year since the Report was brought to Harambee House. What my brother, Hon. Baya, the Majority Whip is saying is that they are still reading the Report a year later. The...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 4th March 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 19

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, allow me to state that we have our collective hearts going out to Malava Constituency, where the interment process of our late colleague is ongoing. (Hon. Owen Baya and Hon. Silvanus Osoro consulted loudly)

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Thank you for that directive to the leadership of the House. As I had said, our hearts go out to the family, friends and relatives of our departed colleague whose remains are being interred today. We pray that God provides fortitude to the family and...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) I thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join my brother, Hon. Ferdinand, to state that we will not disenfranchise farmers at the altar of importers. At the moment, we have had a stoppage of sugar importation because the country is believed to be producing enough. Therefore,...