OKELO, JARED ODOYO

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Thank you for the opportunity. I join you in welcoming our colleagues back from the recess. I thank you for specifically walking this House through the journey of reclassification of hardship areas. Through your efforts, you invited the Prime Cabinet Secretary, who took us through...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Speaker, whereas I read it in the mainstream media, which has a degree of authenticity, I take your direction and will submit a supplementary question on this matter so that the House leadership can give an authoritative answer.

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) I will do that right away, and I thank you, Hon. Speaker. (Hon. Omboko Milemba spoke off the record)

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. I also join my colleagues in supporting this most progressive Bill from the Senate. It should not be lost on us that these are our children, brothers and sisters, relatives, friends and we are connected...

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Allow me to make it clear that… Hon. Jared Okello, you came late. This is the second round we are calling for that. You start by apologising to the House. That is what I am coming to, Hon. Speaker....

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Allow me to make it clear that…

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) That is what I am coming to, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) That is exactly what I was coming to. Hon. Speaker, I apologise for coming late. You had called me before and I had not appeared because of some unavoidable circumstances. I am reading this statement on behalf of Hon. Eve Obara, the Member for Kabondo...

Hon. Speaker, allow me to congratulate our gallant lawyers. I also congratulate you for leading the team through this. We are finally getting our fair share. Today, there was a pronouncement from a court of law that seems to injunct this House over a Bill that is yet to be...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Speaker, allow me to congratulate our gallant lawyers. I also congratulate you for leading the team through this. We are finally getting our fair share. Today, there was a pronouncement from a court of law that seems to injunct this House over a Bill...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is your point of order? Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have an issue that needs your attention, but it is not related to Kibra and other fires. Last week, our constituencies received communication from Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) offices with regards...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the opportunity. I want to support the Motion on the Ratification of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Fish is a staple food in Kenya. The story has it that consumption of fish provides Omega-3 which helps in brain development. For any family that wants...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also want to support this Report by the Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education. In line with what my colleagues have said, it is really a worrying situation that we compromise the quality of education through the report that has come on how...

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

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have an issue that needs your attention, but it is not related to Kibra and other fires. Last week, our constituencies received communication from Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) offices with regards to reduction of allocated funds towards our rural roads....

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the opportunity. I want to support the Motion on the Ratification of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Fish is a staple food in Kenya. The story has it that consumption of fish provides Omega-3 which helps in brain development....

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also want to support this Report by the Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education. In line with what my colleagues have said, it is really a worrying situation that we compromise the quality of education through the report...

Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also want to join my colleagues in supporting the Motion before us of passing the name of our dear sister, Her Excellency Caroline Karugu. I have known her since our Azimio la Umoja days. Although the country was balkanised...

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...