AMOLLO PAUL OTIENDE, CS

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have three quick points. Firstly, under the Act, three things are supposed to be satisfied: professional training, experience and integrity. Mama Ida stands tall as a professional, having been educated in the University of Nairobi. She proceeded to teach many professionals and served as a...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second the Special Motion. This nominee’s academic qualifications, professional experience, and integrity were not brought into question. What was brought into question was eligibility on four different areas. It behoves us to disabuse everyone's mind on those issues. I will address them seriatim....

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Chair of the Committee, who is my very good friend, has made an admirable statement which is factually incorrect. Nyanza is not settled in terms of power interruptions. Let me assure you that it has the weakest link. We have been promised a new grid...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am speaking on behalf of the Legislative and Litigation Caucus, Hon. Samuel Chepkong’a and I, and a number of Members who are part of us. Present here, I see Hon. Mutuse, Hon. Gichimu, Hon. Murugara and my friend, Hon. Karemba, among others. As we already...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to congratulate our colleagues who won the elections and have been sworn in. Winning these elections and being sworn in is no easy task, and we really commend them for it. We are quite proud of them. We hope they will learn all the...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for those compliments. With your kind permission, I wish to apprise the House of the status of the appeal that we had presented at the Court of Appeal. As Members may be aware, the appeal came up for hearing yesterday, 1st December 2025, before a three-judge...

Hon. Speaker, this Procedural Motion is necessary, logical, and lawful. I beg to second. (Hon. Umulkher Harun stood in her place)

Hon. Speaker, the concerns by Hon. Owen Baya are legitimate. However, I am surprised because I thought that the liaison office he is talking about is his office. From where we sit, the leadership of the Majority Party is our liaison between Parliament and State House. That is our understanding....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I hope the wise man who is now taking your attention will listen to our contribution. During a time like this, years back, he supported a similar Bill which we passed, despite our objection, and ended up being nullified. But wisdom has no limit. On...

Let me answer it this way. What you have said is my exact concern. Section 20 of this Bill gives the Cabinet Secretary the discretion to undertake public participation. When it comes to Parliament, Section 23 restricts Parliament to 60 days. The point being this: in my view, that restriction...

Everything you have read amplifies my argument. This is twofold. One, while Section 20 provides an avenue for public participation expressly by the Cabinet Secretary, there is no corresponding section that expressly provides for public participation by Parliament. That is the first limb. The second limb is that by restricting...

Indeed. We allow the Mover that discretion, but that is not a point of order. That is a point of argument but let me now explain what the problem is slowly. Two things. One is that because the Constitution provides for public participation, you may not need to expressly provide...

I am educating him in law. (Laughter)

Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Mover is wrong. That is what I am trying to explain. I may need a whole day to explain this. My whole point is that to constrain Parliament to 60 days is a constraint on the duty of public participation and we would do better to...

Two minutes. I will add you three minutes because of my own intervention. Thank you. The only technicality, and this is beyond this Act, is to advise the Committee that as we speak, there is a decision of the High Court and the Court of Appeal that moves all these...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you. I rise to support the Report and I hope Hon. Wangwe will be listening. First of all, this Committee has tried. It has gone back over the years. That is very important, because such reports are time- bound. As long as they are outside time,...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you. I rise to support the Report and I hope Hon. Wangwe will be listening. First of all, this Committee has tried. It has gone back over the years. That is very important, because such reports are time- bound. As long as they are outside time,...

Thank you, Hon Temporary Chairperson. I sympathise with Hon. Dawood. While he is in essence right, he is placing the blame on the wrong person. It is up to us. As a House, we have the discretion to override the President’s reservations by two thirds majority. If we are so...

Thank you, Hon Temporary Chairperson. I sympathise with Hon. Dawood. While he is in essence right, he is placing the blame on the wrong person. It is up to us. As a House, we have the discretion to override the President’s reservations by two thirds majority. If we are so...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to congratulate our athletes who performed very well in Tokyo. It demonstrates that as a country, we remain an athletics powerhouse and other pretenders to the throne should take note. On EALA, I wish to inform Members that I was privileged to accompany the...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second The Kenya Roads (Amendment) (No.3) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.34 of 2025) . Hon. Owen Baya raised an issue, but he did not get the benefit of a response. Wherever he is, he has to know that there is a distinction...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to congratulate our athletes who performed very well in Tokyo. It demonstrates that as a country, we remain an athletics powerhouse and other pretenders to the throne should take note. On EALA, I wish to inform Members that I was privileged to accompany the...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second The Kenya Roads (Amendment) (No.3) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.34 of 2025) . Hon. Owen Baya raised an issue, but he did not get the benefit of a response. Wherever he is, he has to know that there is a distinction...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me thank Hon. Dan Wanyama and the Departmental Committee on Sports and Culture. On behalf of the Bunge Football Team, a few of whose Members are here; I can see Hon. Jack Wanami, Hon. Kaikai, Hon. Maungu, Hon. Mogaka and Yesu himuselfu. I am referring...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will beg that I be added two minutes for context, as a Member of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. First of all, let it be clear, I am a Member of the Committee. I have never sought or received any gain or...

On a point of order. Order. Yes, Hon. Otiende Amollo. What is your point of order? Give him the microphone. Hon. Speaker, as you know, I respect your guidance and rulings. However, I had intended to bring up something later for your formal guidance. It is under Standing Order 87...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, we were all here when the substantive Speaker made a declaration on adjusting this Order Paper. The pronouncement was very clear. We would come to Order No.13 once we are done with Order No.12. There has not been a subsequent adjustment to that. I now see almost...

Hon. Speaker, I had wanted you to give direction, maybe not now, but under Standing Order 1, as read with Standing Order 40 on the Order Paper. The Order Paper, once settled, is required to be published by the Clerk but under Standing Order 40, you retain the discretion to...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rarely find myself lost for words but on this I am a bit lost, especially because I did not quite follow the context of the response. However, to the extent of your briefing, I would say two 31st July 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 30...