Okoiti Andrew Omtatah

Thank you for the opportunity to address the House. It is the mark of ultimate shame that from the Chair, you can pronounce a record that is not correct. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and Sen. Cherarkey contributed and you have not mentioned them. You are giving us a sanitised version of...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think we should conduct proceedings in this House in mother tongue. What are you saying, Sen. Omtatah? I am just saying that you are misunderstanding me.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to address this House on this very important Motion of Kenya's place in the international order of nations, and especially on the African Continent. Before I do that, I also take the opportunity to pass my condolences and to pray for our...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Thank you, Sen. Eddie. Thanks for the unverified information. I would love to see you table what you have promised to table, to demonstrate to this House that people self-sponsored themselves. In the absence of that, you hold your horses and forever keep quiet.

Which you would conclude after he tables and you find it sugar-coated. That is the only time you have rendered a fair judgement on the issue. Senator Eddie, you will be allowed to table that evidence that you paid your own ticket.

Madam Temporary Speaker, it is not an area of contention, but an attempt to sugar-coat a tablet. That sugar-coating is the one I am guarding against.

happening defy logic, defy any attempt at understanding them and can only happen outside the sphere of a well-constructed syllogism.It is with a very heavy heart that today, I stand in this august House as a powerless legislator; a House that has failed to have any impact on the Executive;...

Incidentally, Sen. Osotsi, thank you for asking me to do the obvious. I always carry my laptop and I have just clicked on the word search under warring factions in the Sudan. What has come up under the heading Sudanese Civil war, 2023 to present on Wikipedia is htttp---

Madam Temporary Speaker, these are not social media facts; it is an internet resource. It is Wikipedia; an internet resource. It is an authority and I have referred to it. So the two opponent factions consist of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Paramilitary Rapid...

Sen. Okiya, I appreciate what you are reading, but you are the only one in this House right now who has access to what you are reading. I am not able to see the source.

On a point of information. My lady--- I am guiding you to make it easier because this is an important question. It is a serious question that cannot be trivialized. You are talking about Janjaweed. It is been named as a terrorist group. Can you table that evidence in the...

(Laughter)

Yes, all of them can inform me. (Laughter)

Anybody can inform me.

Madam Temporary Speaker, could my time be extended?

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. First of all, Sen. Eddie is trying to take credit for what he did not do. It is Sen. Osotsi who sought that clarification. Sen. Eddie only contested the source I gave. So, Sen. Eddie cannot stand here and begin thumping his chest as a...

Madam Temporary Speaker, the problem of trying to fit a jet engine on a Volkswagen is what I am dealing with. I would like to be informed by the Senator. But the clerk is here. Can you table it now, Sen. Okiya Omtatah? I have directed you. Can I read...

Can I read it out?

They are skilled in writing.

Madam Temporary Speaker, I was just concerned. Why was it difficult for Sen. Okiya Omtatah to indicate the site or source of his information? Whether the source is correct or not, it is up to the Senate to rule on that matter. He told us the site. Why were we...

Senate Majority Whip, would you like to be informed by Sen. Cherarkey?

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to address the House. I stand to oppose the decision to reduce the amount of money going to the counties from Kshs400 billion. Counties are struggling. They do a lot of work. As I speak right now, a lot of devolved...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is it in order for Sen. Omtatah to direct the Senate Majority Leader to take certain actions and make certain decisions, yet just this afternoon, he has launched his exploratory committee to be the next President of Kenya. He could just wait to be the President...

Yes, I indeed want to be President of the Republic of Kenya. When I become one, things like this will not happen because I will have separated the National Treasury from the Ministry of Finance and it will be run professionally. We shall enter an era of balanced budgets. There...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Sir. I rise to contribute to the statement by Sen. Cherarkey, the great from Nandi County. The quality of cement is important and should not be compromised because cement is shelter. It is everything we have in terms of building homes that are lasting and urbanization,...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. The question of abductions is a very serious one. Kenya is a Republic; a Government of law. We have institutions that have been mandated to take care of the security of the citizen. In terms of civilian order, these institutions are basically,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the word ‘substantiate’ seems to be an exciting word to some people in this House. When I submitted, I said circumstantial evidence. I pointed to the circumstantial evidence that should not be ignored. The circumstantial evidence is that none of the people who have been abducted and...

Secondly, it is a statement of fact. There have even been complaints about defunding IAU of the police.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, point number three, the IAU has had its officers transferred and this happened under IG Koome’s reign. As far as I am concerned, you do not substantiate the obvious.

You cannot table evidence that something did not happen. Sen. Okiya Omtatah, you will not exchange with the Senator for Nandi County. I am not exchanging. I am instructing the Chair. I am choosing not to listen to a heckler. I am in charge of this House. If you need...

I am a clever man. Senator for Nandi County, I am cautioning you. I have not said anything that requires substantiation. Conclude Sen. Okiya Omtatah. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issues of abductions are very serious matters. We, as a House, need to have a special sitting where we can summon...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have nothing else to submit. I am happy to see the Senate Majority Leader very calm.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this important amendment. The County Public Finance Laws Amendment Bill of 2023, as summarised in the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, is a Bill that need not have been there because this shows that when the National Assembly...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to address this House. Since the time is very limited, I will contribute to Sen. Oketch Gicheru's Statement. The question of data is a matter of life and death. Our data cannot be handled in the manner it is being handled....

Hon. Speaker, Sir, I support the Bill. However, I would like to contribute to the issue of the Bill that has just been moved by Sen. Asige. It is extremely important, and as the Senate Majority Leader has rightly observed, it is an area that sometimes escapes proper attention, and...

People have been maimed and they are now disabled. Some of us also have invisible disabilities. When it comes to chewing bones, we cannot chew bones like Sen. Sifuna can. Therefore, we will pass bones over to Sifuna to benefit because we lost our teeth.(Laughter)(Laughter) People have been maimed and...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to address the House. I stand to oppose the decision to reduce the amount of money going to the counties from Kshs400 billion. Counties are struggling. They do a lot of work. As I speak right now, a lot of devolved...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is it in order for Sen. Omtatah to direct the Senate Majority Leader to take certain actions and make certain decisions, yet just this afternoon, he has launched his exploratory committee to be the next President of Kenya. He could just wait to be the President...

Yes, I indeed want to be President of the Republic of Kenya. When I become one, things like this will not happen because I will have separated the National Treasury from the Ministry of Finance and it will be run professionally. We shall enter an era of balanced budgets. There...