Atandi Samuel Onunga

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following paper on the Table: Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on its consideration of the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bill No.1 of 2025) .

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I would also like to support the standing down of this Bill. I presented a Report on the Floor of this House from the Parliamentary Budget Office on the implications of exemptions on our revenue-raising efforts. It says we lose about Ksh300...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support this Motion. Hon. Abdisalan was with us in the last Parliament. He is a solid Member of Parliament. (Applause) 15th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 46 Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM)I take credit for being one...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, in conclusion, I plead with our Members to realise that we have an opportunity to transform the country. President Ruto's appointment of ODM Members, especially the former Organising Secretary of the ODM Party, Hon. Abdisalan, who has been appointed Principal Secretary,...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, is the Cabinet Secretary aware that there are regions with higher student per teacher ratio than others? I am told that there are regions where some teachers do not even work. There are so many teachers that some of them just rest....

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me take this opportunity to thank the House for the vigorous debate that occurred on this Motion. The House is unanimous that Kenya can no longer rely on imported solutions for our agricultural 9th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 11...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) On a point of order.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise on Standing Order 95. I have read the mood of the House and seen that Members are in agreement that we reject all the amendments from the Senate. Therefore, I would like to suggest that we call the Mover...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I again rise under Standing Order 95 to plead that this matter has been extensively discussed, and we agree that this amendment should be rejected. Therefore, I request that the Mover be asked to reply.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said Report. I also request Hon. (Dr) Pukose to second the Motion for agreement with the Report of the Committee of the whole House.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the House its consideration of the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bill No.10 of 2025) and its approval thereof without amendments. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) (The House...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me begin by thanking Members of this House for the vigorous debate that we had yesterday up to 9.00 p.m., when Members stayed behind to discuss the Division of Revenue Bill. Out of the discussions of yesterday and...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 4 of 2025) be now read a Second Time. Before I go into the contents of the Bill before the House, let me begin by acknowledging and...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am, indeed, spoilt for choice, but let me have Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi to second.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, aware that the Fertiliser and Animal Foodstuff Act, 2015, provides for the regulation of fertiliser importation in the country; further aware that the Fertiliser and Animal Foodstuffs Board regulates the fertiliser and animal...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on its consideration of the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bill No.10 of 2025) .

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I join my colleagues in saying that this is a very important Commission. We recently approved the Chairperson of this Commission, but since her appointment, she has been unable to work due to lack of vehicles and resources. This increase is...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, this increase to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is one of the most important ones. There is an ongoing process to clean up the Judiciary by getting rid of some judges that have undermined justice in the country. Therefore, this allocation...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Before I make my submissions on the Second Supplementary Estimates, I want to take this opportunity to thank the Almighty God for enabling me to be the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, taking over from the very able...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I agree with Hon. Jared Okello that spiritual nourishment is very important. However, my concern is: what is the role of the church in the management of the education system? That is what I am questioning. Sometimes, we may have a...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to make my submissions on this Bill. The Gold Processing Bill (National Assembly Bill No.46 of 2023) is timely, because of the issues it seeks to correct. When we talk about gold, we basically...