Atandi Samuel Onunga

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to support the Petition. In the last Parliament, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights sent a petition to this House, urging it to amend Section 226 of the Penal Code to decriminalise attempted suicide. Science has...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Let me begin by supporting the Report from the Committee on Appointments. The Constitution says that the Cabinet should reflect regional and ethnic diversity. I agree that the nominees that are before us truly reflect...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you. What I am trying to say is that I was responding to the concerns of my constituents who continued to ask me why Dr. Amoth was still acting and yet, we were at the time co-operating with the Jubilee Government. My constituents...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me join the Chair of the Committee in supporting the Motion on the appointment of Dr. Patrick Omwanda Amoth to the position of Director-General of Health. I declare that, that is somebody I have known for...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want you to listen as I make my contribution. Mr. Mutahi Kagwe told me that according to him, the suitable person should be young.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also join my colleagues in supporting the First Supplementary Estimates. These estimates have been done in response to complaints from Kenyans who do not want to be overtaxed, and also following the collapse of the Finance Bill 2024....

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have been raising my hand to raise a matter which is similar to what Hon. Otiende has raised on dress code. There is a Nominated lady Member of Parliament who is not dressed properly and, to make the matters...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I think her name is Hon. Trizah, something like that. She is yellow in colour and we cannot concentrate. (Laughter)

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to make a few observations. The anchor document that the Finance Bill draws its contents and which we passed in this House is known as the Medium-Term Revenue Strategy Paper. That document is anchored on two important...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I am making a request for Statement regarding circumstances leading to the death of Tom Adala. Pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I did not want to enter into this conversation, but let the truth be said. The Governor of Nyeri did not say anything out of this world rather than there is no equity in sharing the national cake, which is a fact....

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I am waiting to comment on the Equalisation Fund Appropriation Bill.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I support this appropriation to the State Department for Basic Education. I agree with my brother, Hon. Didmus Barasa. Day secondary school is supposed to be free, but it is not free because principals have devised a tendency where they charge...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the appropriations. I support this Motion on the Supplementary Estimates. Allow me to highlight the following issues. The first one is that it is very difficult to make a budget when it is glaring that the revenue...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you very much. I rise to support the Mediated Version of the Division of Revenue Bill which has been ably presented by my Chairman, Hon. Ndindi Nyoro. I was part of the mediation team that midwifed this Report, together with...