Atandi Samuel Onunga

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communication and the Digital Economy the following question: Could the Cabinet Secretary -

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to comment on the second Petition on the gazettement of Rachuonyo North Sub- County as a hardship area. This is a very viable Petition. However, I urge the Committee that is going to handle this matter to...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. This is one of the most consequential Motions that I have seen on the Floor of this House by a Member of this House. This Motion has been presented...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish the Member would just listen so that she could understand the flow of thoughts that I am trying to present on the Floor of the House. If you take some more minutes, you will realise that the...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I said failure to attend to the welfare of the old people in this country by the new regime in town is akin to participating in diminishing the health and welfare of the old people in the country. That is what...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, unfortunately, I do not come from the same school of thought as the other Members and neither do we come from the same ideological framework. 1st March 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 17

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, many Kenyans die daily. I am sure if I asked you for a list…

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I can give you a list of Kenyans who died and were buried last weekend. Is that what you want? (Loud consultations)

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) The point I am trying to raise is not to say that the Government has taken a bullet or a gun and killed some people. I think that is the interpretation from that side. That is not what I have said. It is because...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is the duty of the Government to ensure that lives are protected.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the right to live is constitutional and must be protected by the Government of Kenya.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) By reference, the Government has contributed to the deaths of poor innocent people by failing to provide for them basic needs like health, food, water and the rest. I am not saying that there is gun that has been used to kill Kenyans. Hon....

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I withdraw the statement simply because of the respect I have for you, as my senior. However … (Laughter)

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) I withdraw.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) I want to inform Members of the responsibility that the elderly in this country are facing. Most of them take care of grandchildren who are abandoned by their children, and who are either jobless, are in towns or cities looking for how to fend...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I was interrupted by the calls to withdraw my previous statement. If we had a serious Government, we would not need Members of the Opposition to remind us that there are elderly persons in the villages who need to...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to second. To add to what the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee has said, we have about three months before the end of this financial year. We have already started discussing the Budget Policy Statement (BPS)...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairperson, I wanted Hon. Makau to explain further the intention of increasing this development expenditure. The Temporary Chairperson (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Hon. Makau, that is straight to you.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairperson. Hon. Pukose has spoken for me. Members need beautiful offices to operate in and serve Kenyans. We however, need to caution PSC that they are running so many programmes. They start new programmes before they finish the ones that...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for noting that I am the Member for Alego Usonga. I will be very brief. I rise to support the Report on the Supplementary Estimates for the Financial Year 2022/2023 as presented by our 28th February 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Yes. I am ready, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is Petition No. 7/2022, regarding the probable loss of investments in the Cytonn High Yield Solutions platform. I, the undersigned, on behalf of Amb. Josephine Owuor, Mrs Caroline Otieno and Mr Omondi Abonyo, draw the attention of the House...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Yes. Hon. Speaker. Indeed, the Petitioners have attempted to seek justice through the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) , but this has not been successful. That is the reason why they have asked me, as their Member of Parliament, to bring this matter before...

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

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I want to comment on the Petition by Mr. Stephen Mutoro on abuse of Article

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego-Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning the following Question by Private Notice: [The Speaker (Hon. Moses Wetang’ula) left the Chair]

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. There is no doubt that this Parliament is releasing some of the best Members to the Executive. When I joined the 12th Parliament, Hon. Duale was one leader who easily mingled with us and would...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. Like all my colleagues have done, I congratulate you for being elected the Speaker of the 13th Parliament. I also thank my voters, the great people of Alego Usonga, for re-electing me to this House....