Atandi Samuel Onunga

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have information that I would love to share but in view of impending court ruling, I am afraid I am unable to. However, there are good consultations going on involving the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works, Parliament and the highest office in...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have information that I would love to share but in view of impending court ruling, I am afraid I am unable to. However, there are good consultations going on involving the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works,...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am represented in this House by a very able Woman Representative, Hon. (Dr) Christine Ombaka, of Siaya County. I have seen the amount of work done in Siaya courtesy of the NGAAF, and, therefore, I will be the last...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Just listen to me. The deductions happened under Supplementary Estimates II. This was led by Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Woman Representative for Uasin Gishu. I was not yet the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. When the Estimates were presented before the House...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) If you were here, then you should have defended your budget from being cut. (Loud consultations)

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, as I conclude, let me urge Members that it is not right to complain about deductions when participating in it ourselves. The Supplementary Budget III will be coming to this House. I want to urge Members to be vigilant. In any area...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I take this opportunity to thank you and the leadership of the House for helping us resolve the issues that surrounded the passing of this Bill. In passing this Bill, the House has done much justice to Kenyans. This Bill will allocate...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Chairlady, I would like to stand down the proposed amendment. The amendment was supposed to remove from the Estimates about Ksh523 million, which was earmarked for constructing five county headquarters. Hon. Chairlady, I have since received instructions from the National Treasury confirming that...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Chairlady, I equally withdraw the amendment with the same reasoning that National Treasury Planning has confirmed availability of funds. Thank you. (Proposed Amendment by Hon. Samuel Atandi withdrawn) (First Schedule agreed to) Second and Third Schedules

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon Chairlady, I confirm that there is none.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Chairlady, there is no amendment.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Chairlady, I confirm there is no amendment.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Chairlady, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the House its consideration of the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bill No.1 of 2025) and its approval thereof without amendments. (Question put and agreed to) (The House resumed) IN THE...

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 request Hon. Junet Mohamed to second the Motion for agreement with the report of the Committee of the whole House.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bill No. 1 of 2025) be now read a Third Time. I also request Hon. (Dr) Pukose to second.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I also associate myself with the sentiments expressed by various Members over the delay of Bills 23rd April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 5 Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM)and Motions by Members. This is really frustrating. I am...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I agree.

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

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, this Bill was moved yesterday and we have been discussing it this morning. Most Members are in agreement that the Bill needs to be passed. I was going to urge you to ask the Mover to reply.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to also support the Bill as presented by the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party. There are many ways of growing the economy. One of the ways is giving tax incentives to potential sectors that are important for generating...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have a lot of respect for my elder here, but I wanted to inform him that in real terms, our economy is doing better than Ethiopia's. Ethiopia just defaulted on their loan; Kenya has never. So, I just wanted to...

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

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise under Standing Order 95. Going by the mood in the House, I feel that Members are in agreement that this Motion needs to be passed. I, therefore, request you to ask the Mover to reply. Thank you. (A Member...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bill No.1 of 2025) , be now read a Second Time. Additional allocations to counties are provided for under Article 202 (2) of the Constitution, which stipulates that: “County...

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

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, Hon. Duale has remained progressive in the Executive, the same way he was progressive when he was our leader in this House. (Applause)

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill, (Senate Bill No.1 of 2025) , be now read a Second Time. (Loud consultations)

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. Temporary Speaker, I second. 9th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 1

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 10 of 2025) be now read a Third Time. I also would like to request Dr Pukose, the Member of Parliament for Endebess and the...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. David Ochieng’) Order. Take your seat. (Question, that the Mover be now called to reply, put and agreed to) Hon. Member for Alego Usonga Constituency, you can now reply. Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM)...

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) 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) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

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 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) 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) 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...