Atandi Samuel Onunga

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, going by the mood of the House, and because most Members support this Motion, can I request the Mover of the Motion to reply? Thank you. (Question, that the Mover be now called upon to reply, put and agreed to)

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you for giving me the opportunity to make my submissions on the State of the Nation Address by the Head of State. I agree with the President on some areas but disagree with him on certain areas. I agree with the President on...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to make a general Statement on the passing on of Hon. Peter Oloo Aringo. Pursuant to Standing Order 259D (2) , I rise with a heavy heart to pay a glowing tribute to the late Hon. Peter Oloo Aringo,...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (C) , I rise to request a statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs regarding the death of Mr Willis Ayieko Onyango of ID Number 11438772....

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the opportunity to comment on this Motion. Let me begin by offering my accolades to the Member for Kiambaa, who has brought this matter before the House. Hon. Kawanjiku, by coming up with this matter, this is what...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. If there is something that makes me happy as a Kenyan, it is when our athletes are on the track in those foreign countries and are leading in their respective races while leaving everyone behind. It always makes me think...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Yes.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to move an amendment to this Report. I hereby give notice that the Member for Alego Usonga wishes to move the following amendments to the Motion for consideration of the Report of the Committee on Delegated Legislation.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Yes, I did.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Motion be amended by inserting the following phrases immediately after the expression “2024”: Subject to— 16th October 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 11

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, we went through this Report in the morning. The amendment for which I have just given notice entails taking responsibility by the officers who occasioned loss of taxes by granting tax amnesty to that company irregularly. There is no way this...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to ask my colleague, the Member for Gem, to second the amendment.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, Hon. Charles Onchoke, who presented the Report on behalf of the Committee, is here and we discussed the amendment with him together with the Chairman of the Committee on Delegated Legislation in the morning, and they all supported the amendment.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party on the proposal to withdraw this Report. When we were debating this Report in the morning, I noted that there was a problem with it. The Committee, in its Report, blamed the...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also commend Hon. Oluoch for the statement that he has sought from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure. It is true that there has been a reduction in resources that are going to KeRRA to...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As it has been explained by the Whip of the Majority Party, this is a historic Motion. Some of us are lucky that we are going to witness and participate in the impeachment of the Deputy President. This is...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) No, I am not surprised. I am aware that the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry is supposed to come.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Speaker, let me get the Question. In the meantime, you can go to the next Question. I do not have the Question ready.

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have the Question. (Hon. Victor Koech entered the Chamber without bowing) 2nd October 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 11

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

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry the following Question: Could the Cabinet Secretary—

Hon. Samwel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The Cabinet Secretary’s response appears satisfactory. Given that he is also new, I do not want to put him under a lot of pressure. The only observation that I have made, based on his response, is that it appears...

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 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) 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, 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....