Atandi Samuel Onunga

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me join my colleagues in, first of all, congratulating the Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga for stepping out and declaring his candidature for this position. Kenya may have gone without a candidate in this election had Baba not...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me join my colleagues in, first of all, congratulating the Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga for stepping out and declaring his candidature for this position. Kenya may have gone without a candidate in this election had Baba not...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) I want to oppose the amendment by the Chairman. Betting is a sin activity and we should overtax it. The moment we reduce taxes on betting, we are encouraging our youth to idle around and just bet. So, I oppose the idea of making...

Hon. Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I support this amendment. We need to decongest the cities, especially Nairobi. To do this, we must give meaning to the counties by allowing some of these potential investors to set up industries in the counties, so that people do not...

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) 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) 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) 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) Yes.

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) 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) Yes.

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) 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...