Paul Otiende Amollo

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, the concerns by Hon. Owen Baya are legitimate. However, I am surprised because I thought that the liaison office he is talking about is his office. From where we sit, the leadership of the Majority Party is our liaison between Parliament and...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, this Procedural Motion is necessary, logical, and lawful. I beg to second. (Hon. Umulkher Harun stood in her place)

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for those compliments. With your kind permission, I wish to apprise the House of the status of the appeal that we had presented at the Court of Appeal. As Members may be aware, the appeal came up for hearing yesterday,...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, the concerns by Hon. Owen Baya are legitimate. However, I am surprised because I thought that the liaison office he is talking about is his office. From where we sit, the leadership of the Majority Party is our liaison between Parliament and...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, this Procedural Motion is necessary, logical, and lawful. I beg to second. (Hon. Umulkher Harun stood in her place)

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for those compliments. With your kind permission, I wish to apprise the House of the status of the appeal that we had presented at the Court of Appeal. As Members may be aware, the appeal came up for hearing yesterday,...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to congratulate our colleagues who won the elections and have been sworn in. Winning these elections and being sworn in is no easy task, and we really commend them for it. We are quite proud of them. We...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Yes. They saw the beautiful new gardens, the fountain and everything in between. As for the evening matters, that is beyond the House. I will not go into that. Thank you. (Laughter)

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to congratulate our colleagues who won the elections and have been sworn in. Winning these elections and being sworn in is no easy task, and we really commend them for it. We are quite proud of them. We...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Yes. They saw the beautiful new gardens, the fountain and everything in between. As for the evening matters, that is beyond the House. I will not go into that. Thank you. (Laughter)

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to congratulate our colleagues who won the elections and have been sworn in. Winning these elections and being sworn in is no easy task, and we really commend them for it. We are quite proud of them. We...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Yes. They saw the beautiful new gardens, the fountain and everything in between. As for the evening matters, that is beyond the House. I will not go into that. Thank you. (Laughter)

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) I am educating him in law. (Laughter)

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Mover is wrong. That is what I am trying to explain. I may need a whole day to explain this. My whole point is that to constrain Parliament to 60 days is a constraint on the duty of public participation...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Two minutes. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) I will add you three minutes because of my own intervention. Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you. The only technicality, and this is beyond this Act, is to advise the Committee that as we...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I hope the wise man who is now taking your attention will listen to our contribution. During a time like this, years back, he supported a similar Bill which we passed, despite our objection, and ended up being nullified....

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Let me answer it this way. What you have said is my exact concern. Section 20 of this Bill gives the Cabinet Secretary the discretion to undertake public participation. When it comes to Parliament, Section 23 restricts Parliament to 60 days. The point being...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Everything you have read amplifies my argument. This is twofold. One, while Section 20 provides an avenue for public participation expressly by the Cabinet Secretary, there is no corresponding section that expressly provides for public participation by Parliament. That is the first limb. The...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Indeed. We allow the Mover that discretion, but that is not a point of order. That is a point of argument but let me now explain what the problem is slowly. Two things. One is that because the Constitution provides for public participation, you...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) I am educating him in law. (Laughter)

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Mover is wrong. That is what I am trying to explain. I may need a whole day to explain this. My whole point is that to constrain Parliament to 60 days is a constraint on the duty of public participation...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Two minutes. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) I will add you three minutes because of my own intervention. Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you. The only technicality, and this is beyond this Act, is to advise the Committee that as we...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I hope the wise man who is now taking your attention will listen to our contribution. During a time like this, years back, he supported a similar Bill which we passed, despite our objection, and ended up being nullified....

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Let me answer it this way. What you have said is my exact concern. Section 20 of this Bill gives the Cabinet Secretary the discretion to undertake public participation. When it comes to Parliament, Section 23 restricts Parliament to 60 days. The point being...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Everything you have read amplifies my argument. This is twofold. One, while Section 20 provides an avenue for public participation expressly by the Cabinet Secretary, there is no corresponding section that expressly provides for public participation by Parliament. That is the first limb. The...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Indeed. We allow the Mover that discretion, but that is not a point of order. That is a point of argument but let me now explain what the problem is slowly. Two things. One is that because the Constitution provides for public participation, you...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you. I rise to support the Report and I hope Hon. Wangwe will be listening. First of all, this Committee has tried. It has gone back over the years. That is very important, because such reports are time- bound. As...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you. I rise to support the Report and I hope Hon. Wangwe will be listening. First of all, this Committee has tried. It has gone back over the years. That is very important, because such reports are time- bound. As...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second The Kenya Roads (Amendment) (No.3) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.34 of 2025) . Hon. Owen Baya raised an issue, but he did not get the benefit of a response. Wherever he is, he has to...