Paul Otiende Amollo

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. For starters and because not all Members have read the judgement, allow me to read three paragraphs so that people are in tandem. Paragraph 504 says: “We, thus, hold and find that the simultaneous holding of the position of Speaker...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Standing Order 19A (3) states very clear: 11th February 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 21 Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM)“(3) The Majority Party Whip shall communicate the name of the Member elected under paragraph (1) to the Speaker in writing on behalf of the...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : What is your point of order, Hon. Otiende Amollo?

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I will withhold my comments on the substantive issue for now. On the comment by Hon. Caroli Omondi, may the record reflect that the late Prof. Okoth Ogendo finally went to the Kenya School of Law. He was my...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I join my colleague, Hon. Atandi, in eulogising the late Hon. Oloo Aringo. He was known for many things. One of those things was the flair of language to the point that some people wrongly called him a court...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you. Hon. Speaker and Hon. Members, I know this is a serious moment in history. It is also a constitutional moment. I wholly agree with Hon. Wanjala and Hon. Ruku, in terms of the mood of the House. However, there are things that...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I respect your ruling and guidance that the matter will be discussed further. There is only one problem. You are leaving it at a point where the Chairperson of the Committee has said that he will invite Hon. Wamboka...

Hon (Dr.) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. May I use the Dispatch Box with your permission?

Hon (Dr.) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, this Special Motion is unprecedented but contemplated by the Constitution, and I support it. Let it be ye never so high, the Constitution is still above you. Some have told me and have told us that this is not our war. They...

Hon. Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, this is a House of records, and I wanted to rise under Standing Orders 65, 67 (a) , and 67 (b) . However, you have already covered two of those points. It is important that the record reflects that although the Standing Orders...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First, let me recognise and thank the team of lawyers who did this matter pro bono; that is, Hon. Chepkong’a, Hon. Murugara, Hon. Kaluma, Hon. Mutuse, Hon. Muriu, Hon. Makali, Hon. Osoro, Hon. Mogaka and myself. Hon. Deputy Speaker,...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I close, the real drivers of those cases are not even the two people who went to court. It is the governors, the Senate, and a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) called the Institute for Social Accountability that has kept bringing those...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I appreciate the issue raised by Hon. Keynan and the commitment to respond by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs. I crave your indulgence and beg that you direct the Chairman to be broader than that...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to thank the Committee for the Report. At the outset, I confirm that I have read the Report. I have read their recommendations for approval of the nominee and I support that proposal. However, at the outset,...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You are my Chairman in other areas. His appointment is also coming at a time when there have been questions of the police handling of lawful demonstrations and picketing in terms of use of excessive force. I have examined...

Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand under Standing Order 83. First, I appreciate your guidance. Let me allow the Commissioner to finish consulting you. Hon. Speaker Sorry! Start again. Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) I appreciate your guidance on that matter and, indeed,...

Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to draw your attention to the First Schedule of the Standing Orders and raise two points. First of all, it is in 25th June 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 69 Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM)respect to a ruling...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is the same issue. I want to confirm that I have just approached the precincts of Parliament and it is blocked from the side of Inter-Continental Hotel and the other side of Protection House. If even for us Members...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 252 on access to the House. It has been brought to our attention that some of our colleagues in the Senate are interested in accessing the Public Gallery or the Speaker's Gallery to observe...