Paul Otiende Amollo

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, my first point under Standing Order 83 has been made by Hon. Junet. It is important that the majority does not diminish debate on technicalities. Everything the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee said is yet to be moved. We are at liberty...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker Order, Cynthia. Yes, Otiende Amollo, Senior Counsel. What is your point of order and under what Standing Order? Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I rise under Standing Order 90. I have listened...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, my first point under Standing Order 83 has been made by Hon. Junet. It is important that the majority does not diminish debate on technicalities. Everything the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee said is yet to be moved. We are at liberty...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker Order, Cynthia. Yes, Otiende Amollo, Senior Counsel. What is your point of order and under what Standing Order? Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I rise under Standing Order 90. I have listened...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker Yes, Senior Counsel? Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise under Standing Orders 1 and 66 as read together with Article 152 (9) of the Constitution. (Hon. Speaker consulted with...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, thank you for those directions. I think it is the right thing to do, and I will be reserving my hope to contribute. I rise under Standing Order 90 as read together with 107 (1) (e) in terms of the conflict of...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. In the majority opinion, this Report has singularly failed Kenyans and must carry a badge of shame on behalf of this House. For the avoidance of doubt, Kenyans must know that the six Kenya Kwanza Members of Parliament on the...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to pay a special tribute to the fallen CDF, General Francis Omondi Ogolla, and the nine other gallant soldiers who we lost last week. Hon. Speaker, I will have you and the House know that at about 5.30...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. To your credit, it appears that we are finally going to occupy this behemoth that has remained with us for some time. In fairness, when issues are raised, I think they are more historical than current. I sit in the...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join my colleagues who have congratulated the Committee because they did their work speedily, openly and have made reasonable recommendations. (Hon. T.J. Kajwang’ consulted loudly)

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support their recommendations in terms of the names they have approved and those recommended not to be approved. I have no specific issue with any of those recommended. I know there are some, like 17th April 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Hon. Otiende. Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I agree with the difficulty you find yourself in because you were not the substantive Speaker...

Hon. Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Can I proceed now? The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Do you have a point of order? Hon. Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) No. I want to contribute, as you have guided. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Alright. You can go ahead. Hon....

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, the Leader of the Majority Party has this habit of thinking he is the only intelligent person who reads and understands. Therefore, he is imputing that we debate without reading and understanding the business before the House. It is fair for...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, the danger of rushing all these things is that you end up with serious problems. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : We are not rushing anything, Member for Rarieda. We have taken our time on this very important stage. Hon....

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Hon. Otiende, what is out of order? Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, it is okay to debate. I am comfortable with the fact that no...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) On a point of order. What is your point of order Hon. (Dr) Otiende? Let us hear his point of order. Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the Hon. Leader of Majority Party to...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon Temporary Speaker. Before I start, could I get your direction? As the only…

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) May I get your direction, Hon Temporary Speaker? As the only dissenting voice out of a Committee of 30 Members, and now that the Mover and the Seconder have taken 45 minutes to contribute, could I get your direction in terms of how much...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon Temporary Speaker. I want to thank you and also thank the Committee. It is true that we had five issues, three of which we had convergence on. I will not speak about them. We converged and agreed on the 14th March...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Yes, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Proceed. That is the orderly way in which we want to run the House. Do not shout. Proceed, Hon. Otiende Amollo. Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to express my general support for...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. (Dr) Nyikal seems to have a point of order.

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The proposal by Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a is an important one. It looks timely but it might be dangerous. It might be so because it pre-empts a more fundamental issue that we, as the two Houses of Parliament, are called...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you.

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. To the extent that you prompted me, I had forgotten to talk about the other proposal by my friend, Hon. Bashir Sheikh, which is also on the Floor. It proposes that when the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to support the Petition and thank Dr Pukose for this presentation. Indeed, the interns and this profession has been treated to unfair laboru practices. It is unacceptable excuse to say that they cannot be absorbed or paid when...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am an alumnus of Maranda National School. I am proud to welcome them here. I thought you went to Friends Kamusinga. 7th March 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 9 Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM)I wanted to tell Hon. Ichung’wah...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chair. On behalf of Hon. Millie Odhiambo, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 4 of the Bill be deleted. The import is to delete Clause 4 in its entirety so that the result will be that there will be no...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, Hon. Chepkonga is a ranking Member and he is my friend. In recent times, we have been co-chairing a very important sub-committee on the NG-CDF. When he stands on a point of order pursuant to Standing Order 95 to persuade you to...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This issue has various facets. The first one which is of note is the aspect of it increasing the tax burden to Kenyans by 3 per cent. While many people are still familiar with the 3 per cent, what they...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support this Motion of adoption of the Report. In the words of Rt Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, the Report may not be perfect, but it is work in progress worth supporting. So, I support it. It is important...

Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Yes, Senior Counsel, Hon. Otiende Amollo. (Several Members walked into the Chamber) Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, as the other Members make their way to the Chamber, I rise under Standing Order 1, as...