AMOLLO PAUL OTIENDE, CS

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 levy imposed. (Question of the amendment...

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 exercise your discretion yet he knows...

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 are not familiar with is the...

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 to note two areas which I...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Yes, Senior Counsel, Hon. Otiende Amollo. (Several Members walked into the Chamber) Hon. Speaker, as the other Members make their way to the Chamber, I rise under Standing Order 1, as read with Standing Order (Applause)(Applause) matter and we need direction. This is...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order, Hon. Otiende Amollo? Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. My colleague and Co-chairman elsewhere, Hon. Chepkonga, should hold his horses. A point of order can arise anytime. That is why I was patient for the Order to...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order, Hon. Otiende Amollo? Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. My colleague and Co-chairman elsewhere, Hon. Chepkonga, should hold his horses. A point of order can arise anytime. That is why I was patient for the Order to...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will take a shorter time. Wonderful. I wrote to your good Office on 21st November, raising 15 different points on why, in my opinion, the Conflict of Interest Bill stands unconstitutional in its present form. I will highlight just three points because I took the...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Deputy Leader of the Majority Party tabled various reports and among them was a Report of the 16th Meeting of the Bureau of East African Community (EAC) Speakers of the National Legislatures and the East African Legislative Assembly which has 34 pages. Hon. Speaker, it...

Okay. Deepening, widening and It is deepening, widening and tightening. That is the slogan. (Laughter) I am duly corrected by the Speaker. (Loud consultations)(Laughter)

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the Point of Order by the Leader of the Minority Party. I want us to address this matter as a united House, and not in terms of our partisan divisions. These are consequential matters in terms of precedence. First, as read by Hon....

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order, Hon. Otiende Amollo? Hon. Sunkuli, if you still have a point of order you can prosecute it after Hon. Otiende is done. Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you for you ruling. We are guided by the House...

On a point of order. What is your point of order, Hon. Otiende? Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like your guidance. I will wait until you are done consulting. (Hon. Deputy Speaker consulted the Clerk-at-the Table) I wish to get your guidance on a fundamental matter. This being a House...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Leader of the Majority Party cannot be on a point of order while I am on a point of order. This is the guidance I am seeking from you. I will guide you accordingly. Is it in line with the Standing Orders for the Minority side...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I did not want to speak to this clause, but I want to persuade Hon. Pukose. On a closer reading of this clause, Hon. Kaluma may be right because of the use of the word ‘or.’ If you remove the words, ‘the headquarters of the authority shall...

First, I support the Chair of the Committee. In truth, Hon. Dawood has explained it. As I understand this, the first is a basic degree in pharmacy. Thereafter, one is allowed to have a master’s degree in anything. You can even have a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) or...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chair. Hon. Kaluma, I want to help. Let me help Hon. Owen Baya understand the earlier ruling by the substantive Speaker. As the Speaker ruled, some of us had written to him for amendments, but they were not incorporated on this Order Paper. The Speaker ruled...

My further amendment is a simple one. Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause7(b) be further amendment by deleting the word “is” and substituting therefor the words “has been.” and Clause7(e) be further amendment by adding at the beginning the word “is.” (Question of the further amendment proposed)(Loud...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I have proposed amendments which I will move. I have shared with Dr Pukose and we are in agreement. I have an issue with what has been spoken to first. The difference I see in what is being proposed for amendment and what is there is the...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I actually have the benefit of having discussed this with Dr Pukose, and we are in agreement. It is only that procedurally we had to move. I had initially thought that the suggestion by Hon. Gikaria would carry us faster. That is, where there is an amendment...

As a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairlady, first of all, I think we are becoming more rigid than the way we were guided to proceed. Because that rigidity will lead us to spoil this mood. I have my written amendments and the Speaker allowed me to move them. When...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. As the Committee Chairperson considers that, if you look at the Bill as originally drafted, it appears that Clause 21 was tailored for the Cabinet Secretary to be in charge of this process, but now we are changing this to the Board. The effect of...

As I speak to the proposal by Hon. (Dr) Nyikal and his explanation of the meaning of the word compounded, I then beg to understand from him, Hon. (Dr) Pukose and the Committee, whether it is the opinion that under Clause 22 (3) , “a pharmaceutical technologist can compound such...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : Hon. (Dr) Otiende, what is out of order? Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I respect Dr Pukose, and the intention of both the Bill and amendments, which I have no substantive opposition to. While it...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. For the reasons that we have just discussed and given the ambit of this criminal net, I would oppose the enhancement. If anything, I would have lowered the bar, either in terms of amount or years in jail. My point of order...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the onset, I would like to congratulate the Committee for bringing this Bill which I support. It rationalises this area, among others. It brings issues that fall under the Pharmacy and Poisons Act and Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act to rationality. I agree...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, aside from that, I do not have a problem with the Bill as it is. I have said that I support it. However, I have a problem with two aspects of some sections of the Report of the Committee which I have gone through. The first aspect...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the Motion on the consideration of the Report by the Committee on Delegated Legislation. Just to make some quick points, it must be remembered that Articles 94 and 95 of the Constitution have always remained very clear. Nothing will have the force of...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Is it in order for the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party to condemn Parliament for having failed in its role when he knows that making regulations is not Parliament’s role? Every piece of legislation indicates who makes the regulations. Those who make regulations do so, and then they consult...

Point of information, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Thank you very much, Hon. Oluoch. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to inform Hon. Oluoch on two issues. One is in respect of what he sought my concurrence on. Indeed, I agree with him, and Hon. Owen Baya is wrong. Under Section 70 of the Universities Act, the power to...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. For the avoidance of doubt, these regulations are for annulment but not withdrawal, as the Vice- Chairman has spoken about. They are for immediate annulment. They are of no legal effect once we are done. The reasons are simple. Firstly, this constitutes an encroachment and...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I fully support the sentiments by my colleagues. While the PWPER may so far be a proposed policy document, it is obvious that on its face, it is expressly unconstitutional. It is also obvious on its case that it is presumptuous and in total assumption of...