Paul Otiende Amollo

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) 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 (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 (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 (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. 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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...

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...