Okoiti Andrew Omtatah

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to address the House. I stand to support the two Statements by the two eminent Senators. On air travel, it cannot be overstated that the country is long overdue. Given the nature of land in this country, it would require that...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I second. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to)

Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for the opportunity. I rise to support the Cotton Industry Development Bill by Sen. Beth Syengo. Cotton is one of the fabrics that is light, affordable and comfortable to wear. If you look around, majority of us are wearing cotton. From the way we are...

I was contributing. In fact, the Senator who has risen on a point of order is the one who introduced the Finance Bill and begun praising, lionizing and anointing it, putting oil and perfume on it. However, the thing is a skunk. It smells. There is nothing you can do...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to address this august House. I rise to support the Statement by the Sen. Cherarkey; the warrior of Nandi. I do so because this goes to the heart of very many things in this country. It epitomises many issues that have gone...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am in support of the Statement by my friend, the warrior from Nandi, Sen.Cherarkey. (Applause) Secondly, if you have to go as matters stand now, whereby, through political machinations, clinical medical care was devolved. Then, we should ask ourselves, why is the big budget...

Senator, your time is up. Now we can have, Sen. Wafula.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Bill by the hon. Sen. Mungatana, MGH, of Tana River County. Article 43 gives a not-exhaustive list of economic and social rights. A common factor of these rights is that they all require money. The right to a highest...

Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, CASs. I am a bit confused because they are a political animal and yet they are in the public service, in total violation of the Constitution. They are bloating the cost of administration. A lot of money is going to recurrent expenditure yet we are...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for the opportunity to contribute. I rise to oppose the Motion on the Floor. First and foremost, I would like to correct the Senator who just spoke before me. When the Act of Parliament that cuts and pastes Article 154 into the County Governments Act...

Madam Temporary Speaker, in reply, I will quote Article 3 (1) which says that – “Every person has an obligation to respect, uphold and defend this Constitution.” If you violate this Constitution in this House, I will go to court to challenge it. I have an obligation to uphold, respect,...

He failed to inform me and asked me to inform him instead. We leave it at that. I wind up by opposing the Motion and pray that it fails. I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move the Motion –

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to go back to the Constitution. I would like to bring to your attention Article 259 (3) - --

Yes, I agree and that is why I want to be guided. Let us look at Article 259 (3) (b) . It states – “Any reference in this Constitution to a State or other public office or officer, or a person holding such an office, includes a reference to the...

Anything made contrary to the Constitution is null and void. Let us respect the Constitution or we have no business here.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity. What we are engaged in right now in terms of introducing Clauses 15 (a) to (d) is an attempt to amend the Constitution through the back door. (Applause) Secondly, the only way to become a Member of this House is through an...

The Standing Orders do not allow. The Speaker does not have a vote and the Constitution does not allow Speakers to vote on issues. They are referees! So, you cannot be conflicted and then sponsor a Motion in the guise of the Motion being from the Members. For lack of...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity. I will be very brief. I will speak on enforcement of the law, concerning matters climate and the environment. We have very many beautiful laws in this country, but hardly are they enforced. For example, the law governing riparian land and...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity you that have given me to support this Bill. The matter of natural resources in this country is very sad because we do not know all that we own. In supporting this Bill, I will be pushing that the Government carries out...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to support the Statement by Sen. Osotsi and also support the comments made by Sen. Methu that we should expand the scope of that Statement to include all counties that have received this fund so that we can do it, once and for...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. This is a very weighty and saddening situation whereby, one, an international foreign State enters Kenya’s sovereign territory without being challenged and gets away with it. Two, the reason it gets away with it is that there is a violation of Article Six of the...