Paul Otiende Amollo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. This House has ruled time and again that the constitutionality of any Motion or any amendment or any Bill can be raised at any time and if the Speaker deems that that Motion or Bill is unconstitutional, it need not to occupy any more time of this august House. It is clear to me that this proposed amendment is unconstitutional on six fronts. I will be very brief. First of all, Article 37 of the Constitution gives the right to demonstrate to picket or to petition. A right we did not have before. If you ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Secondly, by the Movers own admission that this is a money Bill, I thought and I expected that it would be demonstrated that as a money Bill, it has been considered by the Treasury as required by law, and by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. That demonstration has not been made. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Secondly, by the Movers own admission that this is a money Bill, I thought and I expected that it would be demonstrated that as a money Bill, it has been considered by the Treasury as required by law, and by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. That demonstration has not been made. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thirdly, the amendment purports that this amendment does not concern counties. Any amendment that that seeks to limit the right to demonstrate, petition or picket is an amendment that concerns counties because the Constitution allows you to petition any government including a county government, the county assembly and the governor. I hope my time is not running out because I am addressing you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am seeking to persuade you that this unconstitutional. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thirdly, the amendment purports that this amendment does not concern counties. Any amendment that that seeks to limit the right to demonstrate, petition or picket is an amendment that concerns counties because the Constitution allows you to petition any government including a county government, the county assembly and the governor. I hope my time is not running out because I am addressing you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am seeking to persuade you that this unconstitutional. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: This definitely concerns counties and even to proceed on the assumption that it does not, is in itself unconstitutional. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: This definitely concerns counties and even to proceed on the assumption that it does not, is in itself unconstitutional. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Fourthly, this is a very fundamental point. This amendment is legally contradictory. Section 11 that it purports to amend is a section that talks about an unlawful assembly under Section 10. But then this amendment proceeds as if that assembly is lawful. If you read the amendment, it proceeds as if you are actually attending a lawful assembly. You cannot introduce amendment that addresses a lawful assembly to a section that has declared it unlawful. If the clerks should allow me to persuade you, I would be greatly honoured. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Fourthly, this is a very fundamental point. This amendment is legally contradictory. Section 11 that it purports to amend is a section that talks about an unlawful assembly under Section 10. But then this amendment proceeds as if that assembly is lawful. If you read the amendment, it proceeds as if you are actually attending a lawful assembly. You cannot introduce amendment that addresses a lawful assembly to a section that has declared it unlawful. If the clerks should allow me to persuade you, I would be greatly honoured. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Five, is another very fundamental point and perhaps you will be able to review them later. The amendment seeks to introduce civil matters in a criminal context in two respects. It seeks to give the court discretion to deal with what is called “laws of earnings.” Laws of earnings is dealt with by a civil court. It also seeks to give the court discretion to award compensation. Compensation is never for the criminal court, it is for the civil court. The worst thing is that it now The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A ... view