Paul Otiende Amollo

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• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: The Chair of Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs spoke quite eloquently to the amendments by the Committee. Let me add two things for emphasis. The first one is that we also added the question of reintroducing a representative of the Public Service Commission in the panel that will be interviewing those people who join the Kenya National Human Rights Commission. We thought that is a very important Commission to be represented. At the same time, we were not persuaded that we should give the Kenya National Human Rights Commission The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: additional jurisdiction to advise the Government on treaties and international obligation because that is already a role of the Attorney-General. We thought the Kenya National Human Rights Commission has its role set out. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: When it comes to the Law Society of Kenya, of course, we added that it must be an advocate of the High Court, but because of time we did not refine it further. However, with the events that are now unfolding at that body, it is clear that whenever we say that the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) should appoint, we will have to go ahead and determine how that is to be done. This is because I foresee, very soon, we might end up with two appointees and, unfortunately, we will then have the role of determining who the ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we were not persuaded to adopt the additional recess for the Court of Appeal for a number of reasons. First, we noted the history of the idea of the recess of the courts in April, August and December. It is a history that is actually foreign to us. This was brought at a time when most of the judges were white and were from abroad. So, they needed time to go back, especially during the summer, to also enjoy part of the recess with their families. That is why you find that it is a recess that is ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: We also noted that there is the annual leave that is provided for. We appreciate that judges are overwhelmed right now, especially in the Court of Appeal. It is unfortunate that there are judges who have not been appointed. Now, even a certificate of urgency in the Court of Appeal takes months. However, we thought, first, that those are things that can be determined administratively. It needs not be written into a statute. Secondly, in any case, it will add to the backlog. Therefore, we thought that this can be regulated separately. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Lastly, the Coast Guard is an issue for all of us who have constituencies that are along the lakes. Rarieda Constituency has over 200 kilometres of the lake. When we passed the Kenya Coast Guard Service Act, we believed that it was going to protect our people from the invasions from other countries. While I am sure they are trying to do that, we have ended up with another problem. Some of the coast guards, especially those based in some of those areas, because they are unable to confront those people, have now turned to our fishermen. The fishermen who ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to join my colleagues in condoling with the family of our late brother, Hon. Justus Murunga. On behalf of the people of Rarieda, my family and the family of Matilda Nakhungu we really express our condolences. Whenever we met in the corridors, Justus would call me “my constituent” and a lot of my colleagues would not understand why. Justus Murunga was the MP for Matungu wherein there is a place called Indangalasia, that is where my grandmother hails from. So, often we would talk together. One time he even sent me to Indangalasia Secondary ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I fully support this Petition. I would really urge that the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, to which it is proposed to be committed, takes this matter seriously. First of all, it must be noted that our Constitution expressly prohibits any State officer from holding an account outside this jurisdiction, except where it may be permitted by legislation. To the best of my knowledge, we have not passed such legislation. That then leads to the conclusion that there is a blanket prohibition. It, therefore, means that by definition, any State officer who then is ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I travelled abroad and met some very industrious Kenyans who sought to persuade me that they could facilitate repatriation of any monies if I or anybody I knew held it abroad. That there was a quiet understanding that provided you agree to forfeit a certain small percentage, no questions will be asked as to its sources. It worried me. I hope it is not true. If it is true, it is very dangerous. That must be looked into. We need people to account for all the money that they have. If we were only to get about 80 per cent ... view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I wish to support the Petition. In doing so, we should take cognisance of the fact that there appears to be a conscious decision by the Government, particularly the Ministry of Education, to discourage opening of campuses and recentralising them. That policy should be reconsidered. First of all, the Constitution of Kenya requires decentralisation and access to services all over the country. The idea of opening campuses is in keeping with the spirit and letter of the Constitution, and their closure directly negates that requirement of the Constitution. Hon. Speaker, secondly, we are aware that we live in ... view