Paul Otiende Amollo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 261 to 270 of 660.

• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion on Adoption of Sessional Paper No.2 of 2019 on Gender and Development… view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, for your indulgence, Hon. Leader of the Majority Party. I note from the Report that the last policy that was adopted was in 2000. That essentially means that ten years before the promulgation of our Constitution and ten years after the promulgation, we have not had a policy that is in tandem with the Constitution. It is, therefore, quite timely and appropriate that we should have such a policy. I note that from the summary as captured by the Cabinet Secretary, (Prof.) Margret Kobia and the Principal Secretary, the process appears to have been quite consultative involving ministries, ... view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: This Report properly appreciates the challenge. In this country, we still have an ongoing challenge. Do we go for gender parity which essentially would mean not quite equality, but equal, or do we go for gender equity with in some sense speaks to affirmative action, realising we cannot achieve parity? I think in the conception of our Constitution and most of the laws we have so far, we have gone for gender equity. This is assuring and ensuring some measure of representation of both genders. The percentage we have used so far is one-third. Even this we have failed in ... view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: We know that even in this House, we have in the last 10 years failed to achieve the one- third gender principle. But that is an ongoing challenge, in the context of this policy which helps us address all those issues. I think this policy puts us in a good pedestal to resolve the many outstanding issues we have on the issue of gender. view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support the Motion. view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I fully concur that from the issues arising from what has been said by the Leader of the Majority Party and his immediate predecessor, it appears this matter has a lot more weight to it than was given by the Mover and the Seconder. Many of the Members do not have the benefit of either the Report or the Agreement as to comment in details. However, it appears to me the support or lack of support to this Motion must turn on two things and that ought to be very clear. First, what would be the ... view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, before and without contributing substantively, just procedurally, it appears to me that to do justice both to the Committee, to the law and to this House, the Committee might well stand guided to rationalise the Report first, for a number of reasons. One, it is the dangers that you pointed out. The dangers of recommendations to multiplicity of bodies. It has consequences. Two, as long as it is not stood down to be rationalised, it means even the ideas of directing independent constitutional bodies on how to do their work, within what time and what to do later, ... view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: We will need to make a more fundamental decision in respect of reports from the Public Investments Committee and the Public Accounts Committee. Article 95(2) of the Constitution says that the National Assembly deliberates and resolves matters of concern to the public. So, we must always ask ourselves on a matter of concern such as that, does the Report resolve it? We must and we can create two distinctions. Where a Committee finds that there are certain administrative wrongs – and it could be maladministration or it could be whatever - you can make a finding. It can include a ... view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: administrative resolution we are recommending to the whole House which, if adopted, is complete in itself. I think that we need to support PIC and PAC to have teeth so that, as a Parliament, we can have teeth. Otherwise, we will be doing these investigations and then we recommend an investigation and people will ask why we spent a whole year and all that money. That is not helpful. However, that only must mean that we must sharpen and tighten the administrative loopholes so that, that Report does not collapse. We must tighten the resolutions. It appears to me that ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank Hon. Duale for raising these matters. I agree with Hon. Duale’s conclusion, but not his reasoning. While I agree that Parliament cannot be infringed upon by taking jurisdiction that belongs to it and placing it on the Executive - as perhaps suggested in Clause 13 of the Bill - I must point out that this would not be the first Bill where Parliament has donated powers to make subsidiary legislation to the Attorney-General. It is precedented. In any event, even when it is donated, by the legislation that we pass, namely, the Statutory Instruments ... view