Paul Otiende Amollo

Parties & Coalitions

All parliamentary appearances

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  • 1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: necessary to rationalise those Bills in terms of content and which Committee will deal with them so that we only discuss one Bill and come to a good conclusion. I submit. view
  • 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me start by declaring the position that the Managing Director (MD) for Infotrak Research and Consulting, Madam Angela Ambitho, is not only my constituent, but also from my clan and by extension, my relative, but I want to confirm that I was not called, not asked for any money and also not ranked very well. I was ranked at position 108. For me, I have come to learn that… view
  • 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: If only you could give me a second. In this short time that I have been in Parliament, I have once been ranked number two, 20 and another time, I was ranked number 150. This has taught me that, first of all, we should not concentrate on this ranking because we will always have ranking even for the parties. Right now, we are defending ourselves collectively, once we are out there and we are in the Orange Democratic Party (ODM) and Jubilee, when the ranking comes, half of us will be supporting while the other half will be condemning it. ... view
  • 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will endeavor to be quite fast. First, the three first nominees whose approval we have sought the House to adopt, it was unanimous and even the one rejected was unanimous. Second, it should be noted that each of the three are from different regions. The Registrar is from Nyandarua, Ali Surraw is from Mandera and Florence Birya is from Kilifi. Third, it should be noted that while the qualification for the Registrar is to have at least 15 years post qualification experience years in the relevant areas of expertise, the Registrar nominee has 21 years ... view
  • 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Having said that and lastly, I want to note that each of those three nominees are highly qualified. All of them have at least a master’s degree in their various fields. Let me explain why the Committee found it difficult to approve the nomination of Makorre Wilson Mohochi. He comes from Migori County. This is a young man of 26 years who demonstrated to us progressive thinking and a promising future but who unfortunately is encumbered by certain statutory and other inhibitions that we could not overlook. The first strongest one is the requirement of the law. This is a ... view
  • 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: If this is read together with the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval Act), Section 7(b) requires that this House must take into account any constitutional or statutory requirements relating to the office in question. So, we were required to establish that this nominee has 10 years post qualification experience in political science which was his area of study. Unfortunately, this nominee only qualified in his basic degree in the year 2017. His post qualification experience is, therefore, two years. Hon. Speaker, please add me two minutes to wind up. The other issue that we found difficulty in and it is captured ... view
  • 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we had great sympathy for this young man because he is a person living with disability. Usually, we are required to bend over backwards, but we could not help noting that, of the nine nominees, he is also the one who came in last as number nine. Now, that coupled with the fact that the DCI was unable to clear him and that there were issues with his academic qualification… He had met certain representations, which I do not want to go into in details, but upon interrogation he did not appear to be in tandem with his ... view
  • 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a matter which I have agonised and I have summoned both the collective memory of the Committee of Experts, the interpretations that would abide by this and the Chief Justice’s advisory to the President. From the outset, it is true that Article 262 is clear. It is true and we have considered this before that it was possible that the Chief Justice could advise the President to dissolve Parliament. Now it is no longer a possibility. It is a fact that has happened, but the goodness with that is that the Chief Justice is ... view
  • 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: interpretation that would precipitate a bigger constitutional crisis while trying to solve a small constitutional crisis. It is on that reason that I believe that although the CJ has advised the President to dissolve Parliament, that particular advice should not be adopted. It should not be adopted for a number of reasons. First of all, there is no timeline and, therefore, we can use that time to prudently examine what is to happen. The reason it should not be adopted is this. If you look carefully at our Constitution, all the elections are lumped together on the same day. The ... view
  • 8 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support this particular Motion because we are seriously pressed for time. It is important to add this. As we balance safety and convenience, we must also balance it with the duty to which we were elected. The only way to do that is to make sacrifices here and there while observing the health protocols. Sitting on Tuesday, skipping Wednesday and then sitting on Thursday, at least, allows a day for fumigation and observance of the health protocols. view

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