Paul Otiende Amollo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Mhe. Spika, kulingana na Kanuni zetu za Bunge, inaonekana na kwa kuelewa kwangu ni uamuzi wa Mbunge yeyote kuamua iwapo atazungumza Kiswahili ama Kiingereza, mradi unapoanza kwa Kiswahili, umalize kwa Kiswahili. Ukianza kwa Kiingereza, umalize kwa Kiingereza. Ndio wale ambao hawawezi kuelewa lugha ya Kiswahili wapewe nafasi ya kuchangia na kuongea kidogo kidogo. view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Pili, kulingana na Kipengele cha 95, ningeomba kwamba kulingana na uamuzi wako wa hapo mbeleni, kuna lile jambo Mbunge wa Homa Bay alileta na inafaa tulichangie. Ningeomba kwamba Naibu Spika, apewe nafasi ya kujibu halafu tukubali na twende kwa mambo mengine. Ahsante sana Mheshimiwa Spika. view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to make four quick points on this matter. view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: First of all, is the jurisdictional issue. Our role is representation, oversight and legislation. Just the same way we must ensure that we are not legislated for is the same way we must ensure that our budget making jurisdiction is not taken away through the backdoor. It is only since the 2010 Constitution that the then Parliament assumed the role of overseeing the budget-making process. By these shenanigans, we will be ceding back and going back to where we were before 2010. We cannot do that. view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The second point is the question of the National Treasury memos that we are now discussing. Does the Treasury or the Executive have that jurisdiction to issue memos that now give limits and adjustments to a budget that is passed by this House? The answer is a clear no. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Recently the PS from the National Treasury is on record when he appeared before us in the Public Accounts Committee and I put this question to him. He conceded that there is no constitutional or statutory basis for those memos and yet immediately after conceding that, they went ahead to issue the memos. Hon. Speaker, we cannot allow that. view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thirdly, is it true that the National Treasury can adjust the budget of the Judiciary? Of all the arms of the Government and the departments mentioned, there is only one that has special protection in terms of the budget in the Constitution and that is the Judiciary. It is only the Judiciary that has a special fund under Article 173 and a clear reading of that Article gives no role at all for the National Treasury. The Chief Registrar of the Judiciary is expected to raise their proposals and to engage with the National Assembly. We, in the National Assembly, ... view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: My last point, is it a mere intention as the Chairman of the BAC was saying? It is not a mere intention. We cannot sit here and say that the National Treasury memo is of no effect until they bring proposals for adjustment of the budget. The truth is that the administrative mechanisms that have been put in place make it a directive. We have an administrative arrangement under the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) and they merely control it from the National Treasury and ensure you cannot access that money. view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The truth of the matter is that the National Treasury without a constitutional or statutory basis went ahead and adjusted a budget which had been passed by this House without coming back to us to look at it, persuade us or rationalise it. They went ahead and decided, like a demented tailor, to cut the budget by this much for Parliament, Judiciary and independent commissions. Therefore, there is no rationality even in these budget cuts. The reason the Constitution says it must come back is because we are the ones to rationalise it. It is not that the Judiciary cannot ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will start by commending the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee for coming up with this Bill, which is timely and useful in many ways. However, I find myself constrained to oppose it. Whereas it has so many positive provisions, it also has a number of suggestions that are not positive. First, as noted by the Committee in its Report, it is not entirely true that no legislation has been enacted under Article 100. What is true – as it was indicated to the Committee by the Office of the Attorney-General and other relevant offices – is ... view