Paul Otiende Amollo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I had started by thanking you for that correction. I rise under Standing Order No. 74 which states that if there is confusion or an error occurring in the course of a roll call voting, concerning the numbers which cannot otherwise be corrected, the Speaker shall direct the House to proceed to another roll call vote. Now that it has been acknowledged that there was a mistake and it was a fundamental mistake of 10 votes, 10 votes of non-existent Members, is it not in order to follow Standing Order No. 74 and proceed to another roll call vote, rather ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I congratulate Hon. Martha Wangari for bringing this Bill. The industry to bring this kind of Bill is not given to all Members of Parliament. Having congratulated my friend, I find myself in the unfortunate position obviously in the minority of opposing it. This Bill must be looked at against the two reality checks. One, that by law, we live in a country that allows polygamy and some regions define the maximum number and in other circumstances, there is no maximum number. We also live in a country that does not limit the number ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: wording in Section 29 is just three months and the way the three months are calculated is on the basis of working days. Usually, you either say three months, in which case, it is working days or three calendar months, in which case, you do not extend it. When you say three consecutive months, it is confusing between calendar months and working days and that brings utter confusion. Thirdly, I think that this proposal perpetuates an unconstitutional provision already existing in the Employment Act. Section 29 as it exists in the Employment Act is, in fact, unconstitutional. It creates a ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: In defence of the Member and to persuade you that we can take this course, Hon. Speaker, you have routinely ruled that a matter of constitutionality can be raised at any time. In that respect, I understand the Member to be raising a constitutional matter in two respects. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: First, in a procedural manner; the question I believe the Member is raising is, in the Finance Bill whose purpose says; “relating to various taxes and duties and matters incidental to.” Is it legitimate to bring the question of reporting by advocates in the Finance Bill procedural? Hon. Speaker, you will consider whether that is an incidental matter to the core purpose of the Bill. Secondly is the constitutionality in terms of Article 35 of the Constitution. I understand, therefore, Hon. Speaker that you need to guide the House before the Bill is moved so that when it is moved ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I support the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee in so far as urging chairs of committees to participate is concerned. Chairs of committees must know that the voice of the people in the budget-making process is heard through their representatives sometimes as presented in the committees. I also urge – and the Chair is not listening – that the Committee should listen more to Parliament and less to the Executive when it comes to budget-making because ultimately, it is Parliament that makes the Budget. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Lastly, on how to make chairs much more responsive, I think that is one of the things we have not done especially as committees. I took the points by the Whip, Hon. Washiali that we have not utilised the full spectrum of our powers under Article 125 of the Constitution. I am yet to hear of any committee that has summoned any person within the Executive or any independent office and who, on declining, has moved to summon them and then taken the measures that are contemplated. I urge that the question you posed earlier is already contemplated by Standing ... view
• 10 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to lend my voice to this matter which you have made a ruling and to urge that, as the Committee looks at it, there are three critical things we must look into. The first one is the decision of the court that you allude to. Indeed, the court determined that while you could be eligible, you cannot take the oath of office. I urge that, as a House, we examine that decision further because Article 78 of the Constitution says that you are not eligible. If you are not eligible, should this House that ... view