Paul Otiende Amollo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: On the instant Motion, I believe the procedure adopted so far was fair and lawful. On suitability, I find that Major Twalib Mbarak is singularly qualified. I can confirm that when I served as Ombudsman, I interacted a lot with KenGen when he was the integrity manager and for all that time, there were no integrity questions. view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I believe that there are issues in terms of the dangers of securitisation of State agencies, but while some might think that, that is generally a good thing, I do not share in that except that in this case, Mr. Mbarak was no longer in the security agencies as at the time of vetting in any event. I think everybody must be looked at on their own background and not in terms of their area of study. view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we are also required to look at the constitutional and statutory requirements, and that is where I have two comments. On Section 16 of the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Act, I urge the Committee in its own time to re-look at that section in two ways. First, it introduces the Secretary to the EACC as a State officer and therefore, is essentially amending Article 260 that outlines who State officers are. I do not think an Act of Parliament can do that. view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Secondly, we are now here because of that section. The EACC is the only commission where the Secretary to the Commission is now required to be approved by Parliament in Section 16 and yet in terms of removal in Section 17, Parliament has no role. There is no other Commission. I believe that, as with all other commissions, we should approve commissioners and chairpersons. But the Secretary to the Commission should be the work of the Commission itself rather than be brought here. view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 25 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I commend the petitioner for recognising that the handshake was timely. We, indeed, know that as a result of the handshake, the Right Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga is now the High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa. view
• 25 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, a distinction is to be created between a national day and a public holiday. It is evident as you commit that Petition to the Committee that it takes note that while the petitioner is talking about a national peace day requiring an amendment of Article 9, indeed you do not require to amend Article 9. Article 9(3) talks of three national days. However, the Public Holidays Act then prescribes other public holidays and they are 23 of them. I would suggest that in considering the Petition, consideration be made in terms of adding another public holiday to the ... view
• 25 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I commend Hon. Baya for the Petition he has brought on the Mazrui land issue. We know that we have had two attempts to address historical land injustices in terms of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) and the National Land Commission (NLC) but both have failed to do that. This is a good occasion to revisit that issue and the broader issue of historical land injustices at the Coast and elsewhere including the great island of Migingo. view
• 25 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: No. view