Samuel Onunga Atandi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wanted to weigh in on this matter. This is one of the most progressive draft laws that we want to pass. You know very well that in this country right now, the number of accountants who have been arraigned in court for corruption is very high. That is why, as a House, we must insist that professionals must belong to professional bodies. I belong to a professional body. So, let us not allow people who have not had serious professions like my friends here… view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was not on my seat. I would like to support this Motion. The truth of the matter is that there are some counties that are doing very well and there are some counties that are not doing very well. A case in point is my county, where you hardly can see anything progressive going on. I think as we pass this Bill, I would… view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was saying that Siaya County is doing very badly. The only thing you see in the county is contractors who are doing roads. They have resources in their pockets because they are paid on time. But when you go to hospitals and health centres, nothing is going on. The other issue is that the Constitution mandates county governments to conduct public participation before they develop their programmes. In my county, what the people want to be done is not being done. So, I want to ask the Senate to ensure that county governments are implementing ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the Bill. view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the amendments as contained in the Banking (Amendment) Bill, 2019. Though what we are discussing is occasioned by a High Court decision, the amendments that have been brought by Hon. Jude Njomo have actually made this law better. The law is now very clear. The ambiguities in definitions have been clarified. I fully support the amendments. I want to inform the House that the big animal in the Finance Bill concerning the repeal of interest cap law is coming. Members need to be aware that the Finance Bill ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: There are certain facts which Members of Parliament need to be aware of when canvassing matters to do with banking. First, banks are classified into three segments. The segments are called tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3. Tier 1 are those banks that are big, heavily capitalised, make more profits, are arrogant and the reason why we have a negative attitude towards banking profitability. There are tier 3 banks which are the small animals within the banking segment. These are small banks which are not capitalised enough. They have challenges meeting their cash ratios and problems lending large tickets. ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: have six large banks in Kenya. That would mean that we need to look at the capital requirements for starting a bank. The other issue which we need to apprise ourselves on is that there are fundamentals that influence banking activities like the widening fiscal deficits. Every year we pass a budget in Parliament whose funding we are not even sure of. We pass a budget and the deficit is very big and then we expect the Government not to borrow money from banks. One of the things that we must do, especially in the coming financial year, is to ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to reiterate what my colleague, Hon. Duale, has just said. There is a campaign against Members of Parliament which is being spearheaded by people known as Punguza Mizigo . My reading is that the Daily Nation has been co-opted into this campaign and Parliament is under siege. Today, if you go anywhere in this country, you are not respected because of the campaign that the media is doing against Parliament. This is something that we must resist. I propose that, perhaps, we do not need the Media Centre in Parliament. The Media Centre ... view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to reiterate what my colleague, Hon. Duale, has just said. There is a campaign against Members of Parliament which is being spearheaded by people known as Punguza Mizigo . My reading is that the Daily Nation has been co-opted into this campaign and Parliament is under siege. Today, if you go anywhere in this country, you are not respected because of the campaign that the media is doing against Parliament. This is something that we must resist. I propose that, perhaps, we do not need the Media Centre in Parliament. The Media Centre ... view