Samuel Onunga Atandi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, my constituents are demonstrating because of what happened in the morning. view
• 7 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, my constituents are demonstrating because of what happened in the morning. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to speak on this Motion. This is one of the most important Motions to ventilate on. Trade deficit is a very big problem in Kenya and among many African countries. For instance, in Kenya in 2018, our imports totalled Kshs1.7 trillion while our exports were about Kshs600 billion. This means that out of Kshs100 we spend on importing items, we earn only Kshs35. This is very serious and one of the ramifications for such a large trade deficit is that our economy cannot afford to create jobs for our youths. ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: This causes the National Treasury to look for avenues of shielding foreign exchange shocks and actually encourage borrowing. Basically, we are talking about confusion. I would like to urge the sponsor of this Motion to probably think of writing a Bill that is going to be implemented, so that we can put it in law. That is the way we want to restrict our trade deficit. Otherwise, we are simply going to be talking and trade deficit is going to expand. As I said, there are countries that are seriously thinking about addressing this issue and we can learn from ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the Petition. I am concerned that in the last two weeks, we have received more than 10 petitions touching on the Ministry of Lands and the Departmental Committee on Lands. I am concerned because these petitions point to the fact that we have ineffective Government agencies, more so, the National Lands Commission (NLC). I urge the Departmental Committee on Lands that perhaps they need to consider inviting that commission to find out if they are really serving Kenyans. We cannot have petitions touching on a particular agency of Government every day. This is ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: petitions within two weeks touching on a particular matter. As Parliament, we need to see whether these agencies are working and serving Kenyans. These petitions will continue coming and Parliament may not have time to go through all of them effectively in time. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to put my word on this Motion. From the word go, I support this Motion. If you want to know that the Senate is a mischievous organ of Parliament, you need to go through their website. They have profiled themselves as the upper house of Parliament. We know that is not the reality. As somebody who participated in the clamour for the new Constitution, in principle, I do not subscribe to the views that the Senate should be dissolved or disbanded. The Senate should play an important role as outlined ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: basis for equitable sharing of revenue raised by the national Government between the national Government and county governments and among county governments. The Constitution says that the National Assembly, in their decision to determine what resources should go to the national Government and county governments, must refer to the function of the CRA. I want to disagree with the National Assembly on this particular matter. When we disagree with the Senate on the Division of Revenue Bill, we are not disagreeing with the Senate. We are disagreeing with the commoners, the people who elected us in the villages. When we ... view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. This is a very good Bill. Products that require guarantors were introduced by financial institutions because of the realisation that some people have very good business ideas, but do not have capacity to implement them. So, banks decided to introduce guarantors to help such people acquire resources to implement their ideas. So, the applicant is not the person who is being appraised. The person to be appraised is the guarantor because the applicant is known not to have capacity to get the resources. Basically, the ... view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: occasion a situation where we will not get people to support others who want to start businesses or people who want to begin life. I will not mind, for instance, if I guaranteed somebody and they are unable to pay the loan and the lending institution comes for my assets. That will be justifiable. Financial institutions need to make it very clear when they ask for guarantors. Guarantors must be made aware of the implications of guaranteeing. I support the amendment Bill, but I want Parliament to re-look at the way it is because it has the potential of causing ... view