Samuel Onunga Atandi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I want to start by saying that I support this Bill. It is long overdue. If you want to see how we needed to have had this law in place, you need to look at how counties have performed in the recent past. There are some programmes that counties have undertaken which if they were receiving sound legal advice, they would not have been able to engage in. view
• 4 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: One of the examples I remember is the cash offer programme in Kiambu County. The Auditor-General has said that the programme was funded outside the law. That will tell you that counties need sound legal advice. I have gone through this Bill. I want to agree with my colleagues who have said that we need a solid county attorney. An advocate of the High Court of five years’ experience in my view would not be able to give counties competent legal advice. I want to propose that we amend this section in terms of qualifications of the county attorney so view
• 4 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: 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
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am trying to raise my hand because there appeared to have been a problem because I was the first to enter this Chamber and the previous Speaker might have tampered with the order. view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to support the Motion on the President’s State of the Nation Address. The President spoke about many things, but I would like to just mention a few. One, the President spoke about improving the ease of doing business in Kenya. Right now in the World Bank Report of ease of doing business, Kenya ranks below some of our neighbours like Morocco and Mauritius. The President candidly said that he will introduce reforms that would make doing business in Kenya easy. You know the economy expands when ... view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the President spoke about insecurity and introduction of reforms that were to help us do away with Al Shaabab and terrorists groups that are bringing chaos in this country. I am hoping that the Huduma Namba that is being implemented is part of those reforms that will address insecurity challenges and ultimately create permanent security. view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: However, I think the President paid lip service to the war on corruption. As the President of the Republic of Kenya, he has intelligence reports on corrupt Cabinet Secretaries. He does not have to wait for another organ to inform him on who is corrupt and hence culpable. It is shame that the President continues to sit in the Cabinet with some Cabinet Sectaries who have been implicated in corruption. The President should not wait for the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and opinions from other bodies. He should fire them. He knows well that they have committed criminal offenses ... view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: On the fight against corruption, he paid lip service. He has the support of Kenyans and should not fear Members of Parliament or groupings of Members agitating against sacking of some Cabinet Secretaries. view
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: Lastly, on the question of the handshake, the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party is suggesting to have the handshake devolved. May I inform him that this handshake was about the two Presidents; the President of the Republic of Kenya and the people’s president. So, Hon. Duale and the rest should not come and tell us to devolve the handshake. The handshake is 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
• 24 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: between two presidents and that is the way it must work. Nobody else went to the ballot to look for presidential votes. view