Samuel Onunga Atandi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Lastly, the amendments that have been passed in this House are unfortunate because we cannot be here to ring fence and be gatekeepers of corruption networks. If the Committee has 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
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: done its Report, let us adopt it. Let us not begin to challenge the Report because we are trying to protect certain interests. I am not happy. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Before I begin my contribution, I would like to thank Hon. Pukose for the amendments that he has introduced. When I went through this Report last week when it was tabled, I was disturbed because I felt that the Committee had done a shoddy job. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: If you look at the Report and the submissions that were given by Members of Parliament who were invited, the conclusion and recommendation that came from this Committee demonstrated that the Committee is not in touch with the reality of Parliament. From the word go, let me ask the reason for Powers and Privileges Committee to begin to investigate Members 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
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: of Parliament. The reason was that there were some media reports that portrayed Members of Parliament as having been bribed. Members of Parliament are not going to act on the basis of what the media writes because it appears that Parliament is under attack right now by the media. The media writes false information about what Parliament is doing with the sole purpose of putting Members of Parliament at loggerheads with the public. This is not going to be the situation we are going to act on. If you look at the Parliamentary Service Commission Bill which is being discussed ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The other issue that I have observed in this Report is that the Committee was relying on newspaper cuttings to establish the integrity of Members of this House. Members of Parliament were invited to this Committee on the basis of newspaper cuttings on what a Member said in rallies and funerals as a basis for investigating integrity of Members of this House. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I went to school very well. I am a graduate of Egerton University. I am also very good in English. I have read this Report and I am talking about what I understand and know. Members of Parliament were invited to this Committee based on information that appeared in newspapers. For instance, were Members reacting to what initially had been captured and written in the newspapers? We do not know the sources of their information. I have not seen anywhere in this Report where a journalist has been invited and asked to explain the source of ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: If this Committee did not find any evidence to link any Member of this House to corruption, they should have made a very clear Report and say that. They cannot hide behind the DCI and say that some Members will be investigated. This is a fake Report. I thank God for the amendments. I would recommend that some of these Members of this Committee be removed and changed. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will not withdraw my statement because I was invited by this Committee because I made a reaction to what the media already highlighted about corruption in the Sugar Report. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I am sorry I will not withdraw my statement. view