Samuel Onunga Atandi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: First, according to the International Labour Organisations (ILO) estimates, youth unemployment in Kenya stands at 27 per cent. That is way above our East African neighbours. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Secondly, there are seven million unemployed youth in Kenya today. Thirdly, every year, one million youth join the job markets. Lastly, as we discuss youth unemployment, we must understand that there is a relationship between the expansion of an economy and youth unemployment. If we are saying that this economy has been expanding since the Jubilee Government took over, what are the consequential benefits in the area of jobs created for the youth? view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I also join my colleagues in congratulating Serah and welcoming her to this House. However, allow me to make a comment on the Petition on hardship allowances which has come to this House. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: The question of hardship allowance is very serious. I want to request the Committee to look at this question critically and particularly, in the public service. Recently, the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning with the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) went through the issues of Equalisation Fund. If you look at their Report, you will find the Commissioners reviewed the manner in which the Equalisation Fund will apply to capture sub-locations and areas as opposed to counties as was before. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: This is a very good Report which this Committee can use to review the question of hardship allowances. You will realise that there are some regions like where I come from, Alego- Usonga, which are not considered as hardship areas for purposes of allocating hardship allowances to public servants, yet there are certain sections which ought to be considered. Therefore, I want to plead with the Committee that will look at this Petition to go overboard and consider the whole question of hardship allowance in totality, so that this matter can be settled. Otherwise, in future we will still have ... view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to agree with the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. If this is already illegal according to the law, I wonder how Hon. Kimunya wants an illegality to be taxed. How will that be done, Hon. Kimunya? view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. We had a very long deliberation on this matter as a Committee. We must accept that 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 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: this law has had both positive and negative consequences. One of the negative consequences is that it has led to retrenchment of staff in the banking sector. Many people have lost their jobs. The argument that has been advanced by banks is that the pricing risk has not been taken care of by this law. That is why we were thinking that possibly we can remove the cap and let the existing portfolio in the sector be retained at the prevailing rates. view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I am explaining. Let me put my point across. Let me finish. view