Samuel Onunga Atandi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: have been trained in the field of survey who are currently doing nothing yet the Government has only 44 valuers across the country. So, these are very good proposals and I want to support them. The proposals contained on the Stamp Duty Act, where we are going to give opportunity for first-time home owners to be exempted from Stamp Duty is justifiable. In this country, if you are not a cartel, a sugar or drug baron, you find it difficult to own a house. It is the duty of the Government and this Parliament to ensure that we facilitate young ... view
• 19 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: (Alego-Usonga, ODM view
• 7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. For the first time, I have seen the National Assembly is a budget- making body because of the way this Committee has executed its mandate. They have captured the Budget in a way that makes a lot of sense. As we are aware, the purpose of the Budget is basically to implement the Government’s development agenda. Therefore, we should ensure that it complies with fiscal discipline because, as a country, we only budget for what we can fund. From the estimates, a fundamental question I ... view
• 7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Another issue of concern to me is the fact that, in this financial year, we are going to use around Kshs800 billion in funding our debts. Some of the debts that are going to be funded are the sovereign syndicated bonds that were procured in 2014. If you add all these accumulations, you will realise that, as a country, we are going to spend more than 50 per cent of our GDP on funding debts. This is contrary to the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. Even though the Budget has captured this matter very well, the issue that this House ... view
• 7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The other observation that I have done in this Budget is that a substantial amount of resources is going to be spent on Recurrent Expenditure, as opposed to Development Expenditure. You know that for this country to realise economic development, more resources need to have been allocated towards Development Expenditure as opposed to Recurrent Expenditure. The other issue is that following the experiences of past budgets, development programmes are never sufficiently implemented because of the inefficiencies and incapacities of the implementing agencies. At the end of the day, you find projects lagging behind. I would like the Budget and Appropriations ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I begin by passing special condolences to you and your family following the passing on of your dear mother. Hon. Speaker, I would like to support the President’s Speech. I have identified two areas which the President touched on. He highlighted some of his administration’s successes. One is the expansion of infrastructure where a lot has been done. But, he pointed out that his administration has used “The Last Mile” programme to expand access to electricity from 23 per cent in 2013 to 71 per cent this year. view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I begin by passing special condolences to you and your family following the passing on of your dear mother. Hon. Speaker, I would like to support the President’s Speech. I have identified two areas which the President touched on. He highlighted some of his administration’s successes. One is the expansion of infrastructure where a lot has been done. But, he pointed out that his administration has used “The Last Mile” programme to expand access to electricity from 23 per cent in 2013 to 71 per cent this year. view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I have doubts on this statement regarding the commitment. This is because in my constituency, as we speak, we are yet to hit 20 per cent access to electricity. Therefore, I would like to use this forum to urge the Cabinet Secretary in charge of energy to ensure that access to electricity is fast-tracked across the country and that all constituencies, especially those that did not benefit in the previous programmes following the politics of last term, are given this opportunity. I would like to urge the Minister for Energy to visit my constituency and assist us push this percentages ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I have doubts on this statement regarding the commitment. This is because in my constituency, as we speak, we are yet to hit 20 per cent access to electricity. Therefore, I would like to use this forum to urge the Cabinet Secretary in charge of energy to ensure that access to electricity is fast-tracked across the country and that all constituencies, especially those that did not benefit in the previous programmes following the politics of last term, are given this opportunity. I would like to urge the Minister for Energy to visit my constituency and assist us push this percentages ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The President touched on corruption. Following his statements in this Chamber, we have seen a lot of action on his part. Right now, many Government officers and businessmen have been arraigned in court facing charges, but some of us have been apprehensive about the approach that the Government and agencies in charge of corruption are taking towards addressing this dragon. I would like to use this forum to propose to the President that the best approach he needs to employ urgently is to appoint an anti-corruption czar in his office. What we have seen are small fish arraigned in court ... view