Samuel Onunga Atandi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me begin by thanking the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security for the answer that we have received. However, I want to say that immediately this issue was raised, the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government attempted to answer to some of these concerns by putting a few police officers to undertake patrols in the area but I was surprised that in July – because this response was given to me in June – the arsonists, again, attacked the area and burnt about six homes. That is another issue ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, what I am saying is that the response is inadequate and I am just trying to explain that even though in the response it is very clear that the Cabinet Secretary is saying that the investigations were being done, it is now two or three months and nobody has been arrested. So, I do not think that is really something which is out of context. Anyway, I want to say that I agree with your direction and I want to say that the Statement is not satisfactory because it is actually a complete lie. There is nothing that ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to make a contribution on this Bill. In principle, I do not find anything wrong with the amendment. But the county public service board, ideally, is the engine of county governments. It is the body that hires and fires the resources that serve in the counties. The law governing how the county service board operates needs to be enhanced. I have heard people complaining that counties employ people from the same ethnic community. In my County of Siaya, you find that, maybe, 100 per cent of county staff are ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: I will consider to propose an amendment to improve the structure of the composition of the members of the county public service board, so that we can give governors guidelines on who to appoint. If we do that, we will solve the challenges facing the counties. A law like this is what is supposed to help county governments to entrench integrity and strengthen devolution. Devolution will not be strengthened by resources only, but if we have a law which is very clear on the appointment of staff of county governments, it will be possible for county governments to give us ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: I want to propose that just like in the Public Service Commission, the President is advised to pick a panel to nominate commissioners. In the panel, the President is told the people to constitute the panel will come from say, the Attorney-General’s office, the Institute of Human Resource Management, the Federation of Kenya Employers, the National Council of Persons with Disabilities and the Ministry of Public Service. If we borrow that system and put it in law for counties, the governor will be compelled to have experts to help him identify commissioners. If we have somebody from the AG’s Office ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the amendment Bill. I will propose further amendments to the law and ask Members to support, so that we can strengthen this law; Section 58 of the County Governments Act. That way, we will ensure that all the things we say are in the law. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just wanted to say that the Government does not understand how some of these artists ply their trade because if they did, they would not be allocating a mere Kshs100 million as a stopgap measure towards The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: mitigating COVID-19 effects on artists. As an example, where I come from, if you look at the way our artists operate, they are a team. You find that a band has more than 50 people. Artists are known. You cannot say that because you want to mitigate on the COVID-19 issues, you want to start inviting artists. Everybody will begin to become artists. Even me I will become an artist. So, the Government needs to find a way of mitigating and helping the artists. I like what the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning has said, but that ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just wanted to say that the Government does not understand how some of these artists ply their trade because if they did, they would not be allocating a mere Kshs100 million as a stopgap measure towards mitigating COVID-19 effects on artists. As an example, where I come from, if you look at the way our artists operate, they are a team. You find that a band has more than 50 people. Artists are known. You cannot say that because you want to mitigate on the COVID-19 issues, you want to start inviting artists. Everybody will ... view
• 17 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I do not have anything to say on this matter. view