Samuel Onunga Atandi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: side being in this Chamber to be able to support this legislation. Our territorial waters have become dens for criminal activities. If you want to look at our coastal region, drug business is one of those businesses thriving there. I am told that when those people in drug business want to sneak in drugs into our country, the drugs can be kept in the waters for as long as one year before they are sneaked in. You also find that things like abduction where tourists or people enjoying themselves in the hotels along the beaches are being abducted. This is ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to join and support the Petition by my colleague, Hon. Makau, and to say that the practice of compulsory acquisition of land in Kenya is very common. Most public institutions acquiring land are rarely ready to utilise those pieces of land. I know of a case where the Kenya Police has compulsorily acquired land which was initially owned by the Siaya Farmers Training Institute. Our efforts to get them out of that land have been futile. So, this Committee needs to go deep into this issue and help the Government to come up ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. Kenya has the highest unemployment rate in East Africa. Currently, it stands at 22 per cent compared to Uganda which is at 4 per cent and Tanzania at 5 per cent. If you look at the population growth rate, again it is lower in Kenya. It is higher in Tanzania and Uganda. So, this clearly means that we have a constant size of population that is not getting employment opportunities. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: I support the Motion, but it is not enough to have a database of unemployed youths. As a people and Government, we need to dig further and look at how we can get opportunities. Creating a good conducive environment for private companies to thrive and to create jobs is one of the areas that we need to look at as a Government. A lot of private companies have exited Kenya in the recent past because of corruption in the Government. It has hindered new companies which come from outside from venturing into this country so that our youths can get ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: The other issue that I want to talk about is to do with some of the requirements for the youths to get job opportunities. A youth is asked to get a CRB clearance certificate. When I was looking for this job, I was asked to bring so many documents. I had some debts which I had not cleared. So, I wondered why I needed to be cleared of these debts before I could become a Member of Parliament. Some of these requirements are unnecessary. Before most youths get jobs, they cannot begin to pay HELB loans. In a nut shell, ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support this Petition. Recently, there were a lot of accidents in Kenya and there were concerns that NTSA, which had been charged with the task of ensuring safety on our roads, was not performing. Remember that the President cracked his whip and withdrew NTSA officers from our roads. I agree with the petitioners because when 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
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: there are a lot of accidents in Kenya, Kenyans get concerned and stakeholders and citizens become angry and make a lot of noise. However, after a short while, the routine resumes. I think the petitioners have identified key issues the relevant Committee should touch on. That way we would be in a position to address the issue of road safety in Kenya. The creation of Road Safety Boards and the elimination of black spots… We know that there are specific areas on our roads where accidents occur regularly, but we do nothing about them. So, as a Parliament, we need ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I support this Motion, but with a very heavy heart. We all know the history of this office. We know its engine and architecture and how it has come along over the years. There was a time during the tenure of Mr. Chunga when that office was abused and misused by politicians. So, when this appointment is being made, we must be sure that the person taking over is impeccable, with a track record. He should be a person whose appointment is not laced with political connections. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: My concern is that there are people in that office who have served very well. I am not fearful to mention that there is a constituent of mine in that office who has been bypassed in many instances. In respect of gender and track record in that office, Ms. Dorcas Oduor, in my view, deserved to have been given this position. I support this nominee purely on the basis of the handshake between the President and Hon. Raila Odinga. We recently agreed to work with our colleagues on the Government side and Baba is always right. So, I do not ... view