Paul Otiende Amollo

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, the danger of rushing all these things is that you end up with serious problems. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : We are not rushing anything, Member for Rarieda. We have taken our time on this very important stage. Hon....

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Hon. Otiende, what is out of order? Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, it is okay to debate. I am comfortable with the fact that no...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the Hon. Leader of Majority Party to take me to a school I never went to? I went to the Maranda National School, which remains a national school to date. So please... (Laughter)

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon Temporary Speaker. Before I start, could I get your direction? As the only…

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) May I get your direction, Hon Temporary Speaker? As the only dissenting voice out of a Committee of 30 Members, and now that the Mover and the Seconder have taken 45 minutes to contribute, could I get your direction in terms of how much...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Very well. I will prosecute the Bill.

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. To the extent that you prompted me, I had forgotten to talk about the other proposal by my friend, Hon. Bashir Sheikh, which is also on the Floor. It proposes that when the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you.

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The proposal by Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a is an important one. It looks timely but it might be dangerous. It might be so because it pre-empts a more fundamental issue that we, as the two Houses of Parliament, are called...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Some regional development bodies have been unable to resolve certain issues. A case in point is the Lake Basin Development Authority, which began developing the Lake Basin Development Mall, which has now taken almost 20 years to complete. We...