Paul Otiende Amollo

Hon (Dr.) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. May I use the Dispatch Box with your permission?

Hon (Dr.) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Speaker, this Special Motion is unprecedented but contemplated by the Constitution, and I support it. Let it be ye never so high, the Constitution is still above you. Some have told me and have told us that this is not our war. They...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I close, the real drivers of those cases are not even the two people who went to court. It is the governors, the Senate, and a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) called the Institute for Social Accountability that has kept bringing those...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First, let me recognise and thank the team of lawyers who did this matter pro bono; that is, Hon. Chepkong’a, Hon. Murugara, Hon. Kaluma, Hon. Mutuse, Hon. Muriu, Hon. Makali, Hon. Osoro, Hon. Mogaka and myself. Hon. Deputy Speaker,...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to thank the Committee for the Report. At the outset, I confirm that I have read the Report. I have read their recommendations for approval of the nominee and I support that proposal. However, at the outset,...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You are my Chairman in other areas. His appointment is also coming at a time when there have been questions of the police handling of lawful demonstrations and picketing in terms of use of excessive force. I have examined...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I appreciate the issue raised by Hon. Keynan and the commitment to respond by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs. I crave your indulgence and beg that you direct the Chairman to be broader than that...

Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to draw your attention to the First Schedule of the Standing Orders and raise two points. First of all, it is in 25th June 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 69 Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM)respect to a ruling...

Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo (Rarieda, ODM) I appreciate your guidance on that matter and, indeed, it is the right of every Member to withdraw any amendment. I do not have an amendment because I took the position that you cannot amend a bad Bill. Separately, Hon. Speaker, I raised to...