Okoiti Andrew Omtatah

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Thank you for the opportunity to address the House. It is the mark of ultimate shame that from the Chair, you can pronounce a record that is not correct. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and Sen. Cherarkey contributed and you have not mentioned them. You are giving us a...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Can you get the correct record?

Sen. Okiya Omtatah I am not taking the opportunity to mess up my record. Give us a proper record of the HANSARD. I gave a URL and I have not seen you refer to the URL. You can even go to YouTube to see what I said. An hon. Senator:...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah I have gone to school.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah By doing what? (Sen. Okiya Omtatah stood at his place)

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think we should conduct proceedings in this House in mother tongue.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah I am just saying that you are misunderstanding me.

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Sen. Okiya Omtatah Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Thank you, Sen. Eddie. Thanks for the unverified information. I would love to see you table what you have promised to table, to demonstrate to this House that people self-sponsored themselves. In the absence of that, you hold your horses and forever...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Which you would conclude after he tables and you find it sugar-coated. That is the only time you have rendered a fair judgement on the issue. Senator Eddie, you will be allowed to table that evidence that you paid your own ticket.

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Sen. Okiya Omtatahhappening defy logic, defy any attempt at understanding them and can only happen outside the sphere of a well-constructed syllogism.It is with a very heavy heart that today, I stand in this august House as a powerless legislator; a House that has failed to have any impact on...

Sen. Sen. Osotsi do you have an intervention? Have you pressed for intervention?

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Sen. Okiya Omtatah Sen. Okiya, I appreciate what you are reading, but you are the only one in this House right now who has access to what you are reading. I am not able to see the source.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah On a point of information.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah I am guiding you to make it easier because this is an important question. It is a serious question that cannot be trivialized. You are talking about Janjaweed. It is been named as a terrorist group. Can you table that evidence in the normal fashion, so that...

Sen. Okiya, I am guiding you. I want you to table that evidence in the normal procedural manner, which evidence is tabled in this House or statement of facts are verified in this House. If you are able to table it within the next short while, it is okay. Table...

On a point of information. Sen. Okiya Omtatah(Laughter)

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Sen. Okiya Omtatah They are skilled in writing. February 19, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 42

But the clerk is here. Can you table it now, Sen. Okiya Omtatah? I have directed you. Sen. Okiya Omtatah Can I read it out?

Write it down for them. I have given you the guide. Sen. Okiya Omtatah They are skilled in writing.

Sen Okiya Omtatah Madam Temporary Speaker, I was just concerned. Why was it difficult for Sen. Okiya Omtatah to indicate the site or source of his information? Whether the source is correct or not, it is up to the Senate to rule on that matter. He told us the site....

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Senate Majority Whip, would you like to be informed by Sen. Cherarkey?

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Sen. Okoiti Omtatah Sen. Okoiti, are you done?

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Wakili Sigei) Sen. Okoiti, are you done? November 27, 2024 SENATE DEBATES 32

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is it in order for Sen. Omtatah to direct the Senate Majority Leader to take certain actions and make certain decisions, yet just this afternoon, he has launched his exploratory committee to be the next President of Kenya. He could just wait to...

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Sen. Okiya Omtatah Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Sir. I rise to contribute to the statement by Sen. Cherarkey, the great from Nandi County. The quality of cement is important and should not be compromised because cement is shelter. It is everything we have in terms of building homes that are...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. The question of abductions is a very serious one. Kenya is a Republic; a Government of law. We have institutions that have been mandated to take care of the security of the citizen. In terms of civilian order, these...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Mr. Speaker, Sir, the word ‘substantiate’ seems to be an exciting word to some people in this House. When I submitted, I said circumstantial evidence. I pointed to the circumstantial evidence that should not be ignored. The circumstantial evidence is that none of the people who have...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Secondly, it is a statement of fact. There have even been complaints about defunding IAU of the police.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Mr. Speaker, Sir, point number three, the IAU has had its officers transferred and this happened under IG Koome’s reign. As far as I am concerned, you do not substantiate the obvious.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah You cannot table evidence that something did not happen.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah I am not exchanging. I am instructing the Chair. I am choosing not to listen to a heckler.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I cannot substantiate what did not happen. I said the police have never called any of the people who were abducted and released to a debriefing in order to tell them where they were. The only thing that can happen is for...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah I am a clever man.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah I have not said anything that requires substantiation.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issues of abductions are very serious matters. We, as a House, need to have a special sitting where we can summon our security forces. Recently it was reported in the media that the IG of Police said he was not aware of who...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have nothing else to submit. I am happy to see the Senate Majority Leader very calm.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE [The Speaker (Hon. Kingi) left the Chair] IN THE COMMITTEE [The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Abdul Haji) in the Chair] THE METEOROLOGY BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.45 OF 2023)

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this important amendment. The County Public Finance Laws Amendment Bill of 2023, as summarised in the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons, is a Bill that need not have been there because this shows that when...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to address this House. Since the time is very limited, I will contribute to Sen. Oketch Gicheru's Statement. The question of data is a matter of life and death. Our data cannot be handled in the manner it...

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Sen. Omtatahthat being suppressed so as not reach the Christ. That is what is happening for many people who are disabled in this country. They have been denied the chance to move, the chance to be what they can be.So, when Christ tells the son of Bartimaeus that “your faith...

Sen. Okiya OmtatahPeople have been maimed and they are now disabled. Some of us also have invisible disabilities. When it comes to chewing bones, we cannot chew bones like Sen. Sifuna can. Therefore, we will pass bones over to Sifuna to benefit because we lost our teeth.(Laughter)(Laughter) People have been...

Thank you, Sen. Okiya Omtatah. Proceed, Sen. Ali Roba?

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Sen. Okoiti Omtatah Sen. Okoiti, are you done?

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

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Sen. Okiya Omtatah Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is it in order for Sen. Omtatah to direct the Senate Majority Leader to take certain actions and make certain decisions, yet just this afternoon, he has launched his exploratory committee to be the next President of Kenya. He could just wait to...

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