Okoiti Andrew Omtatah

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to address this House on a very important Bill. Basically, we are dealing with a natural resource that is mentioned many times in the Constitution of Kenya, including in Article 43 (1) (d) , where there is a right...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir for the opportunity to speak to this very important Motion, because as you know, we have two types of barons in the world. We have the sugar and drug barons. Both are areas that control a lot of money. The sugar...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Mr. Speaker Sir, thank you for the occasion to contribute to this Report which I fully support. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the question of revenue taken down to counties is at the heart of the Kenyan State. The Kenyan State is defined as divided in the counties as...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Okay. Mr. Speaker, Sir. May, may I be guided, please? Can I speak to the Senate Majority Leader to guide me just for this one time in the universe? Kindly, Senate Majority Leader, could you guide me?

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Okay, Madam Temporary Speaker, I am well guided. I like being guided when I do not know. I am very honest. Madam Temporary Speaker, if we were to carry out a forensic audit of the Budget, we would not have to go to a point of saying,...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have a question for Hon. Mutuse. To whom does this Motion belong? In most of your answers, you keep on saying, ‘we’?

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Okay, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Other than that, does Hon. Mutuse know the difference between an Impeachment and a Censure Motion? If he does, where does he place his Motion? Is it a Censure or Impeachment Motion and what are the thresholds for each of those two motions,...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have a question to the witness from the EACC. I would want to know if the Kenya Kwanza Coalition document is unconstitutional thus null and void to the extent that its formula for sharing executive power violates Articles 10, 27, 129,...

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Sen. Okiya Omtatah Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to time myself. My apologies. Yesterday, the Counsel for the Deputy President spent a lot of time in trying to bring out non-issues, leaving out the critical substance of the case against the Deputy President. As I was seated here, I...

Sen. Ali Roba, proceed.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to time myself. My apologies. Yesterday, the Counsel for the Deputy President spent a lot of time in trying to bring out non-issues, leaving out the critical substance of the case against the Deputy President. As I was seated here, I was hoping I...

Sen. Okiya OmtatahBungoma County; Sen. Wakili Sigei, Bomet County; Sen. Wamatinga, Nyeri County; and, Sen. Wambua, Kitui County.

Okay, Sen. Beatrice.

Thank you for that guidance. On behalf of Sen. Andrew Omtatah Okoiti, I beg to move- THAT Clause 14 of the Bill be amended—

Yes, Madam Temporary Chairperson. In fact, when Sen. Omtatah was making this amendment after mine and I became his consultant. Therefore, I agree. (Further amendment to Clause 14 by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale dropped) (Question of further amendment to Clause 14 proposed) The Temporary Chairperson (

Division will be at the end. Clause 15

Madam temporary Chairperson, I beg to move- THAT Clause 15 of the Bill be amended— a) deleting the words “who serve pregnant women” appearing immediately after the words “health care providers” in paragraph (a) ; and b) by deleting the word “workers” appearing immediately after the words “community health” in...

Hon. Senators, there is a further amendment to Clause 15 by Sen. Andrew Omtatah Okoiti. Yes, Sen. Beatrice.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Education regarding the extortion of parents through illegal demands for fees for remedial classes in schools. In the Statement, the Committee should:-

Sen. Okiya Omtatah It is governors and Members of County Assembly (MCAs) who belong to counties. Those are the village people. We are the national leaders. Thank you.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to address this House. I will contribute to the Statement on our schools. The missing link or the elephant in the room is that school inspectors have been sidelined. They have no budgets and are not operational. Even...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah

Sen. Okiya Omtatah On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The Temporary Speaker (Sen. Abdul Haji) Sen. Okiya Omtatah, what is your point of order? Sen. Okiya Omtatah Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my point of order is that this matter is live before the court of law under...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There are a lot turns on this issue because some of us have been wondering why there has been no intervention in these matters of Meru County by the Senate before we come to be treated to this theatre of absurd. I...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Sen. Omtatah, I do not think there is a rule that says she cannot sit, and she has not requested. Witness, you may sit down during cross-examination. Thank you.

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Sen. Wafula, what is the issue?

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Sen. Okiya Omtatah Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to contribute to the Motion on pending bills. August 07, 2024 SENATE DEBATES 25 Sen. Okiya OmtatahThese pending bills have basically morphed into a form of borrowing by county governments because they are given budgets. However, for some reason,...

Sen. Okiya Omtatah Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to address this House in support of the Report that is before us for debate. Under no circumstances should we stand by as the Constitution is being violated. The Constitution is an absolute bar to what the National Assembly...