Mr. Otiende Amolo

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  www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=114397556 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/6/2007    Last Visited: 10/6/2007  

  Mr Otiende Amolo will be going for the Rarieda seat.
  
  Another professional, Mr Otiende Amolo, after serving as a council member and chairman for eight years of the International Commission of Jurists, as secretary general of the East Africa Law Society and as council member of the LSK, he is also joining politics.
  
  He is eyeing the Rarieda seat Mr Raphael Tuju represents.
  
  "I have realised that while civil society and professional organisations can bring pressure to bear, real and meaningful change is influenced more by politics and politicians.Ultimately, politicians not only direct reform or status quo, they also determine whether a country has good or bad policies; good or bad laws.I want to be an active part of that reform agenda, not a mere commentator," Amolo says.
  
  In the House, he would push for law reforms and would also support a clause that allows recall of MPs who fail to perform.
  
  With a Masters degree in Law, Amolo believes education and age counts in leadership.
  
  "Anyone above 18 years and below the stage of senility can lead if they possess the qualities.I believe in the current world of technological advancement and global interaction, a leader must be sufficiently educated even to share and communicate ideas," Amolo says.
  
  "I believe the greater the number of professionals joining politics the higher the level of political engagement.I believe, ultimately, politics will be seen much less as a dirty game," he adds.

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  www.ogiek.com/news/news-post-05-10-31.htm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/19/2005    Last Visited: 1/11/2008  

  But Mr Otiende Amollo, the chairman of the Kenya chapter of the International Commission of Jurists, says Section 14 only protects the President when he is exercising his lawful duties and cannot shield him when he disregards a court order.
  
  "The Constitution also requires the President to abide by the law," he says."Where he fails to obey a court order or circumvents it, he is defying the Constitution, which he swore to protect."
  
  "If we accepted that the President cannot be held liable because of Section 14, it would be an admission that the President is above the law, which is not true," he adds.
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  But Mr Amollo says the argument has been made many times but has not been supported by any court.Anyone who seeks to circumvent a court order is seen to be in contempt, he says.
  
  Culture of impunity
  
  People who read mischief in the order, such as Kabete MP Paul Muite, say it was meant to stop the President from holding the rally in Olenguruone.The rally, they add, was a ceremonial event and therefore of only political, rather than legal, significance.
  
  "We must stop looking at issues through a referendum lens," says Mr Amollo, in reference to the ongoing campaigns for and against the proposed Constitution.
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  Mr Amollo cites more recent examples, among them the decision by the Kenya Revenue Authority to introduce electronic tax registers despite a court order and the arrest of Nairobi MPs David Mwenje and Reuben Ndolo in the court precincts even after they were granted bail.
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  "The Olenguruone case seems to be a continuation of the same old script," Mr Amollo says.
  
  "When the President falls into that trap, it is not the rightness of the order that is in question," he argues.
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  Says Mr Amollo: "It is highly unlikely that the court would commit the President for contempt.
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  "There is a very real danger of a near-collapse of the ideal of the separation of powers just as there is a collapse of the concept of collective responsibility in the Cabinet," Mr Amollo says.

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  Headlines | Lawyers’ bid to join AG case blocked - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/23/2005    Last Visited: 8/23/2005  

  Through lawyer Otiende Amolo, who is also the ICJ chairman, the jurists said it was imperative that they be enjoined because the matter was of national importance.
  
  Amolo assured the court that they would not take sides in the proceedings but would only assist the court on legal issues.
  
  He said it would not be unprecedented to allow ICJ as amicus curiae because LSK had been allowed similar access in the Njoya case that paralysed the Bomas Amolo draft Constitution.
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  There was a light-hearted moment when Amolo said the respondents were fearful of anyone who could assist the court on legal issues.

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  Headlines | Legal experts: Minister has no chance in... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/31/2005    Last Visited: 7/31/2005  

  According to Mr Amolo Otiende, the International Commission of Jurists chairman, "it will be a waste of time and money," suing Britain.
  
  He said every country has the right to decide who should or should not travel there or through its airports.

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  Headlines | Orange campaign set for Kisumu - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/25/2005    Last Visited: 9/25/2005  

  The chairman of International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya Section, Mr Otiende Amollo said the use of State resources in the campaign was illegal and must be rejected.
  
  "The government must be held responsible for misuse of public coffers and made to take responsibility," he said.
  
  Otiende said the Wako Draft was flawed and urged Kenyans to reject it.

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  Headlines | Outrage over MPs’ mistresses cover - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/25/2005    Last Visited: 6/25/2005  

  The ICJ Kenyan Chapter Chairman, Mr Amollo Otiende, said it was illegal for mistresses to be covered by the scheme.
  
  Amollo explained that cases where a second wife was married under customary law could be considered but not a mistress.

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  Headlines | Stop the campaigns, ECK pleads as violence... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/15/2005    Last Visited: 9/15/2005  

  Tempers flared when a presentation by the chairman of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Kenya Chapter, Mr Otiende Amollo, was interrupted as he reviewed the events leading to the Wako Draft.
  
  Otiende touched on the legalities around the constitutional review, which agitated the Yes supporters.
  
  The ICJ boss was addressing the Association of the Local Government Authorities of Kenya (Algak) at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies (KSMS) in Nairobi.
  
  One of the councillors shot up and started at Otiende to stop.In the twinkling of an eye, the auditorium was abuzz, with participants rushing to the dais.
  
  Mr Joe Aketch, who is the chairman of ALGAK, took to the microphone as Otiende stood aside in the midst of the reigning confusion.

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  Headlines | Widow living with Hiv sues for compensation - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/14/2005    Last Visited: 7/14/2005  

  Through her lawyer, Mr Otiende Amollo, she is seeking reinstatement or damages for "unfair dismissal."
  
  Home Park's lawyer said she was not dismissed because of her HIV status but due to absenteeism.

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  Published on: 6/5/2007    Last Visited: 11/9/2007  

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  Most corrupt of them all - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/9/2004    Last Visited: 12/9/2004  

  And the Chairman of the Kenyan chapter of the International Commission of Jurists, Mr Otiende Amollo, was categorical that the Government had completely lost the war on corruption.
  
  He compared the fight against corruption with the one being waged against HIV/Aids, saying it was long on talk and short on action.
  
  The Global Corruption Barometer survey was carried out by Gallup International affiliates in 64 countries between July and September this year.

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