Boniface Gatobu Kinoti

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise with deep gratitude to God and to this House for giving me a chance to change the lives of the children of this dear nation. view
• 26 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: When the youths of this nation have taken leadership, they have done a lot of lift their fellow youths that they left outside. I wish to acknowledge the contribution done in this nation by the young leaders who went before us like Tom Mboya and the famous Mboya Loyalists and the people they produced like hon. Wangari Maathai and my first professor at the University of Nairobi, Prof. Nzomo. In the spirit of lifting my fellow youths out there and the young children that I have been teaching for the last eight years, I brought this Motion before this House ... view
• 26 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: This is an area that I am very passionate about. I was not brought up in an area that is very different from the poverty that stricken Kenyans all over. My grandfather was a carpenter and he worked so hard and his first born daughter, my mother, became a teacher in the same school where he was a carpenter. The literature teacher worked so hard that I became the writer that I am and in 2010, I won the Writer of the Year Award. I have seen what education can do to this dear nation. My other grandfather was a ... view
• 25 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.47(5) on the preference of Motions with regard to your directions on the Motion by hon. Kaluma, because it is a serious issue on teachers. Standing Order No.47 directs that party sponsored Motions shall be given preference. I request your guidance on the order of view
• 20 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support the Motion as amended and I wish to appreciate the amendment. The Kenyan people now have appreciated that we are a nation that does not operate in a vacuum. I wish to draw the attention of the House to the Constitution of Kenya, Article 229(4). It is about the Auditor-General: “(4) Within six months after the end of each financial year, the Auditor-General shall audit and report, in respect of that financial year---” I wish to point out that we do not operate in a vacuum; we operate with regard to international accounting ... view
• 20 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, aware that bright students from poor family backgrounds who score seventy percent or more of the total marks in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) fail to join form one in every year for lack of school fees; noting that if such trend is not checked, bright students from poor families will be left out of the learning process hence ruining their future; aware that Article 53 (I) (b) of the Constitution guarantees every child the right to free and compulsory basic education; recognizing the need to ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, mine is a request for clarification and I think that is what is eating most of the hon. Members. From the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, would it be in order to say that a way of closing a Budget deficit is by pushing an allocation that had been passed in the previous Budget to the next financial year? That is the explanation that hon. Members want. The disbursement could be done even in August. That is the clarification we want from the Chairman so that this view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, thank you. I also want to thank the Leader of the Minority Party for requesting that I second this Motion. I wish to second this Motion and note some few things regarding the candidates. I wish to note that there has been a revolution in this country where we see excellent individuals from very humble backgrounds rising to become important individuals in this country. We like what we have done for this country, and I wish to support this Motion on the basis that these two candidates have shown to be individuals who are out to make ... view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: I am Kinoti Gatobu, hon. Speaker. Thank you, Sir. view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for your guidance. Mine is to request the Leader of Majority Party to give us the deliberate moves the Executive has made towards improving the security of Kenyans. Thank you, hon. Speaker. view