Boniface Gatobu Kinoti

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: However, there are Bills which have been pending in the system of this House for very long. I have two Bills which have been with the printer. Printing only has taken three months. So, with regard to Standing Order No.1, I wanted to ask whether you can set timelines on how long it should take a Bill to come to this House since our legislative role is being affected by the length of time it is taking for the Bills to come here. view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I seek your guidance. view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand guided. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. With your permission, I would first wish to send my condolences to the families of the people who have lost their lives in the attacks that have occurred in the country over the last few weeks, several of them being from my constituency. The General Service Unit officer in Kapedo and two ladies killed in Mandera last week were from my constituency. I send my condolences to the families of all the Kenyans who have died in the attacks over the last few weeks. I rise to support this Bill knowing that as the ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: There is lack of a structure through which we can tap from a strong pool of knowledge from Members of Parliament who have gone before us. We remain a country that only lives as of today. There is no way or structure of bringing together former Members of Parliament from which we can tap that knowledge; from which we can build future leaders who can be even better than us in what we are doing today. So, I want to thank most sincerely my honourable colleague, hon. Keynan, for bringing to the forth this Bill, which I believe, through the ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: importantly, are giving back the much knowledge that they have accumulated in their years of service to build the much needed base or launch-pad for the future leaders. As we say in parliamentary language, no resolution of this Parliament goes to waste, be it a Motion, resolution or debate. Everything is captured in the HANSARD and its implementation is followed. It will be good progress to see none of the leaders who go through this House go to waste. If we can pass this Bill, then we can formally say that none of the leaders who has built Kenya goes ... view
• 13 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to appraise the House on the Union of Young African Parliamentarians (UYAP). The UYAP was formed as a follow up on the view
• 13 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. The forum was headed by the President of the IPU under the theme: “Investing in the Youth for the Future of Democracy.” The main issues were:- Drafting the Constitution of the UYAP that captured key issues; including the name of the Union, the theme that was submitted to us by the presidents of the African countries and the location and the headquarters of the Union. Meetings to be convened quarterly and the composition of the leadership council was the other agenda of the forum. Article 260 of the Constitution of Kenya defines youth as persons ... view
• 13 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: The conference was concluded with a milestone having been made in the setting up of the UYAP which was approved to be headquartered in Morocco. It is my believe that future activities of the Union will endeavor to advance issues of interest to African youths as the forum was adopted by the forum of Speakers in Cameroon a month later. view
• 13 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: In addition, this membership will go a long way in enabling Kenyan youth to feature prominently and take advantage of opportunities on furthering the connective development of the country. It will also translate into the advancement of the Kenya Association of Young Parliamentarians, chaired by hon. Sakaja. view