Jonathan Lelelit Lati

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I appreciate this chance. This is one very important moment for our country. It is a constitutional requirement for the President to present a Speech on the state of our nation every year. As it is, we expect the speech writers of the President to give him a true reflection of the state of our nation every year as it is, nothing more, nothing less. If you look at this year‟s Speech, it dwells basically on three basic areas, namely security, economy and our relations with other nations. If you look at what the ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: A few weeks ago, on the same security issue, the Governor of Mandera was almost killed and that was the fifth time. I fail to understand the reflection of the Speech that our country is more secure today. We lost a Member of this House not long ago in Nairobi; I do not know who else we should lose in order to tell the truth that the security of our country is not as good as the Speech is saying. I applaud the President of our nation for the public apology he offered for all past atrocities that were committed ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: It is fine. He can say “shame” but that is the truth. It is my time to speak. I appreciate when the President offers a public apology. I take it as a Kenyan, as what a good President, whom I know he is, should do but when Government authorities do to the people of Laikipia what they are doing, it makes no sense to me because it will mean that the same President, or some other President of this country, will come back and apologise. I do not want our presidents to be apologetic presidents because they have work to ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: exchange rate is doing the same. It is doing the same, in that the Kenya Shilling is resilient against other foreign currencies and I want to appreciate the Jubilee Government for the good work they are doing, particularly in the monetary policy area. view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: It was my turn! view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not think I did anything wrong. I was just suggesting that I was ahead. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I want to start by thanking the Mover for bringing a very important Motion to the House. It is very important for this country. The Motion captures two broad areas. One of them is the disposal of alcoholic waste containers and the other one is recreational facilities for our youth. As I support the Motion, my only worry is whether NACADA has the mandate or whether these two things remain under the domain of NACADA. The function of disposal of containers, in my opinion, is in the realm of the National Environment and Management Authority (NEMA). The other one, of ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: That would help us use alcohol responsibly and as part of our lives because it is part of the economy. If you look at the economy of Kenya, until recently, when Safaricom was listed in the Nairobi Stock Exchange, the biggest capitalized company for so many years in our stock market in East and Central Africa was East African Breweries, which does nothing else but only sell alcohol. Therefore, alcohol in itself is not only a consumption product but it is one of the areas that puts our economy above the rest in this region. Still, the Act was very ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: In the rural areas, we have ladies who have educated their children by brewing things like Busaa . The people who are doctors, lawyers, Members of Parliament and everything else--- Some of us were educated through brewing by old ladies. That Act actually served very well because it recognized the licensing of Busaa brew. The other thing that you really need to do is to enforce that Act because it also requires that anyone buying alcohol should be of 18 years of age, although in other countries, especially the USA the age is 21 years. They actually enforce that law ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: everything. Today, I can proudly say Samburu is free of Chang’aa . I have seen people from other counties drinking until they go blind and finally die, which is not good. I request that we also use our traditional ways in those parts of the country with traditional systems because I know there are those that are very strong. Let us follow what our elders did in Samburu. Curses sometimes work better than laws, and I hope we can apply them in other parts of the country. With those few remarks, I want to say I support. If I was ... view