Jonathan Lelelit Lati

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I want to salute you for having seen that this Motion is already provided for in the Act. This has saved the country and Parliament’s time. For things to get to the Floor of this House, there is a long process that involves experts of all kinds, including lawyers like you. We have wasted time today in this House debating something that is already provided for. Is it in order for this House to sit for several hours wasting valuable time debating nothing at all? view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Thank God the Almighty, I have nothing in relation to KANU past, present or future. I am surprised that in this House today, the people that I respect very much because of their stand and knowing what KANU did to Kenyans many years are today propagating positive things about KANU. I think we forget very quickly. I have nothing to do with KANU for now and forever. I rise in support of this Bill because it has special aspects that are very palatable particularly to people like us who come from areas where political ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I am really fatigued with this issue of two-third gender rule. The framers of our Constitution did not have in mind a Constitution where everything is two gendered. I have always thought that in the Constitution, you cannot have affirmative action. I am a proponent of affirmative action. Affirmative Action should come in form of Bills and Acts of Parliament and not in the Constitution. This is because it is very hard to amend the Constitution. As old as the American Constitution is, it has only been amended 27 times. We have the two-third gender rule in our Constitution. I ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: If the essence of having a two-third gender rule in the Constitution and all the Bills is to make sure that the challenges that our ladies face is somehow smoothened by getting them into these offices or elective seats--- A disabled person is more disadvantaged whether male or female than a female in Nairobi. Instead of the gender rule we should be a little bit diverse in our thinking that affirmative action is bigger than just being male or female. Instead of the gender rule, it should be affirmative action rule so that it considers disabled people whether male or ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We nominated 16 people through this gender rule and activism while making the Constitution. We have become the laughing stock of everybody in this world. First of all, the nomination of membership in any part of the world is not to cover representation. It is supposed to cover areas that could not otherwise be filled by a normal electoral process, very small areas. If you look at our Senate today, you will find that we are electing 47 Members and nominating almost 20 Members; almost 50 per cent of our Senate is nominated. What sense does that make? If you ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The other aspect I like is where you lose status as a party if you do not elect anybody. I want to go a step further; you have to elect national positions. Electing a councilor in some far flung area in Samburu does not qualify you to be a party. We will have very many parties that do not make sense. You must, at least, get some national representation, so that we can also have this inclusiveness, a harmonised country and feel that our country looks like the United States of America (USA). The oldest parties in the USA were ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I support the amendment. I wanted to contribute to the other clause. Something incorrect was implied by Hon. Chepkong’a, whom I respect very much. He said that in any committee where a person of your father’s age sits, you cannot be ashamed. That is a very bad implication. That is very wrong. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: This is a straightforward amendment. Our forests are public under the new Constitution. Both national and county forests can be summarised as public forests. At the end of the day, we are serving the public. So, it is a good correction. view
• 1 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Land is very important to some of us. It is very emotive when we think about historical issues about land in our areas and country in general. If you take into consideration the provisions of Article 63 of the Constitution of Kenya and this Community Land Bill, we have done ourselves, as a country, a very big thing. We have moved a very big step forward in terms of making community land secure and well managed and administered. In my opinion, the combination of this Bill and Article 63 of the ... view