Judah ole Metito

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1471 to 1480 of 1895.

• 14 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I also want to support this Motion and congratulate the new Board member for his new appointment. As my colleagues have said about the CDF, there is no doubt that the 2.5 percent of the revenue that goes to the constituencies is the only visible development on the ground. One would wonder about the 97.5 percent. If that percentage to the constituencies was increased, there would be enough devolution rather than going into the structures of the counties. In support of what my colleagues have said with respect to the continuity of CDF, I would ... view
• 8 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg the indulgence of the Chair that I be given one week to come and answer this Question. I have consulted the hon. Member and there are some facts he would want to ascertain on the ground before I issue a comprehensive answer. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion. Land issues are very critical and if you remember, when we were debating the new Constitution, then the draft Constitution in this House, most of the amendments were on the Chapter on land although they did not go through on the Floor of this House. That tells you that there are so many critical issues on land matters. Therefore, we need to be given more time through this Motion to ventilate a lot of issues on land. Most of the conflicts in this country like the tribal clashes, as explained ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on my own behalf and on behalf of the people of Kajiado South, I want to take this opportunity to express my condolences to the family and friends of the late John Michuki. I was with Mr. Michuki in the last Parliament. The people of Oloitokitok will remember that it was during his time when he was the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security that Oloitokitok became a district and that was in 2006. As other hon. Members have said, he was firm and consistent in everything that he believed in. I just remember ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: May the Almighty God give his family strength and peace during this difficult time. view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to echo my support in this very important Bill. As my colleagues who have spoken before me have said, this is one of the very important Bills that will help Kenyans realise the full benefits of the new Constitution. view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: I want to start by agreeing with my party leader that as we have the devolved governments, we need to hold our country together. So, the relationship and the link between the County Governments and the national Government has to be very clear. Let me not anticipate debate because maybe that will come in the Inter-Governmental Relations Bill, but it is very important. Immediately we passed the new Constitution, I had opportunity to visit Canada and New Zealand and I remember Kenya being congratulated in those countries for having passed a new Constitution overwhelmingly and peacefully, but there was a ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Coming to the Bill, I want to start with Clause 4, which talks about every county enacting legislation prescribing county symbols. This has been said by many speakers, but I just want to put a rider that the issue of the county symbols, for example, the county flag, there is no need of having a mosaic of flags across the 47 counties. County governments will really implement mostly the policies or directions from the national government and even the county flags should more or less be uniform all over the 47 counties. Maybe slight differences should just come with the ... view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: We are tying the hands of the County Assembly members who have powers to legislate. When a relevant Committee of this House makes recommendations on a matter, the whole House as constituted is not tied to make a decision or resolution based on that report. So, the issue of tying the County Assembly to only proceed in accordance with a report of a relevant committee is not giving that county the power to exercise its legislative powers. So, they should not be tied to debate in accordance with the report of that relevant committee. view
• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Clause 28(2) deals with the issue of the recall of the County Assembly members. It states that it can only be initiated 18 months after the election of the County Assembly - that is quite in order - but we should also put a rider that it cannot be initiated maybe one year to the next general election. So, if it can only be initiated 18 months after the general election, then the unnecessary recall during the campaign period should be avoided. Maybe you can only initiate the recall from 18 months after the election to one year to the ... view