Judah ole Metito

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Entries 1571 to 1580 of 1895.

• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: The Attorney-General is an appointee of the President. As such, the President can remove him at will. So, it will be very difficult for the Attorney-General to go against the wishes of the President since he has no security of tenure. So, it would be better for the Commission to have its own legal adviser. The Commission can as well seek legal advice from private legal practitioners. view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Clause 5 of the Bill talks about the composition and appointment of the Commission. We have countries with bigger populations and bigger territorial jurisdictions, which have very few commissioners. In India, there has been one electoral commission for a long time with three commissioners. Australia also has three commissioners. In the Kenyan fashion, we seem to have very large commissions. Even though the Constitution provides that this Commission should have a minimum of three commissioners and a maximum of nine commissioners, there is no need for us to always go for the highest number. We can even have three commissioners ... view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support. view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not intend to take much time, because of the interest hon. Members have in this debate. However, I want to be very categorical that I stand here to oppose this Motion. One of the recommendations by the Budget Committee says that pursuant to Article 241 of the Constitution, the Budget for the Ministry of State for Defence should be separated to reflect allocations to each of the three arms of the Defence Forces and General Administration. Looking at Article 241 of the Constitution of Kenya, which establishes the Defence Forces and the Defence Council, ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this chance. I want to support this Motion. First of all, I want to thank Mr. Chanzu for bringing the Motion to the Floor of the House. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, free primary education and affordable secondary education as started by the NARC Government in 2003 and also the Grand Coalition Government in 2008 for secondary schools have had a lot of advantages to school going children. One of the most highlighted is the increase in enrolment in both primary and secondary schools. The first beneficiaries of free primary education sat for their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) last year and there has been an increase, almost threefold in terms of enrolment. This has also gone up with the high cost of education in terms of ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I heard the Minister saying that out of that, only Kshs3,000 goes to tuition. Therefore, a lot is being left for parents to pay. For secondary schools, we have Kshs18,627 per year left for parents to pay. I think that is what the Ministry knows but in real sense, secondary schools are paying more than Kshs18,627 per year. This has actually been facilitated through District Education Boards (DEBs) where secondary schools are seeking to increase fees through development projects. That still becomes a burden to parents and every time, whenever there is an increment for development ... view
• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank the Deputy Leader of Government Business for donating three minutes of his time to me. As I support the Motion, I am going to talk on two issues; the first one being youth affirmative action. It has been said severally that the youth can be given affirmative action on the economic front by taking deliberate action on the procurement laws to give 30 per cent of Government tenders to the youth, right from the constituency level, through the county level, to the national level. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on employment, ... view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the Mover of the Motion, my good friend, hon. Wamalwa. It is a very innovative Motion. For those of us who represent border districts like Loitokitok, Taveta and Busia areas, this is a very important business. It is economically important to the young people. In terms of employment, it is helping our youth. The biggest challenge that we have as a country and the world over is unemployment among our youth. So, this is a very important sector that needs to be looked into by ... view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, due to lack of a policy framework or a streamlined policy regulating this sector, many of these people are making losses because of the harassment they get, especially from law enforcers. In the district I represent here, and in other border districts, there are two big challenges which boda boda operators encounter. The first challenge is from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officers who are stationed at border points. view