Judah ole Metito

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 461 to 470 of 1895.

• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: With this Bill, the Senate should move to streamline and make the standing orders of the county assemblies uniform. Now that we have this Bill and standing orders are generated from it, they should also move a step further and come up with a template of standing orders for all county assemblies so that the affairs in each county assembly are conducted in the same way and not in a haphazard way. Our Senate should come up with one booklet that is uniform for all the 47 counties with regard to standing orders. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: This Bill has more to do with members of the county assemblies themselves more than the strangers. Therefore, it will even regulate the behavioural temperament in the house and committee proceedings to avoid instances that have been cited before by my colleagues, and that were happening during the time of the county councils. Hon. Member should really be guided by this Bill and stop being emotional and personal in the affairs of the house and of the committees. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I picked some clauses in this Bill that need to be re-looked at by the Committee of this House, particularly when we go to the Committee of the whole House. One of them is Clause 4 which says that an officer of the national security organ may, with permission and authority of the speaker of the county assembly, perform any other function within the precincts of the county assembly. This is a security organ. First of all, security is not devolved and I doubt if they can be under the direction of the county speaker. There was much insecurity in ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: If you allow speakers of the county assemblies to direct national security organs in the county to perform any duty within the precincts of the county assembly, it will be wrong. “Any duty” is a bit ambiguous. There needs to be clarity on what they can do and what they cannot. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 32 of this Bill – and I hope the relevant Committee is taking notes - says that a person commits an offence if the person speaks words defamatory of a county assembly, its committees or its proceedings. I do not agree with that because it is dictatorial. We are in an era of transparency and openness where we should allow criticism. We see almost on a daily basis headlines in our media that Parliament is corrupt. This would stop expressions of such views to be made if this Bill goes through. Such a clause that really limits anyone to ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: If you look at Clauses 10 and 11 and to some extent Clause 12 of this Bill, Clause 10 says that no proceedings or decisions of a county assembly--- view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is really important that we be attentive. The Seconder of the Bill is really following. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I am talking about Clause 10. I am picking clauses that I have reservations with. Clause 10 says that no proceedings or decision of a county assembly or committees of powers and privileges acting in accordance with this Act shall be questioned in any court. I do not think that, that is really fair. I fully agree with Hon. Kaluma’s Bill that was to amend the Constitution to stop the Judiciary from interfering with matters before any House or any Committee of the House. But after the House has done its part, anyone can move to court to question that ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Clauses 11 and 12 give immunity from legal proceeding on whatever is said in the House or committees. We should also not misuse the privilege that is given by adversely mentioning someone who cannot defend himself/herself before the House or by knowingly expressing malice because of having that privilege. There should be limitation of that privilege. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I conclude by saying that we should not abuse this privilege; I mean the elected leaders both in the national and county assemblies. We should not knowingly express malice on an individual who cannot express or defend himself/herself before those institutions. We should have a limitation and we should be accountable and answerable as much as we enjoy the privilege on what we say so that we do not destroy the society. view