Judah ole Metito

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 491 to 500 of 1895.

• 26 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, in order to give effect to the Procedural Motion under Order No.8 that we have just passed, it is important that the House agrees with the Mover who is the Leader of the Majority Party, to pass the Procedural Motion under Order No.9 for us to move ahead and discuss this Bill. I beg to second. view
• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill. We are talking about elections. Election laws have only to do with elections. In an election, a candidate requires three institutions. First, you require the support of the people. You need to convince the people to buy your ideology and philosophy so that you can get their support. Secondly, you require the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Third, you require the Judiciary. IEBC is just a referee that supervises the elections and announces the people’s verdict. If as a candidate you are not satisfied, ... view
• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: choice. If they agree in their own assessment that it is the person who has never gone to school who understands their issues and who can partner with them in providing solutions for the challenges facing them, so be it. view
• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what is really required here is some competence and skills to understand the role of legislators at the county and national level where you have representation, oversight and legislation. You only need to marry them. Maybe for legislation purposes, educational qualification in terms of capacity, competence and skills come into play. view
• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: The Mover of the Bill, the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, while moving it yesterday, mentioned a scenario where everybody will be allowed to run whether they meet the basic requirement or not but thereafter there will be different remuneration schemes. He said that Parliament could be the only institution where everybody joins and becomes a Member of Parliament or Members of the County Assembly and you are paid the same, whether you are a professor or a class one leaver. Those are the examples he gave yesterday but should we go that way? I ... view
• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: The issue of experience also comes in. If you look at Parliament as an institution, it is the only one where experience does not count. My good friend, Hon. Dr. Oburu Odinga, is one of the longest serving Members of this House but he is paid the same as the Member of Malindi who just came three months ago. This is the only institution that does not take into account experience in appreciating those who have served for long. Should we go the way the Mover of the Bill was talking yesterday, we should consider ranking not only in speaking ... view
• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 12 of this Bill which seeks to amend Section 34 of the parent Act talks of the duration needed to present the nomination list by any party to the Commission. It talks of 60 days before elections. It used to be 45 days. I have a problem with that. If you present the list as party for nominations what happens if there is change in party allegiance? I prefer this nomination list to be done after. view
• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: Finally, the issue of distance should be considered in Clause 13. You should not have more than 700 voters in one stream. You should consider people in rural areas. They should not walk for more than two kilometres. view
• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House:- The Seventh Batch of Nominees to 20 National Government Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) Committees from the National Government Constituency Development Board. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. In replying, I want to thank Members. They had contributed on this matter when the Motion came up for debate last week. I just want to make four points. One, the shortfall did not necessarily result from an increase of the original Budget, but because of some unforeseen expenditures. The shortfall has been funded through re-allocation of votes by increasing and decreasing vote allocation, respectively. The shortfall has been caused by unforeseen expenditures like calamities or emergencies like El Nino and insecurity-related cases, less revenue collected caused by fluctuating economic projection such as less tourists’ ... view