Patrick Keturet Ole Ntutu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: In recent days, I have been told by farmers in my County of Narok that they no longer practise wheat or maize farming simply because the inputs have become very The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: expensive. That is the case and yet, you all know that the backbone of our economy is agriculture. There is nothing that we can do without those inputs. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at the issue of drought coupled with global warming that is being experienced in this world, you will realize that, if we do not take care of our farmers, we will not have food to eat as a country. If you look at the basic items that the hon. Member has talked about, you will find that electricity, which is used in the rural areas--- The Jubilee Government has talked about taking laptops to rural areas. But how will we use those computers without electricity? I know they are talking about solar energy, ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity and I stand to support this Bill because of a few reasons that I am going to give to this House. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: First of all, nobody is against devolution and I want to say that before the new dispensation, we had District Development Committees, Provincial Development Committees and Local Divisional Committees. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Mbadi, I know that they were used by the KANU party but I want to tell you that your devolution is not working. So, I would rather talk about something that has worked for 50 years for this country. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: If you look at the membership of this Board, it is made up of the governor, the Senator, Members of Parliament and also other members that have been mentioned in this Bill. However, the reason why I am supporting this Bill is, we have given our governors Kshs210 billion this year and if we are going to give them another Kshs210 billion for the next five years, that comes to 105 trillion. Now, somebody is saying that we just give them that money to mess up.For us pastoralists, our lives have been messed up for the last 50 years and ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Well, just listen then. Yes, the Senator of Narok County is my brother and I am the Member of Parliament for Narok West. We were elected by the people of this country and it does not matter how you look at it. I have a right as a Member of Parliament for Narok West to support this Bill because I think it is good for our country. view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. First of all, I want to thank my brother, hon. Lati. Having grown up in the marginalized areas, we know where the shoe pinches. The framers of our Constitution had a very good idea on where that money should go. Hon. Members, we know of the rich history and successes of what we have in our constituencies. The CDF money is the only money that is working on the ground. This Equalization Fund is meant to assist the constituencies that need help. This is, indeed, a credit. I want ... view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: marginalized areas to the level where everybody else in the country is. If you look at the national Government--- I can for sure say that, that money, if you were to ask some of us in the Budget and Appropriations Committee where that money is--- You do not see the money. What you are told is that the Ministry in charge of devolution has the money and it is still working on the structures. What this Bill is going to do is just to give structures so that the money can go directly to where it is required. Marginalization in ... view