Patrick Keturet Ole Ntutu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: House. It is one of the most important Motions. This morning we are discussing the issue of ranking of schools in Kenya. One of the issues which affect schools is lack of water. The Government has already addressed food insecurity and electricity. One of the other very important issues that the Government needs to address is lack of water, particularly in the pastoralist areas. Most of these children cover very many kilometres to fetch water. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion of village elders. I rise to support the Motion and I want to thank Hon. Injendi for bringing it to this House. The function of the village elders in our constituencies cannot be overemphasised. All Members particularly, those who have contributed have all recognised the importance of the village elders in our various villages. As stated by my colleagues, one of the biggest jobs that they do is security. Security in this country is such an important component in our development because without peace, ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: We can bring as many Motions as we can but urging the Government is not enough. We all know that many Members have brought Motions and they are just there in the shelves, they are not helping our people. I want to urge my colleagues that we should regularise this kind of thing. Bring a Bill so that we can look at it and allocate money in the Budget because it is not enough when you tell our President or our Deputy President that we urge the Government. It is us to bring a Bill and regularise. In fact, hon. ... view
• 30 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. This is a very important Bill. It deals with our elections. The principal objective of the Bill is to amend the Elections Act, 2011. A lot has been said about this Bill. I would wish to comment on a few clauses, one of them being the registration and inspection of the registers. view
• 30 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: For a long time, there have been a lot of complaints on the time given to the public to inspect voter’s registers. I support Clause 4 that seeks to amend Section 6 of the Elections Act, 2011, by increasing the period within which the Commission must open the register for inspection. The 60 to 90 days are appropriate. As we all know, a number of people, sometimes, complain that they have not heard that the voter’s registers have been opened. By giving 90 days, that is ample time for the public to inspect the register. view
• 30 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 5 is another important one. It seeks to amend Section 13 of the Elections Act, 2011, by making it a requirement for political parties to nominate their candidates for the General Elections, at least, 90 days before the elections. We all know what we go through, particularly, when the time for nomination comes where candidates do not have time. Giving people, at least, 90 days before the elections are held is ample time so that the problems people have can be sorted out. view
• 30 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: The other very important clause is Clause 7 on the minimum requirement on those who are going to be Members of Parliament and those who are going to be in the county assemblies. The clause seeks to amend Section 22 of the Elections Act, 2011 that requires a person seeking nomination for an election to posses, at least, a minimum qualification of a degree for a Member of Parliament. I totally agree because this House is very important. We need people who really understand what is happening in the House. It will help us to transact the business of the ... view
• 30 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: The other important one is the issue of county assemblies. We have noticed with a lot of concern that the problems we encounter in the county governments are because the members of the county assemblies cannot oversee the governors. Most of them do not understand the budget or the funds they receive. A story has been going round that a certain governor in the northern eastern region tells his county assembly that this is unconstitutional, when he does not want a particular item in a budget. He tells them that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for ... view
• 30 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: because most of them do not understand and have not gone to school. That has happened in many counties. In many counties, governors misappropriate funds simply because no one can question their budget. Putting a requirement for a member of the county assembly to have, at least, a diploma is something, as a country, that we should support. Some people would want to oppose this particular clause by saying that some regions are not educated, but I want to tell them that in this country today, most people who go for the country assembly seats are learned. We must pass ... view
• 30 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: The other one is nomination of persons by political parties. The last time we held the first elections in our new Constitution, it brought a lot of problems. The people did not know the time the political parties were going to nominate and give their lists. Clause 9 brings clarity on when nominations will be taken to the Commission. This will go a long way to manage our nominations. view