Philip Lotiolo Ruto Rotino

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this very important Motion. From the outset, in supporting this Motion, I wish to congratulate my colleague so much for thinking so much and bringing it at the right time. We all realise what the elders do. As politicians, we actually use elders to gather information for ourselves in all that we do. They are a supporting pillar for any kind of development we do in every village. There is an elder in every village and community. They do a lot of work ranging ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: After any meeting we hold as politicians, we give them some tokens for what they do because we appreciate what they do. But, we need to put this in a Government system so that they are recognised that they are people who do a lot of work. 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
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Chiefs and assistant chiefs cannot do without these elders and we all know this. When anything happens in the village, the first person they call is the village elder to give them information. When we do census, we depend squarely on the elders yet we do not give them anything. When you go to their homes, they live in very pathetic conditions. Their children do not go to school and we help them with tokens for school fees but, we are not giving them something they can depend on that they know as something. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: It is important for any society to recognise its elders or village people who manage the society. Even what is happening in our schools nowadays; the torching of schools, it is because we do not involve our elders in the school boards. We find that school board members are young people with no experience yet the elders who are supposed to advise and give counsel to these children are not recognised. They are not given due privilege to manage and help the chiefs, assistant chiefs and the head teachers to run some of these institutions. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I insist that we should put them into the system of the national Government because the county governments are in the process of employing and giving a regular salary to some of the village elders. But those who spearhead the national Government; those who assist our chiefs need to be put in the payroll so that at the end of the month they know they are earning a salary and work with commitment and give us the right information. This Motion must be taken seriously and we must follow it to the letter to ensure that our elders are given ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: This is a timely Motion and we all need to support it. As my colleagues have alluded, all of us as politicians need to use these village elders to support us in all our campaigns. We need to spearhead to ensure that the national Government puts them on a regular salary if not on an honorarium at the end of the year. Personally, I feel, we should give them money. It is not much money we need to give. To keep them comfortable for them to gather intelligent information that we need--- They are the ones who give us intelligent ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Motion and feel that it is straightforward and all of us should support it. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I support this Bill because there is no country that can develop without taxes. So, it is important to impose taxes on exports and imports. We should utilise well the taxes that we collect from our people. We should monitor and ensure that the taxes are used well. I will propose an amendment on the taxes levied to hides and skins during the Committee of the whole House because, I believe, they are high. We should reduce it to less than 8 per cent. Some of us went to school because ... view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I support this because it is important that we protect our security guards. This is because many of them stay outside when it is very cold. They suffer from pneumonia and they do not have protective gear that helps them in protecting themselves from the cold. So, all the security providers must be compelled to provide protective gear. view