Richard Moitalel ole Kenta

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also would like to support my colleagues and insist that this is a very good Bill. In fact, I commend the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for this job. It is well done. A member has commented that this Bill was specifically made for the merger of parties in the Jubilee Coalition. I tend to agree with them. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I agree. I am the one who went to court and stopped the merger because they started it without consulting the party organs or anybody else. They just gave instructions to parties to merge without looking at the law. In fact, the effect of that merger was that the President, the Deputy President and the governors and their deputies would have been out of work. Nobody even looked at the law. I am surprised because they have very senior lawyers there, including Senator Kiraitu Murungi. They should be advised by the Attorney-General (AG) of this country because I think they ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The other issue is that this Bill actually looks at the marginalised and disabled members. It is important that these things are carried out in a way that is going to benefit people. When we had nominations in Narok North, we gave names of people from our respective communities. Do you know what happened? They brought people from Central Region and elsewhere and nominated them on behalf of the people of Narok. So, even being in that party will not assist. We had to go to the High Court to change those things so that our people could benefit. If ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to indulge the Chair because maybe she does not understand why I went to court. I went to court because they were merging TNA with other strange parties without following the laid down procedures or calling the organs of the party. That was going to leave the country without a President, a Deputy President, governors and deputy governors. They were not covered by the current law. So, I just told them that they are wrong and that I do not want my President to lose his position. There was an element of greed ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: When it comes to the issue of two parties, I believe that that should be the right way to go. As I said, people should act in accordance with the law. We must maintain fidelity of the law in this country. Doing things haphazardly as if the law does not exist is emasculation of the rights of party members. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other issue is that certain people feel that they own parties. I have said that even in the Jubilee Coalition that some governors and other people feel that the party belongs to them. If you do not agree with any of their views, and you raise concerns about marginalisation of your people, you are told that you cannot be there. Party members should be allowed to decide what is best for them and for their people. There is also the issue of the Registrar of Political Parties. I believe that we should have a substantive ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we should respect one another and other parties. We should not use this House to malign and abuse other parties. That is not the right thing to do. If we want to be cohesive, we should not do that. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wanted to contribute to something else. view
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I should say, at the outset, that I oppose the Bill because of the fact that it is unconstitutional. Most of the provisions that have been introduced in the Bill are unconstitutional. Land is a very emotive issue and we have had a very rough time as a country. The Land Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015 purports to amend the Land Registration Act, 2012, the National Land Commission Act, 2012 and the Land Act, 2012. In fact, what flows through the whole Bill is actually the undermining of the National Land Commission (NLC) from carrying ... view