Ronald Kiprotich Tonui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: I was concluding before I was interrupted by a non-point of order. That was a personal opinion and he could have waited for his chance to express the same. In a previous contribution, Hon. Millie said that she believes Members of this House are bewitched. I believe that is the case and that is why Members are thinking of a Fund for the Judiciary but not for the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to make my contribution. I believe, by large, I support the resolutions of this Mediation Committee, especially on Clause 7 on the issue of civil societies being included. As already stated, they play a crucial role in supporting issues to do with climate change. They need to be represented. I know there was that competition between them and CoG. But the two institutions are very critical on the issues of climate change and the two need to be captured in this Bill, so that both the civil society and CoG ... view
• 13 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity to comment on the President’s Address. I want to commend the President for his composure during that delivery despite the fact that some of us attempted to disrupt the Speech, which I thought was not in good order. This is especially when we have very senior Members of some political parties involved, who should be leading by example. He behaved like a true statesman and that should continue. Being a professional teacher, I can easily mark the Jubilee Government’s accomplishments and give a proper score. I am the best person to do that. ... view
• 29 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I wish to also support this amendment although I thought the period of imprisonment of three months may be too short when we are dealing with human life. It could have been so important to extend the period, but I believe the Kshs2 million fine is adequate. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to support this Bill. This Bill is very critical in ensuring that both the national Government and the county governments function and are also facilitated to enable them make their budgets so that they can spend this money in time. We need to support devolution. This Division of Revenue Bill is a key Bill which tries to support the idea of devolution. This amount of money which we are allocating to county governments which we have adjusted from Kshs287 billion from last year to Kshs302 billion, is in the right direction ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I am happy that we are also discussing this Bill, which is a product of consultation between the two levels of Government. The spirit of consultation is very important. We need to nurture it because this is public money. It belongs to all of us; it does not belong to an individual. So, I appreciate the idea of consultation, which produced this Bill. I am also happy that we have allocated conditional grants amounting to Kshs5.2 billion to the counties for emergencies. We need to have checks and balances to ensure this money is not squandered, especially given it is ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The county governments need to be encouraged to adopt the same standards of employment as the national Government. This idea of recruiting staff in the counties on a two year contract is meant to make them sycophants of the governors since they do not have job security. That issue needs to be dealt with to ensure that those employees are confirmed as permanent and pensionable, so that they can apply professionalism as they serve in the counties. view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: As we discuss these allocations, we should not forget that the major issue that we have in this country currently is corruption, which exists at both the county and national Government levels. The national Government is excelling in terms of embezzling funds allocated to the NYS and the Youth Enterprise Development Fund – a fund which is so critical in creating employment for our youth. It is unfortunate that the same fat cats in the national Government are looting it. The little money that we have devolved to the counties is also being looted. The top leadership in the counties ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: There are some counties which are doing so well. One such county is my neighbouring county of Kericho, where they have devolved the issue of roads. They are constructing roads all over and murraming them, while in my own county there is no single road that is currently being murramed by the county government. These are the issues that need to be addressed. We need to set certain standard for benchmarking by neighbouring countries. I am happy that we are also allocating 15 per cent of the Fuel Levy Fund to the counties so that the road network can improve. ... view
• 23 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. I also thank Hon. Wanga for coming up with it. It is a very important Motion because cancer is becoming a major threat to all of us. I do not think there is any family which has not been affected by that disease. view