Silas Muriuki Ruteere

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: I beg to oppose! view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since there is consensus that we accept these names, am I in order to request that the Mover be called upon to reply? view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving this opportunity to support the Motion. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Countries such as Egypt and Sudan do not have sufficient rains, but they feed their own populations and other countries. These countries have food security for their citizens and depend on the River Nile which partly comes from Kenya. In Kenya, we have many rivers and plenty of rain. We also have many fresh water lakes such Lake Victoria and Lake Naivasha. However, the whole country is faced with famine because of poor planning. We must tell our planners to run away from the conventional planning. They must learn from people living in desert countries such as Israel and, Egypt, ... view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have schools without teachers. We have already allocated half our budgetary allocation to education sector. The Government should hire more teachers because many classrooms are without teachers. We have pupils, but there are not enough teachers. We also have the newly created districts which have no infrastructure and personnel. We have District Commissioners (DCs), but they are not able to run those districts. It is time that the Ministry of Finance gave the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security funds to hasten the process of creating infrastructure and giving those new districts ... view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: I agree with other hon. Members who have spoken that there are hurdles that make it impossible to run CDF, smoothly even when you have a very credible committee. It takes quite a lot of time between when funds are disbursed to the projects and when implementation is done. I would appeal that the CDF Boards bring amendments, so that like any other parastatal, the account managers become AIE holders. That is the only way we can move out of this bureaucracy. view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: We are here claiming how much we have done. But we need to thank our Speaker of this National Assembly who got us out of a dilemma when there was a tag of war between the two parties and principals. His historic ruling made it possible for this House to transact its business. It is now time for the principals to take time while we are in Recess to agree on how to run the Government, both its representation in and outside Parliament. They should learn from Members of Parliament. When committees were formed by Members, we upheld the spirit ... view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Lands:- (a) whether he could confirm that terms of Land Boards and Land Tribunals in North Imenti Constituency expired a year ago and that a Selection Panel appointed new Land Boards and new Tribunals in July last year; (b) when the newly appointed members will be gazetted and when the current civic councillors will replace in the Boards those who lost elections; and, (c) when he will issue title deeds for the Kiirua Nkando adjudication unit North Imenti. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Next week I will be away on Parliamentary business. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also stand here to support this Motion. It is very crucial and important and all like-minded Kenyans will stand up and support it. view