H.E. William Ruto, EGH, EBS

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 141 to 150 of 478.

• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir I want to seek the indulgence of this House to answer the Question either tomorrow or on Tuesday. That is because the details are very critical. This is a very important Question because of the neglect of middle level colleges that produce--- The skills that we need to turn around this country have suffered over the years. I want to give a comprehensive answer to this House so that it can help us to package the way to the future. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to request the hon. Member to allow me to answer it on Tuesday because I want to give it my personal attention. view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, just to further the argument Mr. Ruto has made, we have given unto ourselves in this document a very elaborate Bill of Rights. In fact, the strength of this document is on its Bill of Rights provision. In fact, it has been hailed as the best ever crafted Bill of Rights in any Constitution. view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Unfortunately, with provisions of Article 40, we have negated the constitutional protection of the rights to land. In fact, we have given an exception that all rights are protected, that is rights of individuals to life, any other issue or all other property, except land. In effect, we are saying that land should not have any value. If land does not have any constitutional provision and if a title deed means nothing or if we turned the titled deed into a piece of paper, it means that we cannot invest in land because it does not have the requisite constitutional ... view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what Mr. Ruto has proposed is that in the event that you want to deprive anybody of their rights to own land, you must go through due process. There cannot be any better provision. Due process is the minimum--- view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The provision that due process becomes the avenue for depriving anybody of their rights to property in land is the basic minimum. If you say that you can deprive anybody their rights in land without due process, then you are basically saying that there is no meaning in owning any land because it can be deprived without any reference to any legislation. I beg to support. view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this amendment. view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: It is important that in the process of democratization that we allow as much democratic space as it is practically possible. You are aware that there are still parties who are still living in the past. They are still operating loyalty metres to try and measure who is loyal and who is not. We need to stop that kind of virus that actually leads to dictatorship in political parties. It is important that parties realise the importance of every member. We must eliminate from political parties any thought that any single person can make decisions on behalf of the party. view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second this Motion. view