H.E. William Ruto, EGH, EBS

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 321 to 330 of 478.

• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me start with where Dr. Khalwale started--- view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I guess the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Mututho, can continue with his investigations. However, it is proper that I answer to the unfortunate allegations as they are by Dr. Khalwale. view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Last week, Dr. Khalwale made a couple of very serious allegations. In fact, he alluded - and it is in the HANSARD - that his Committee was investigating the maize crisis in the country. That was a complete distortion of the truth. It also shows the dishonesty and insincerity of the hon. Member for Ikolomani. None other than hon. Members in his Committee have gone ahead to deny that, indeed, there are any investigations being carried out by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I have a letter written to my Permanent Secretary on the issues before the PAC. Those issues are to do with misappropriation of money and donations that were given to the Government in 2004/2005 and 2005/2006. Honestly, if a Member of this House makes allegations that are completely untrue, it clearly indicates that he is driven more by things other than what is good for the country. view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Dr. Khalwale alleged last week that I brought here a list containing, I think, 2,000 names. He said that there were 600 names on the list. In fact, we have condensed the list further to 400 names. This is because we have removed double entries, triple entries and even entries up to four or five times. The list is now complete. view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The hon. Member is not telling the country that there are companies that were allocated maize which the Minister has not listed. He is not saying that. There are no other companies that were allocated maize that I did not lay their names on the Table. He is not saying that "Company X", which is not in my list, was given any maize. That means that I was telling this House the truth. There is no single company that was given maize which I did not bring to the attention of this House. view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Dr. Khalwale has ably announced to us just as he did last week that there is maize that is going to Southern Sudan. He is quoting the Prime Minister. I know the Prime Minister very well. I know he can speak for himself. I also know his personal assistants and they do not include Dr. Khalwale. If there is any maize that is going to Southern Sudan, Dr. Khalwale should tell this House and the nation what the Minister is doing to ensure that while Kenyans are suffering from hunger, maize does not leave this country ... view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I went further to gazette the banning of export of maize from any of our ports to demonstrate yet again my commitment to ensure that no maize leaves the country while Kenyans are suffering from hunger. Those are the steps that I took. If there are any criminal elements that are known to Dr. Khalwale, he would do this country a great favour if he took those criminals before the law enforcement agencies so that we can subject them to the due process of law. Fe bruary 4, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with respect to the issues that were raised by Mr. Namwamba, I do not think I have anything to respond to. I would however, want to say that the Chair should scrutinize all these papers that have been laid on the Table, including e-mails, to establish their authenticity so that we do not drag the names of citizens who have no means of defending themselves in this House, including that of the First Lady. I think we should be careful as a House not to engage in a lynch exercise that destroys people who have no ... view
• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in response to Mr. Wamalwa, in response to matters raised before this House, in response to issues raised by farmers, the Government undertook to buy maize at Kshs2,300. The reason why there has been a small hitch is because of the documentation between the Treasury, which was supposed to release the money, the Ministry of State for Special Programmes and the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). I want to assure the House that we had a final meeting last evening and from this morning, the farmers have been paid the new price and they are ... view