H.E. William Ruto, EGH, EBS

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 31 to 40 of 478.

• 23 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I think in all fairness, you have a responsibility as the Chair to help us manage the time of this Parliament. Surely, if every other section of New Clause 45 has been deleted, where does Clause 45G stand? Which declaration of a State officer when the declaration itself has been removed? I think you should be able to make a ruling that the rest should not bother us. We should save time! view
• 23 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I think in all fairness, you have a responsibility as the Chair to help us manage the time of this Parliament. Surely, if every other section of New Clause 45 has been deleted, where does Clause 45G stand? Which declaration of a State officer when the declaration itself has been removed? I think you should be able to make a ruling that the rest should not bother us. We should save time! view
• 23 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. I would really want to persuade this House to listen to the wisdom of Mr. Midiwo. We are better off taking another one and a half hours or two hours immediately after midnight than going home and then making another trip to here tomorrow. I think it is prudent for us to deal with these Bills now. In any case, trying to defend the record of the Government is really an exercise in futility. It is obvious that the Government has performed way below par in terms of managing their ... view
• 23 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. I would really want to persuade this House to listen to the wisdom of Mr. Midiwo. We are better off taking another one and a half hours or two hours immediately after midnight than going home and then making another trip to here tomorrow. I think it is prudent for us to deal with these Bills now. In any case, trying to defend the record of the Government is really an exercise in futility. It is obvious that the Government has performed way below par in terms of managing their ... view
• 23 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. I would really want to persuade this House to listen to the wisdom of Mr. Midiwo. We are better off taking another one and a half hours or two hours immediately after midnight than going home and then making another trip to here tomorrow. I think it is prudent for us to deal with these Bills now. In any case, trying to defend the record of the Government is really an exercise in futility. It is obvious that the Government has performed way below par in terms of managing their ... view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this Bill. From the onset, I want to join my colleagues in sending my very sincere condolences to the families of the very many Kenyans who have died in Garsen. It comes as we discuss the NIS. It is important for us to realize that we are living in an era where security issues affect development, investments and tourism in the country. Security impacts significantly on economic growth in our country. It is important as we discuss this Bill for us to realize that securing this country ... view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. For the information of my friend, Martin, I have been sitting here for the last one hour. That is just for good record. Mr. Ogindo has just entered into this Chamber and he has no business complaining when he has not been here as long as I have been. Anyway, let me say that it is important that we move this country to the next level. This Bill provides the framework for us to re-engineer national intelligence gathering in our country. This is a very important opportunity because going forward, every institution--- It is ... view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Therefore, no institution, whatever business they are doing, can be insulated from the oversight role of Parliament, and by extension, the people of this country. Sections of this Bill give the impression that we live in the former era because if you talk about censorship; that citizens found with documents that are confidential will view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I really want to say that these are issues that we need to critically look at so that we do not take the country backwards because we must move this country forward. What is important for Kenya today is not the intelligence as we have always known it. The competition in this world is no more about countries gathering political intelligence. All these intelligence officers who are following us in small meetings and rallies should be recalled and taken to areas that can help this country gain advantage in our economy so that we ... view
• 21 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to speak. This is a very important Commission that the country has been waiting for with bated breath because issues of land in this country, apart from being emotive, if they can be properly handled and resolved, can stimulate economic growth in our country. There are many farmers out there - and I want to agree with Mr. Murungi. When I was in Tigania and Meru, many people complained that they have land, but adjudication and survey has not been carried out. They cannot access any meaningful funding, either ... view