Bishop Robert Mutemi Mutua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: particularly what made our first President, the founder of this nation, call us together, so that we can now begin to ignore some of the forces that divide us so easily. We do not need to become a divided nation. We need to become a united nation, a nation that is proud of its diversity. This is going to be one of the best moments that we have had; the day we are going to open the mausoleum to the public. We can make several adjustments to create enough space for people to go there and learn our history, interact ... view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to oppose this particular Bill. This Bill does not recognise the fact that many leaders we have in Kenya today were actually educated using the Harambee spirit. This particular Bill does not take into account the poor and the vulnerable members of the society who require to be assisted in different ways. This Bill assumes that only politicians and civil servants are called to contribute during fundraising. This Bill goes against our African culture of sharing whatever we have and to make sure that our brothers and sisters also come up. ... view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: compulsory. They are actually voluntary and you can say no to the causes that you do not want. It is dangerous for us to say there will be no more fundraising. It is going to become retrogressive. It is going to be misused and abused. I feel we cannot agree to abolish the view
• 4 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: spirit in this country. We must only protect it from being misused. There is one area I am not comfortable with. We use NG-CDF to build classrooms and then we go ahead and call for a fundraising for the same event. In such cases, we can come up with a law to show the things that are supposed to be financed through NG-CDF and those that cannot be financed through public fundraisings. Those cases can be isolated and regulated. We can have a law that takes care of that. But we cannot turn our spirit of generosity and assistance against ... view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support and will make two comments. One, it is very important for all of us to take keen interest in this particular aspect. This will ensure that we begin to work together to solve the problems facing our children and institutions instead of playing the blame game. Secondly, it is high time we do tangible initiatives that can yield change within our institutions and society. This will show that we are developing and changing lives of the people. Let it be about the people and nothing else. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. First of all to I would like to thank Hon. Malulu Injendi for this great Motion and urge him to bring it back as legislation so that we can vote some money for it. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Those traditional leaders that we have always ignored are very important in society. Those are the structures that hold our society together. In fact, they provide alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. They solve more problems than those that are taken to courts. Those people are naturally accepted by the communities because of the way they live. They are held in high esteem and their word is trusted by the society. Those are the people whose words we should take because their word is trusted by the society where they live. They have been volunteers for long. Even foreign volunteers who come ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: We now need to pay those village elders and on top of that institute a villager elders‟ recognition day when the whole country shall celebrate their voluntary services. We need to give them the necessary recognition for the service they give. They are articulate and their work is specialised such that not anybody can play their role. Society must first of all accept you as a village elder before you can play that role. So, even though we are saying that some of them are not educated, they have natural wisdom. It is this natural wisdom that is recognised and ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Village elders are actually counsellors. They counsel in many cases. They are family counsellors and village consultants. They are consulted almost on every issue that comes up and affects the society. Therefore, we need to recognise that they are held in high esteem and the Government of Kenya needs to hold them in such high esteem also. This particular group is so important that anyone who would like to do anything and ignores them is bound to fail. Why is that the case? It is because these are the people who know what considerations should be taken into account and ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: As I conclude, I want to make an appeal to this nation. Time has come for us to look at our traditional structures of governance and begin to recognise them. Some of them are far much superior to those others we are borrowing from elsewhere. Even traditional leadership of the clans can be used to sort a lot of problems. They can address issues of child neglect and street children. We have not recognised them. There is no clan in this country that cannot take care of its children. We need to have a commission that will go round the ... view