Hon Didmus Wekesa Barasa Mutua

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• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Once this Bill is approved by this House and enacted into law, the cartels that comprise of people who operate within corridors of pension scheme offices to fleece retirees of their pension savings will have no business but to go home because pensioners will be getting their lump sum payments within 90 days after retirement. There will be no further delays. A pensioner will not sell his property to bribe a particular officer operating within the corridors of a pension scheme office for them to access their pension. This Bill will also ensure that jobs are created. As pensioners get ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Once this Bill is approved by this House, Kenyan retirees will start to sing the National Anthem with a new meaning. The National Anthem is a prayer but Kenyans who have retired no longer enjoy the benefits contained in that song because of delays occasioned by pension scheme trustees in releasing lump sum pension. I ask the Members of this House to approve this Bill. There is none of us in this House who has never come across a suffering Kenyan who is chasing after his or her pension to no avail. The reason why this House exists is to ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: so that they can make a budgetary allocation to offload the deficit where pension money has been used to buy shares or make investment in some real estate ventures. If need be, a pension scheme should sell off such properties to ensure that pensioners’ money is available within 90 days. This law has been in existence but because it has not been punitive in dealing with delays in payments, officers of pension schemes have been tendering this crucial service to Kenyans with laxity. The approval of this Bill will make pension scheme officers more proactive in terms of ensuring that ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: With those very many remarks, I beg to move and ask Hon. David ole Sankok to second. view
• 6 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I support this very important amendment because, most times, when auditors go to audit the mismanagement of such funds, if they have been given leeway to invest elsewhere, they will speak a lot of “English” regarding where that money has gone. The amendment will ensure that those funds only go to the intended purpose of developing the sugar sector in this country. I support the amendment. view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. While the petitioner has a right to petition this House, we also have a civic duty to advise the petitioner that this country is struggling with officers whose term is capped to two terms. Most governors who are doing their last term have gone rogue. Some have even disappeared from their offices because they say they are going home. So, as much as the petitioner has a right to petition this House, in future, we are thinking of removing term limits so that one can run for as long as they have a level playing field ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. While the Petitioner has a right to petition this House, we also have a civic duty to advice the Petitioner that this country is struggling with officers whose term is capped to two terms. Most governors who are doing their last term have gone rogue. Some have even disappeared from their offices because they say they are going home. So, as much as the Petitioner has a right to petition this House, in future, we are thinking of removing term limits so that one can run for as long as they have a level playing field ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to support this very important Bill. All the agencies responsible for clearing persons for employment purposes are available in the country. If an employer wants to verify whether particular candidates paid their Higher Education Loans Board loans, he should write an email to that particular institution and the institution should reply. So, we are not saying that employers should not solicit for that information, but they should use their own means of finding out at their own cost. Employers could send emails to HELB or inquire through phone calls ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: different interests. Sometimes we are forced to pull in a different direction from that of the Government because we are here to check on the excesses by Government agencies. Even as we support this Bill, I want us to appreciate that employers implement the laws we make in this House. I want to thank the Mover for bringing this Bill to the House. We will improve it during the Committee of the whole House. With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 28 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this Petition. This House has given various institutions in this country very little delegated authority to develop these policies. However, it seems some institutions are misusing these powers. I cannot imagine how an employer would wake up one morning and say that you must do a particular course and you must do it from particular universities. We have so many institutions in this country that are under the TSC which can come up with a curriculum that can be offered for free to these teachers. You cannot have situations ... view