Hon Didmus Wekesa Barasa Mutua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: any contract that the President or any other person will sign on behalf of the Government or even the Cabinet Secretaries must also go through similar procedures. Even as we approve this Bill, I hope that the Attorney-General and the county attorneys are going to be much more efficient in terms of not sitting on the contracts. I believe that they need some time to review the contracts before they sign, but they cannot take a year, a month or weeks. For them to complement this law, they should be much more efficient not to sit on such contracts once ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. This is a very important Motion because you cannot take away the right of the people in the constituencies to decide whether they want a project or not. The proposal from the Ministry was taking away their right. These ICT hubs are very important but we have some basic things that need to be done, including but not limited to buildings that will house this kind of thing. Therefore, it should be made optional so that if you want to do it as a constituency, in consultation with the people ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: This Motion has bestowed the dignity of the people in terms of deciding what should be done. You cannot say that before the NG-CDF Committees forward the proposals to the Board, they must move round the constituencies to seek approval of the projects from the people and at the same time say that we are going to get directives from the Ministry to do it without consulting the people. I ask my colleagues to adopt this Report so that the Board can implement the project. We should go back to the recommendations contained in this Report so that the NG- ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I support his Motion. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am just wondering and looking the people who will form the council; these are too many people. I am wondering whether some of them are relevant, like the Bankers Association of Kenya. What would be its relevance in this board? So, instead of bloating this council with too many people… This is because when you want to have quality debate, have fewer people who are going to add value and not just adding very many people for other interests that I even do not know. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to support deletion. We have CECs of agriculture in every county. The same way the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock was informed about the people who will be in the board, when he was told the CoG will pick one, he knew we have 47 governors. By saying CECs, what do you mean? In Bungoma and Uasin Gishu, they have CECs of agriculture. Therefore, this will bring confusion and slow down the functions of the board. So, I support the deletion. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I support, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. It is a very important amendment because a company secretary is very important to guide the team in the right direction of the law. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: (Kimilili, JP). I agree with Hon. Janet. When you say in some situations the CEO may not be competent enough to inspect a warehouse... He must be very clear that the responsibility of inspecting warehouses should be in the hands of inspectors, not just any officer. So, he must be very clear and say the CEO shall appoint inspectors who will be inspecting. If you leave it open, then it means that people will just be ticking boxes and these are warehouses for commodities. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to agree with Hon. Oundo. What Hon. Shamalla is trying to do is to sneak in some legal jargons. What is in the back of the mind of drafters is to make this receipt an acceptable document in the bank as collateral. That is what informed the drafters of this Bill. I really want to urge Hon. Shamalla not to water down the essence and weight of that document because it will be used by the bank as collateral. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support the Chair on this. The Government has systems. You cannot say that they must consult. It was not necessary to say that consulting is mandatory. If you are doing something that falls within the purview of your colleague, you consult. It is not mandatory that the Cabinet Secretary in charge of agriculture must consult the one in charge of trade. Maybe there are laws and guidelines already provided by the Cabinet Secretary and we just need to implement them going forward. I support the Chair on this. view