Florence Mwikali Mutua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The issue of illegal sugar has brought another issue in the repackaging of sugar. We see Mumias sugar being repackaged. Nowadays, most of us can attest to this fact. Supermarkets have their own sugar which they repackage. We do not know where these supermarkets get their sugar from. It is important to understand where they get their sugar from. They are repackaging their sugar nowadays. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Interestingly, none of the officers we interviewed agreed that sugar comes from Kismayu and other areas. The Committee did a lot of work. We even went as far as Msambweni and saw what happens there. However, none of the officers - even the NIS - we interviewed agreed that he or she knew of any sugar coming through those funny ports. It is very sad that the Government is not aware of what is happening. I am sure, as Hon. Midiwo has said, the barons are known. There is no way Florence Mutua can bring sugar into this country because ... view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: As I finish, it is very sad to note that the amendment Hon. Washiali was moving would have actually “killed” a very key recommendation that we had. Recommendation 115 reads:- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: “THAT, any officer from the board and management of MSC and KRA responsible for the fictitious exports of sugar between 2006-2012 be held responsible for abuse of procedures and abuse of office”. It would have been very meaningless to narrow it to one person. We are happy that the Speaker has made a very good judgement on that issue. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Under our observation we got 18 companies that involved themselves in very funny sugar deals. We have requested that three of those companies be blacklisted. We hope, as a Committee that the companies that will be blacklisted will not go through the backdoor and come with another name to continue doing the funny business they are doing now. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Busia County is constructing its own sugar mills. We expect to have two if the court case we have can be done away with. We have had farmers in Busia County having sugarcane on their farms for almost 24 or more months. If this happens, the sugarcane becomes dry and useless. We hope that the sugar sector issues will be solved. We also hope that the issues in Busia County will come to an end so that our people can benefit from their own sugar mills. These mills will employ people in that county. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to support this very important Bill. I want to congratulate Hon. Nyokabi for taking the initiative by ensuring that the Bill is tabled. Let me start by saying that access to information is increasingly taking a legislative reform. I want to congratulate Hon. Nyokabi on this. Two hon. Members have talked about issues that we have, especially in the counties in accessing things like strategic plans of the counties. We have problems accessing budgets of the counties. So, it is very important that we have access to information on ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: especially on ethnic issues. As we progress to 2017, this will be a very bad way of using information. So, as we fight for access to information, we also need to have it used in the right manner so that it can bring Kenyans together in the right way. We also need to ensure that the Bill gives Kenyans the right and easy way to correct information both on local and international websites like Google. You find excited people who send wrong information about other people or countries. We can have an easy way of correcting this information once it ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Lastly, we hope that the passage of this Bill will also ensure that we do not move ten steps backward. We need to move forward. The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government is very sensitive. We should not come out in the public panicking and arresting journalists because they have exposed something that should not have been exposed. We need to find a way of ensuring that information goes to public use. It will ensure that the country and the citizens know what is going on. Otherwise, Kenyans have a perception that there is corruption in the Ministry ... view