Florence Mwikali Mutua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: As I support this Bill, I thank Hon. Nyokabi once again. As Hon. Maanzo said, we need to propose amendments to have the information given freely to the public. The programmes that are being done by counties should also be easily accessible to all constituents. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker and the Mover for giving me this chance. I just want to reiterate the importance of this Bill in ensuring that there is consistency and efficiency in the administration and tax laws and also ensuring effective and efficient collection of tax. With this in mind, I am thinking about the county governments that are currently collecting revenue. This revenue is a lot and it should be brought back to the national level so that it is channeled back to other projects that are important in the country. Most of this revenue that is collected ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Of importance is also the awareness which needs to be created. Most women applying to register companies to get 30 per cent of Government tenders come to KRA to get their Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) and the tax compliance certificates and then they are told that they have arrears which they have not paid. We need a lot of awareness to be created so that people can understand the importance of the annual tax returns that are done so that they can avoid such issues. Some of them find they have huge bills that they did not know about. view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Another issue is--- view
• 21 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this Bill but I have quite a number of amendments. Personally, I have worked in the health sector for very many years, and have a lot of experience when it comes to health records and how important they are. We all understand the usefulness of medical records and having accurate information, especially when it comes to medical procedures on patients. When it comes to issues of next of kin, which normally cause a lot of uproar when a patient dies, that is also an issue of medical records. I have ... view