Dr. John Kanyuithia Mutunga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: I am in support of agriculture in the view of organising the industry. Agriculture in this country is not in the top priority when it comes to funding. The resource allocation to agriculture in the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 budgets shows that agriculture is above number ten. It is not in the top ten. If it is not in the top ten, we are not serious as a country because when we look at what happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is only agriculture which grew at 6.4 per cent without any support from anyone. Other industries, like health sector, grew ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support. view
• 16 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to add my voice to the Referendum (No.2) Bill of 2020. This is a very important Bill for this country and our people. We have had several referendums, as Members have said. We did those referenda without a law that would guide us to do them, but we somehow survived. However, at this point in time, I think the Bill has come at the right time so that we may set modalities and processes that have to be followed for purposes of coming up with a good referendum that will satisfy ... view
• 16 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: so many issues referring to regulations and some of them looking fairly complicated in the Bill, there is need for us to guide the process of making these regulations. This will ensure that the requisite interpretation will give us the message that we want to have at the end of the day. We should harmonise the two Bills and come up with a joint version and take time at the Third Reading stage. I want to ask Members to take time and listen to each other at the Committee of the whole House and the Third Reading stage so that ... view
• 16 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are considerations that have been put in terms of changes in the electoral law. The electoral law has been considerably amended. For instance, 27 sections have been repealed and four sections have been amended. Are we going to have an Electoral Act or do we hold a referendum and an election without an Electoral Act? What are we left with? How does this law serve us and how is it going to help us going forward? This Referendum Bill speaks to the changes in the electoral law and there is need to look at the ... view
• 16 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: This Bill seems to give a lot of discretion to the IEBC. We should not look at the IEBC as it is now because there is a lot that we have bestowed on it. For instance, we have allowed it to do verification of signatures. I am not sure whether we have been able to build its capacity to verify signatures. I am also not sure about the method they are using to substantiate authentic signatures. I wish we could go the biometric way. We have also given them a lot of responsibility in terms of making regulations, and when ... view
• 16 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the intervention. I would like to refer Members to Clause 5(a), which says that not more than one-third of supporters of a referendum call shall be from one county. It goes further to say that voters in at least 24 counties shall be represented. Not more than one-third of a million signatures will be around 333,000 signatures. If we allow one county to produce that number of signatures, 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
• 16 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: and we are talking about collecting signatures from 24 counties, there is a possibility that some counties may only manage 10, 15 or 20 signatures. Shall we have requisite representation? Shall we be talking about equity in terms of representation? I think this particular clause needs to be looked at. My proposal is that we need to say that not more than 10 per cent of the supporters shall be from one particular county, not one-third. One-third is 33 per cent, which is a lot if we are talking about 24 counties. With those few remarks, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, ... view
• 16 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the passage of Sessional Paper No.1 of 2020 on the Kenya Wildlife Service Policy. view
• 16 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: This country has benefited a lot from wildlife. It has taken a bit of time for us to have a very clear policy that provides the guidelines which will help people co-exist with wildlife. Many forms and approaches have been taken to enable people live with wildlife. Sometimes, as you drive through the countryside, you will wonder where the demarcation lines lie. There is wildlife all over. It appears like we have been unable to keep wildlife off the farming areas. view