Dr. John Kanyuithia Mutunga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, forthe opportunity to contribute to this Motion on adoption of the Report by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning on the approval of Dr. Margaret Nyakang’o for appointment as the next Controller of Budget. As the appointment so presumes, the appointment for eight years for somebody who is 60 years in a country where we have so many young people who are qualified does not sound like a good thing. This lady is qualified according to the Report. I do not doubt the Committee which has clearly said that she is qualified, ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: The release of money from the Consolidated Fund is also in her dockets as well as the revenue for county governments. County governments are generating revenue and in view of the Supplementary Budget that we just passed, we believe county governments will now be given money to do the work. Part of the money that they use to do the work is what they collect as revenue. Unless this money is released in good time, it is not possible for county governments to do their business or expedite their activities. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: We expect that there will be serious and close scrutiny of the budgets of county governments. As at now, we know there are about 16 counties whose money is proposed to be withheld by the National Treasury. We believe that Dr. Margaret Nyakang’o will be useful in advising on the way forward when it comes to the request by National Treasury that these counties are not given their money. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: We expect this lady to strictly follow the law because money matters in Kenya are risky and have become a major issue because we are suffering budget deficits and operating under thin lines. When it comes to releasing money for counties that have not had their audit reports approved, we do not expect this to appear in her report which she should be giving every quarter to this House. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: We also expect her to pick her work with speed so that work can move on in the counties. After approval of this particular Motion, we also expect the appointing authority to move with speed so that this Office is occupied. We expect this lady to do her work uninterrupted. We expect a show of dignity, adherence to law and integrity when it comes to money matters. This is because money of the national Government and the county governments need to be released in a way that will be properly implemented. We know that there may be some restrictions through ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Chair, my interest is not on this particular one. I just want to respond to a question from one of the Members on why they are so many errors. The errors are not many because the Report is wide and so we picked on the areas that had issues. This has made it appear like errors are many and following each other. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to second this Motion on the adoption of the Report by the Chairman of the Committee. The Supplementary Budget came to make adjustments which were necessary at that point in time. This will fast-track development. We will make resources available to the people. We shall also clear pending bills as we support the Big Four Agenda. The Big Four Agenda was a major area of focus in this Supplementary Budget. This is one Supplementary Budget in which we saw a reduction in the recurrent expenditure and an increase in the development ... view
• 3 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: the interpretations that they get from various corners, especially the Attorney-General should be cross checked for certainty. I second. view