Dr. John Kanyuithia Mutunga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, every speaker had something important to add. That shows how important agriculture is and how important organising farmers is. Important highlights have come out of this Motion. One is that when we register farmers, we shall definitely know who they are, what they produce, where they produce it and we shall name farmers by the enterprises they produce. That will help us zone the country into clusters of production segments and that will help us to even industrialise faster. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: There will also be a likelihood of forming farmers groups which are agribusiness groups. It is, therefore, possible for us to move from production to agribusiness because you cannot go to agribusiness without organising farmers. Since they are small and, therefore, the scale is small, the economies of scale can only be enjoyed by bringing them together. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is the possibility for specialisation that has come out very strongly. We are able to zone out the areas and know that this agroecology can do best in the production of cabbages or mangoes. We can specialise, link up our research carefully with production systems and produce better for the country. There will also be a possibility for us to 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
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: reinvent the former cooperatives that collapsed sometimes back because of the issues that have been alluded to by every speaker. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Of most importance is the fact that we have a strategy called the Agricultural Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy, which presupposes that farmers will be clustered into thousands. This strategy cannot be implemented without a supportive legislation. So, in this particular respect, I thank the Members who have come out very strongly to say that we should move quickly into developing a Bill which will, therefore, guide the industry or guide the sector into organising the entire sector to have farmers registered in terms of what they produce and where they produce it. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: The failed performance of cooperatives is one classical example that we need to remember as we move into this direction. We need to ask ourselves why the cooperative societies failed. They failed because of mismanagement and the fact that farmers were not given the full mandate to manage the cooperatives. That is why Members have clearly alluded to the fact that we should allow an independent entity to register farmers and organise them. If we do that, we will not have the hand of the Government in this process. That is because past experiences through the co-operative movement have been ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I need one minute to reply. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, a lot has been said about this Motion. One key thing I want to bring to the Floor is that I will bring a Bill. I call upon Members to support me in making the Bill. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. view
• 12 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I was supposed to be given the floor much earlier, but my microphone went on at the same time another microphone went on. I, therefore, lost my position. So, thank you for considering that. I appreciate the Mover, Seconder and Hon. Members who have spoken to this important Bill. The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill which is supposed to be an Act of Parliament in 2019 has come at a time that we ought to reflect, as MPs, on the circumstances that we will go through after ... view