Dr. John Kanyuithia Mutunga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: On the mechanism to pay the village elders, we need to recognise their positions. We need to understand their backgrounds in terms of their schooling levels, experience of what they have done in their life and recruit them accordingly. They are important people in the sense that where Nyumba Kumi Initiative is working, we have security, order and people progress in development. The mechanism should basically be for identification and positioning these people and recognising them in terms of remuneration. We need to also motivate them so that they can continue working well. I can bring experiences from my constituency, ... view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Initiative could even organise our events during campaigns, but unfortunately they are no longer there because village elders have not been recognised. We need some standards as well. Without a mechanism, we may not have the standards for remunerating these people. Today, they may be treated through skewed standards and some of the elders are involved in recruitment. For instance, where I come from, when we need police reservists, the village elders identify the best personnel to be recruited. Therefore, they need to be people soundly grounded in the community. Therefore, they need to be willing and ready to do ... view
• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support the Motion. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to the adoption of the Report on the Budget Policy Statement and the Medium Term Debt Management Strategy by the Committee. I would like to declare that I am a Member of this Committee; very many issues were discussed and interrogated as it were. Looking at the entire Report and the discussions that went on, as the Chair of the Committee said, there is a misunderstanding between policy statement and estimates. This is because most of the implementers of various projects and programmes and those who run the business ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to the adoption of the Report on the Budget Policy Statement and the Medium Term Debt Management Strategy by the Committee. I would like to declare that I am a Member of this Committee; very many issues were discussed and interrogated as it were. Looking at the entire Report and the discussions that went on, as the Chair of the Committee said, there is a misunderstanding between policy statement and estimates. This is because most of the implementers of various projects and programmes and those who run the business ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: their case as it were. Those are the ones I am referring to and they will have the little that they have going forward. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: their case as it were. Those are the ones I am referring to and they will have the little that they have going forward. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: I stand from a point of investment. We cannot have growth of GDP without growth in revenues. Growth in revenue is stimulated by growth in investment. If we have no investment then we might not have revenue growth. The relationship is such that if we have no reserves then we might not have investments. Lack of budget surplus means that we may not have revenue to invest or have investment resources. Therefore, we may not have growth of the GDP. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: I stand from a point of investment. We cannot have growth of GDP without growth in revenues. Growth in revenue is stimulated by growth in investment. If we have no investment then we might not have revenue growth. The relationship is such that if we have no reserves then we might not have investments. Lack of budget surplus means that we may not have revenue to invest or have investment resources. Therefore, we may not have growth of the GDP. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not object to that particular provision as long as it does not affect me because I am already on the Floor. I would like to point out a few issues that were raised on this particular report. One of them is the specific policy that is undertaken to increase or improve agricultural production, especially now that most of our agriculture is rain-fed. However, we can see some efforts in irrigation and to make it more sustainable for production in order to guarantee both food and nutritional security and also to produce raw materials for ... view