Dr. John Kanyuithia Mutunga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: ministry to become specific in data acquisition, verification and management, so that we can be data-based in terms of planning. Through this, we can, for example, know that we are producing so many tonnes of green grams in Ukambani and therefore, we can set up a factory to manufacture something from them. That is how we can industrialise this country. view
• 6 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Other countries had various forms of agrarian reforms. I hope the American Society of Matrix Biology (ASMB) can lead towards agrarian reforms. view
• 6 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: We have other forms of efforts like what we call the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). When it comes to a revolution you have to be extremely thorough and mobilise adequately. I do not think this is happening. So, we are calling upon other efforts to do this. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support but I would like to briefly add that we had Maputo Declaration which ended in 2013 and was not met. However, it transformed to Malabo Declaration and we are also doing extremely poor in it. The more money we put in agriculture, the ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to speak in support of the adoption of this Report. I wish to thank the Committee for the good work they have done in isolating the key issues that need to be dealt with so that we can be a better region in terms of enabling information and communication to flow. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Information is power, it is an enabler and it is in this case important for us in the East African region to have a way of doing business which is adopted across the region. It shapes opinion and enables decision-making. In most cases, it increases opportunities for business. The Northern Corridor integration is one of the key areas that are going to be discussed across the region because the Northern Corridor basically serves the East African Region and therefore if we are limited in terms of information, we shall be incurring a lot of cost when it comes to communicating ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Kenya is one of the countries that have been very much at the forefront in domesticating the East African Treaty and so we ae bound by the fact that we domesticated this particular treaty to support any subsidiary legislations that come by and this particular provision is one that you need to support. Kenya stands to benefit immensely because it is ahead of the others in the East African region when it comes to ICT. We have a lot of innovations in the ICT and it becomes difficult when a Kenyan goes to Uganda, Tanzania or South Sudan and they ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: In the East African region, Kenya is the only country that has banks across the region and they have an internal communication system. They need to link across the region. To make it easier for them, we need to have harmonised approach to the information and communication system that is going to be used. I am sure they incur a lot of costs across the region this time but harmonisation will help develop standard operating procedures that are cutting across the region and so the importance of this particular provision. The other issue is making the operation costs lower and ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: However, the infrastructural networks across the region have been rather expensive when it comes to installation and communication. Also, there will be reduction in terms of digital divide across the region in countries and both urban and rural areas. This will help in making this region better in terms of communication. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: It is important for us to look at the possibilities we have as a country because of the shared vision of information and communication technologies network. Kenya will benefit especially in technology transfer. Universities have advanced research on software and other innovations and this will be transferred across the region and benefit Kenyans. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I agree with the recommendations of the Report since it appears to have very important provisions. I support. view