Dr. John Kanyuithia Mutunga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I wonder what the Ministry of Health presented as its priority budget in line with completing existing projects if they did not incorporate this particular project in their budget. I wonder what they called their priority projects because we are looking at the implementation of the Big Four Agenda, in line with providing universal healthcare services. I would have expected the Ministry to prioritise this project as one of the areas they want to put money. Therefore, we would not be discussing appropriation of more funds from the National Treasury for the facility. The facility is ready. The Committee visited ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I would like to exercise caution on a few issues related to this provision. One of them is that the Report says and we believe it is a fantastic facility, but we look at other facilities that have been funded separately as semi-autonomous Government agencies to provide healthcare services in the country. Looking at the decay at Kenyatta National Hospital, and at other government hospitals, even though medical services have been fully devolved, we realise that they have not come up of age. However, we have several examples we can give and we need to laud them because when people ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: The Coast General Hospital is another one that is coming up. They have modernized their equipment, furniture and buildings. This is the direction that we want to take. I would like to propose that we borrow from the private hospitals of this country such as Nairobi Hospital, Aga Khan Hospital, and MP Shah Hospital among others. I would like to propose that Kenyatta University being a training institution, could get into a private public partnership so that it can generate some revenue for the Government and be there as a teaching and referral facility for this country. It will oversee ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: So, I strongly propose that we get the Kshs656 million that they need. After that, we can provide for the Kshs1.1 billion. view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to the adoption of this Report. I thank the Committee for a job very well done. This Report is massive. You do not have to be an accountant to understand the content of this Report. Having looked through parts of this Report, I cannot cheat that I have done a comprehensive review. I have a few things I would like to say, which are important in this particular respect. The issue of IFMIS has been lingering on for a long time as a problem. We are wondering whether it ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The Constitution provides that we have unaudited accounts and the specifications in terms of time are given. As stipulated in the Public Finance Management Act 2012, a compilation of this Report is important and, therefore, the need for us, as Parliament, to look at it and make the necessary comments. I am delighted this morning because of the discussions that have gone through this House, especially when looking at the amendments. I wish to commend the Members of this House for the way they have looked at the amendments today. I look at it with a lot of nostalgia because ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Looking at the pending bills, as a country, we need to ask ourselves why ministries and other Government spending agencies do not prioritise payment of pending bills. Why does it happen? It is item number one in terms of what should be funded at the beginning of a financial year. What is the problem? It is by law. If the Constitution provides that pending bills need to be taken care of, why is that requirement not adhered to? Why are pending bills not settled? If you look at who owe these bills, you will see that some of them are ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to support the Bill. After so much heat, I would like to try and moderate this situation. This Bill is going to create an opportunity for people to get their pensions managed centrally across the counties in this country. It is an important step in enhancing devolution. It is basically righting the wrongs and further the implementation of the Constitution. The counties drew officers from all over the country. Most of the officers are moving towards their retirement age. There is need for us to give provisions that are reliable and dependable, ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks. I support. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. If I was given the chance to sit with Hon. Kositany, I would have wanted this Motion to advocate for restructuring the design for development of schools in this country. Land is not limitless. Land is limited. The temporal nature of the schools keeps us building them horizontally instead of vertically. The only space which is available and infinite is the space upwards. Our children live on 11th or 12th floors in some of the estates. Therefore, they are able to learn from such floors as ... view