Dr. John Kanyuithia Mutunga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I, the undersigned, on behalf of concerned citizens of Kenya, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, over the years, diploma-offering teachers’ training colleges and universities have been admitting students with grade C+ and above who do not meet the cut-off points to join public universities to pursue diploma courses in teaching; THAT, the performance of students in the KCSE for the years 2016 and 2017 was quite low thus all students who scored C+ and above were admitted to join public universities by Kenya Universities andColleges Central Placement Service; THAT, this change ... view
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this amendment. I support the amendment. I am a Member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I remember when we allocated the money to other functions, we were not very clear exactly where the money was going, but it was later on made clear to us through that communication. I would like to propose that in future we look for a way of clearing the debt altogether so that we do not keep on paying for it at an interest rate of 14 per cent. The ... view
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I support the amendment. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. The Committee on Finance and National Planning brought this Motion and clearly stated that they would bring in some amendments especially on the VAT Act. I support the amendments, if they are going to look at the winners and the losers. Income Tax needs to be collected from entities which can give us money, including betting companies. Sometime back, betting companies frustrated this country. Some of them were supposed to have supported some events in some country but because of an increase in taxation, ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: athletes or events so that we do not fall into a similar situation. There is a proposal to increase taxation on LPG, and therefore making the gas expensive. Sixty-eight per cent of the energy used as fuel in this country is wood. As a country, we would like to undertake afforestation to increase our forest cover to 10 per cent of our land mass. Increasing taxation on LPG would be going against our objectives because many people will revert back to wood fuel since LPG will become expensive. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Reducing stamp duty, especially for the special economic zones, is a positive move because it will facilitate industrialisation and manufacturing. On the issue of removing of stamp duty for first-time home owners, I join my colleagues in asking that we try and come up with a clear definition of who a first-time home owner is. In this country, there are people who always look for opportunities to benefit or possibilities to create an opportunity to steal. We need to be very clear on who first-time home owners are, what categories we are coming up with, whom we consider to be ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Coming to VAT, the devil is in the details. Issues have been brought to this House concerning medicines. There are people who are on terminal diseases, which have to be treated throughout one’s lifespan. Some industries have to buy raw materials from sources where they must pay VAT. If we put them under the category of tax exemption, the manufacturers will load the cost of VAT to the product price and transfer it to consumers. The cost of goods will be high. Therefore, I would like to propose that when it comes to revision of this particular clause, we need ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: As a country, we are losing direction. We are becoming a gambling country. This country has people everywhere engaged in gambling. I do not want to believe that it is because they have nothing to do or it is because of joblessness. I do not consider gambling a job. I believe people engage themselves more in gambling than in working or seeking for jobs. We ought to look at ways of engaging the greater population of this country in productive work that will contribute to nation building. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The other reason why I am saying we are losing focus is the inclination on the courses that are being preferred by our young generation in colleges. Some hon. members have said that some young people would prefer to go for Diploma in Information, Communication and Technology (ICT), Procurement or Business Management because they believe that is the easiest route to getting money. This money is not hard-earned as probably you and I earn ours. It is money that would be got using dubious means. They have realised that the greatest property owners are somehow engaged with the Government, working ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The third reason why I say we are losing direction is because of our inclination to rehabilitation most of the time. We are in situations created by stealing. We have been bailing 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