Dr. John Kanyuithia Mutunga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: out Uchumi Supermarket, some of the coffee sector investments, the sugar sector and all that. We have become a bailing-out country as the national debt increases. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The fourth reason is the increased levels of corruption, which are very high and entrenched in most parts of this country, and in all sectors. As I said, you will realise that most of the rich people in this country are civil servants. We know their salaries and they do not have huge loans as we would expect. That ill-gotten money would probably have been used to fix a bridge or build a road or set up a hospital somewhere, or it would have been used to do something else that would have been more useful to this country. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: As I wind up, I would like to mention one thing about the Big Four Agenda of President Uhuru Kenyatta. Since we are having a problem with corruption, it is time we asked ourselves, as MPs: As we put money into the Big Four Agenda, where is the monster called corruption lodged? Corruption comes in during the planning of events; that is when money is provided for looting. Looking at what has been set aside to support investment in food security, manufacturing and construction of houses, we should be asking ourselves how much money has actually been allocated to corruption. ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Finally, I have just been wondering how much tax education we conduct in this country. We are talking about things that Kenyans do not understand. When the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury makes a statement in this House, how much public education do we do in terms of implication, especially when he reads a policy statement like the Budget? Budget process means a lot to all Kenyans. It is very important to have a way to make sure that Kenyans understand exactly what these things mean. We talk about zero-rating, exemption and supporting income tax. We need to have ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I support the Bill, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Thank you. view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. This country has many people locked up in systems that do not function. The only way we can have majority of Kenyans who are small business holders or small-scale farmers is by putting them together. The only way we can put them together is by having very strong co-operatives. By allocating money to the programmes in this sector, we will be doing the right thing for Kenyans because we need to make sure that the co-operatives that already exist in Kenya, are operating ... view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: import raw materials. The best way to amass our raw materials is through aggregation. Aggregation can only be done through the co-operative movement because our producers are small-holder. Giving money to this particular function is a move in the right direction because we shall consolidate and ensure that we have volumes which may guarantee investment. This will encourage the processing or the industrialisation part of the Big Four Agenda. On the other hand, we can also distribute input through the co-operatives and that can be done as a function of the co-operatives as one of the programmes. Today, fertilisers are ... view
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 12 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I had requested for a chance to speak on a totally different vote number, on planning. I have no problem with the Presidency getting this money. view
• 7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. I commend the work of the Budget and Appropriations Committee not because I am a Member of the Committee but because the Committee worked tirelessly to come up with the best budget so far in this country. We did a lot of consultations at the departmental committee level and with the National Treasury to try and find out why we have delays especially in the release of the Exchequer and that causes delay in project implementation. We also consulted National Treasury on the budget ceilings. view