John Munene Wambugu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: With those very few remarks, it is really important for us to ratify this Agreement. I support it. Thank you. view
• 7 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to also add my voice and urge the House to adopt this Report and support the call for annulment. view
• 7 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: At the outset, it is clear that our own Constitution requires sufficient public participation. When you come to Legal Notice No.88 on retirement, there was a very serious issue which requires that if the amendments were carried, they were meant to deny the people who retire early their full benefits. This is because the current Act provides that if you go on early retirement, you are entitled to your full benefits and 50 per cent of the employer’s contribution. But the proposed amendment is going to remove those rights that, if you go on early retirement, you are not entitled ... view
• 7 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Therefore, we thought with this kind of proposal, it was imperative for the regulation- making authority to ensure enough Kenyans participated. You will note that most Kenyans opt for early retirement. Therefore, it was important to reach as many Kenyans as possible. So, we thought this was too much and we should not go this way. More so, in the Regulations, there was an issue about cost. If you opt for early retirement, it means you will lose your benefits while you are waiting. These Regulations required an impact assessment to be done so that we could know the outcome. ... view
• 7 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: With those few considerations which are paramount and constitutional, we thought that it is not proper for us to allow these Regulations to go through. Therefore, we urge the House to annul them as recommended. Going to the boda bodas and tuk tuks, it deals with insurance of the rider, owner and passenger. But we realised that there was no public participation done apart from Kiambu County and another amorphous organisation called the National Boda Boda Association which lacked proof of existence in law. We know that boda bodas are everywhere in this country and the people who are in ... view
• 7 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg the House to support this Report and annul these Regulations - especially the ones on boda bodas and tuk tuks because most boda boda riders and owners were not consulted. So, this will be an injustice to Kenyans and contrary to our laws and especially the Constitution, which requires adequate public participation. I support. view
• 6 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this very important Motion. From the outset, I want to take this chance to thank Dr. Mutunga for thinking aloud and coming up with this Motion which is very timely and it should be supported by all people. As we know, the economy of Kenya is agriculturally based and time has come for us to support the entities which can help our farmers. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the ... view
• 6 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Over 65 per cent of our economy is agriculturally based, but unfortunately, we have not been able to organise our farmers and determine who they are. This is because we estimate and lack a clear database of the number of coffee, tea, sugar and potato farmers or other farmers in this country. There is no clear database which shows whether in Kenya we have 30,000 coffee farmers or 50,000 tea farmers. view
• 6 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: By registering the farmers, we will get a database which the Government will use to promote the formation of organisations. As we know, our farmers are small-scale farmers. So, we need to bring them together to form an association or cooperative so that they can get economies of scale, without which these farmers will always feel short-changed and will never get the full value of their efforts or labour. For instance, in my constituency, farmers grow tomatoes and it is every small farmer for him or herself. So, if these farmers form groups to get resources and access markets together, ... view
• 6 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Further to this, we all know one of the Big Four Agenda is Food Security. When talking about food security, we must start from the basics. How do we ensure we have food security in this country? If we do not take care of our farmers or take measures to encourage many people to go into farming, we will not achieve food security fully. We need to make it a lucrative venture such that everybody does not need a white-collar job. That is why we need to start encouraging formation of these organisations. Also, we all know that we need ... view