John Michael Njenga Mututho

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: There are issues to do with policy, long term and short term solutions. There are omissions Fe bruary 18, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources on Pyrethrum Board of Kenya, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, October 23, 2008. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is yet another scam. This is a story of a Ministry that is insensitive to the needs of the people. This is a sad story of a case in which farmers were defrauded of over Kshs3 billion. This is the story. The Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK) started its operations as early as 1928 and through time, Kenya became number one in pyrethrum production. No other country in the world could even think of coming close to Kenya. We were producing 70 per cent of pyrethrum. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, all that has gone with the wind and right now, we have a situation where farmers have not been paid for months. Assets of that particular board are being tossed left, right and centre and things are extremely bad at the PBK. I want to take hon. Members through the sad story which we wrote after visiting, interviewing and interrogating various players involved in the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK). view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be quick to say that before hon. Ministers start blaming each other, whether they belong to ODM or PNU, they should think again. This is because that will not help this country. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we shall be helped by Ministers being responsible enough, listening to the needs of Kenyans and responding to issues which have been raised by the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: As we speak now, the law prohibits anybody from dealing in pyrethrum, including manufacturing of pyrethrin. Even though we are talking about it here, there is a factory which is already processing pyrethrin. That is against law and the Ministry of Agriculture should come out clean on this matter. I am talking about that company which is somewhere in Kinangop. I am glad my brother from Kinangop is here and can confirm that fact. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The pyrethrum plant was introduced here in 1928 and has a potential of Kshs1.5 billion to the farmers using the lower exchange rates. However, generally, the potential is about Kshs2 billion to Kshs3 billion. How does this work? When you produce pyrethrum, you dry it and after that, it is taken to a factory in Nakuru. That factory in Nakuru is owned by the PBK. They have a monopoly. They have invested heavily over the years, well over Kshs1 billion in research and a lot more. They have a lot of assets, including 850 acres of very prime land which ... view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is the firm that is supposed to have been doing bulking. It is supposed to have been arranging for material required for planting every season. Now, it is somebody's property. When we visited the PBK, we looked at very many aspects. Most importantly, we confirmed that Kshs3.024 billion has been lost from such a humble industry. Please refer to page 7 of the Report. That is much higher than Grand Regency Hotel. Hon. Members must be now already Fe bruary 17, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view