John Michael Njenga Mututho

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1411 to 1420 of 1647.

• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we went further and recommended that the Board, in consultations with the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), should devote funds to research with a view of obtaining new varieties. There is no research that is going on now and this Ministry should now sanction research. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I indicated earlier in my opening remarks that--- view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I need your protection, the Chief Whip is consulting so loudly. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am talking about something I would like the Chief Whip to hear. The majority of hon. Members who are in the Chamber come from pyrethrum growing zones. They know the truth that our farmers do not have any other cash crop except pyrethrum. Even if there was no other reason, that is reason good enough for us to persuade everybody to participate in the restructuring of the pyrethrum industry. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The assets of the Board are mainly in Nakuru. I said again that even at this moment in time when we have a problem of resettling Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), 850,000 acres of land disappeared with one so-called investor. I am informed that he has not even paid the whole amount of money. He has paid about Kshs10 million or so. Going by the current market price, that land is worth about Kshs1.6 billion. Near that farm, we have about 50 acres of land which is now occupied by over Fe bruary 17, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in actual fact, I do agree. With due respect, I am very relevant. I am looking at a qualified Kenyan to do a very specific job. In Githunguri, they are found in that agricultural area. I will remain relevant. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I am trying to say is this: Why should we have a Report of this magnitude describing the Minister and the directors, who are appointed by the Government itself? Yes! We would go ahead and appoint you to higher office. I am talking about the former Minister for Agriculture. The people from the Ministry for Agriculture are conspicuously absent from this House. That is because to them, "eating" Kshs3 billion ni kawaida --- view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: 5006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES February 17, 2009 view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The hon. Member may not have perused through the Report. There is an annexure in the report that we tabled. Nevertheless, I will table this one after making my submission. I will make more copies available if requested. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: I want to come back to my Report. What I am trying to say basically, before I can ask my brother to second the Motion, is the following:- view