John Michael Njenga Mututho

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. As I support it, at the outset, I want to reintroduce myself and say that I am the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives. Just in case this august House forgets, I would like to remind you that there are four factors of production in agriculture, whether you are in Europe or Africa. These are land, labour, capital management and entrepreneurship. Therefore, activities on land affect agriculture wholly and that is the beginning point. I have listened keenly even while I was outside there the ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: I think the Maj-General was interrupted by the Minister; so he did not get the gist of my argument. I am saying exactly the same thing, that we have a tradition of not following agreements and covenants. I am now tracing events from 1905 all through to 1923. In essence, we are talking about the same thing. The reason for which the late President Kenyatta went to London was because some old men who were seated at Grogan Road heard the story that there was a young man who had fought a whiteman. The young man was called Kamau then. ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: So, land issues started heating up in 1923. In that year, there was a commission instituted and then there was the Devonshire White Paper. The import of this paper was that Kenya was basically an African country, and whatever you wanted to do, you had to have Africans in mind. Africans did not mean Kikuyus, Luos or the Maasai but all of us. Whatever development was to follow thereafter, their interests were to be supreme. It is sad that by 1953, the colonial government thought it honourable for those people who supported Mau Mau to lose their land. That went ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. This morning I was listening to one of the FM stations and they were talking about milk production in the State of Israel. They had a reporter and it was live. view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what was interesting is that on average, assuming a lactation period of three or five days, cows in Israel, in that arid place, are giving an average of 12,000 litres per annum. That is about ten times more than our cows can do although climatically and looking at all factors on board, we are supposed to do much better. I am talking about climate because they have to go to an extent of having air conditioning. What am I trying to say? Look at Githunguri, for instance - and I thank hon. Githunguri for his ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for your guidance. The matter being discussed here, as Mr. Namwamba has said, is what I will not say is deadly, but is really important. The decision of the Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing to privatize the New KCC means that people who are not necessarily in that industry are going to take assets which are owned by farmers. It is so sensitive and central to the operations of the farmers that we do not want to imagine for even a second that those assets will be owned and transferred to new ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Therefore, while supporting this Motion, we would like farmers to be facilitated to own the New KCC 100 per cent, and without anybody putting, or even the Government putting their hand into that organization. view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: There is also the case of retired workers of the old KCC. It is not good that you come and take equipment, milk and other assets but you do not want to inherit liabilities to do with workers who have worked there from 1940s. So, those workers must be paid! Whether it is the farmers’ organization coming on board, this must be done. So, we will, on behalf of our members, the people who produce milk, oppose any move by the Executive to privatise the New KCC to an extent that they bring people there who just want to own ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I beg to support. view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Listening to the Assistant Minister, in my view and that of my Committee, it is total betrayal to the Kenyan people. In the first instance, looking at the key pillar of the Vision 2030, irrigation is one of them. The only point where they can count measurable success is Bura Irrigation Scheme where they have been producing maize under the Economic Stimulus Programme. view