John Michael Njenga Mututho

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: I explained and said that even if, in the unlikely event that this House cannot be persuaded otherwise, I would like you to revisit the case of one Wanjiru. This Wanjiru was charged last week because according to the neighbours, she was neglecting her four children. Little did they know that Wanjiru is actually a casual labourer in one of the flower farms and the kids kept crying because of lack of food. Neighbours thought otherwise; so the police took action; the lady was arrested and the local social workers had to intervene. She has lost her children to a ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would challenge the committee on security – the Chair is right here – to go and visit the police station and see it. There was nothing; there was no beating of the children. In a situation where you have workers having to walk for tens of kilometers daily; in a situation where you have workers, particularly female workers--- I really feel bad about it. For you to get extra hours, you have to sleep with the supervisor. To sleep is not just to sleep; many things happen. This is a place--- view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: These things that happen are not very juicy, but because we are required by regulations here to be decent--- view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: There are very many things that happen at night, and I know what the hon. Member would like to hear; it is what they do with their wives when they sleep. So, when you sleep with your wife, you first of all greet them – but this is not your wife you are sleeping with – and then you have sex, and this is full sex; that is what they do at night. This time, you are doing it with a lady who is dehydrated, who is hungry, who does not have food and you pay her Kshs20 to Kshs50. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: If that does not convince this House that we need to pay these people a living salary--- A living salary is defined by international statutes. Living wage is that very, very minimum that will enable somebody to avoid going to sleep with a supervisor. I want to narrate a situation where at one time we were coming from luxurious hotels where hon. Members of Parliament go. On one night we met with one man who was naked and had very neat socks. I asked somebody what was happening. He did not look like a mad man. He looked very clean. ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Let me say this, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we can have this, but I want again to go through a pay slip from one of the flower farms; I want to table it. The flower farm is owned by an Israeli, and we welcome them; they are wonderful investors. They do drip irrigation like never before; they grow very high quality varieties of flowers; they do good business. The Israeli investor is really welcome in Kenya. I went to their farms in Israel with some two hon. Members from my Committee. In Israel, they pay US$1,300 to the unskilled worker. ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said yesterday, the best we got in terms of corporate social responsibility at one time in Naivasha was a mortuary, because people there die in big numbers. People have refused to take bodies of their loved ones there because it is a contentious mortuary. We have welfare organisations. The people have not built homes but they have to transport bodies every weekend, including this weekend, to western Kenya, Nyanza, et cetera . We are in a country where people thrive on rumours and because of my strong argument on this basis, certain people have ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, I will, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Minister has published a Gazette Notice for a 15 per cent wage increment but based on Kshs110 per day, this would work out to Kshs147. So, we do not have any other alternative but come to this House and fix the minimum wage. We do not want to go to riots. Tonight, all workers in 100 flower farms can go on a riot and the Government will be sorting out crises as it is doing with the doctors. We can have sobriety. We can still market ourselves. It will be honourable to ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know how to put it to Members of Parliament--- view
• 6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move. view