John Michael Njenga Mututho

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Nurses (Amendment) Bill be now read for the Third Time. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: asked the Minister of State for Special Programmes:- (a) whether she could table details of all the expenses incurred by the Government on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to date, and also provide details of persons who have received the Kshs10,000 and Kshs25,000 that the Government has been giving out to IDPs; (b) whether she could provide a list of all IDPs still awaiting resettlement and also state the area/camps they are currently living in; and, (c) whether she could also table a list of donors and well wishers who contributed towards resettlement of IDPs, and how much more money is ... view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I seek your indulgence in that I had discussed with the Minister that she needs to take me through the sites and the people involved here. To my calculation, that will require between three weeks and five weeks, so that I can familiarize myself with the people mentioned here. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is because the matter is very sensitive. We would like to give this House a very clear answer and interrogation. view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In moving this Motion yesterday, I went into great length to analyse and state the frustrations that the sugar farmers experience on a daily basis. It is one thing to talk about sugar as a sweetener, but it is a completely different ball game when you talk of sugar as a farmer. Sugar as a farmer, is a source of misery, poverty and literally all farmers that have been involved in sugar production from 1902 have nothing to show for it but misery and poverty. view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that situation can be corrected by having a clear policy framework that recognizes and rewards appropriately the efforts of those farmers. I was at the point where I was discussing the Sugar Act (2001) and its relevance. For clarity, yesterday, I said that the cardinal principles upheld in doing this Sugar Act (2001) are; in fact, you pay in accordance with the weight of the cane and two, the prevailing price of the cane. Let us look at the weight of the cane. Weight of the cane in its entirety is view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: misleading for a start. They normally take, maybe, one day up to three to four days with what they call the stacks before they can harvest. During that time, you have lost about anything between 5 and 15 per cent weight because of that operation. Again, that is money lost. When you look at it again, looking at two crops; that is sugar-cane, what you are trying to get there is something called sucrose, which is the sugar content. Some of that cane can double the sugar content. So, ideally, those ones who tend their crops very well are underpaid ... view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, however, more disturbing is the fact that if you look at the current sugar prices, they are cartel driven. Not more than four families would just sit over a table and then decide on the volumes of sugar to import, supposedly to fill the gap, and that now sets the current market prices of sugar. So, you find that the sugar formula as described in the Sugar Act (2001) is not only inaccurate, but also oppressive in that it does not reflect the situation driven by demand and supply, but rather by intricacies, cartels and ... view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also dwelt at length yesterday on the issue of weighing of cane and I said this: When we examined all factories, without exception, we found that the average loss at the weighbridge is approximately 20 to 30 per cent. They manipulate the weight - and we have evidence to this effect, which can be availed to any Member who is interested - to show that upon weighing, they lose that amount of weight. Now, for that, we come to one conclusion that all this wealth that is held by Sony Sugar, Nzoia and everybody ... view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: farmers who take their cane to Sony, for instance, will now own 51 per cent of that factory. When I say this, I am very serious. For those of you who know Dubai, everybody who has invested in Dubai knows very well that you have to have 51 per cent local and 49 per cent is foreign investment. All investment envisaged in this is foreign because the Mututhos of this world should not be allowed to come and own 100 per cent of Sony, pushing out all the farmers and all that wealth that came through. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, ... view