John Michael Njenga Mututho

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. In supporting this Bill, I want to alert the House, especially the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. Elections and electioneering have become the worst enemies of mankind, particularly in Africa. We need to have men of integrity managing that and we need to have very good laws. We need laws that will stand the test of time; that will not be manipulated just in case it happens like it is happening now in Uganda and all over Africa. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, when you look ... view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: I wish the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs could pay a bit of attention. view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in absence of his officers, perhaps, he needs to pay more attention. I am saying elections have become the most dangerous tools now; more than even atomic energy. We need a law that is designed by very sober minds. We need a law that is completely water-tight, so that only the very best ever get elected, but not those ones who have connections. view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Chief Whip, if you could just keep quiet, it would be very good! I want him when he is elected in Kangundo, that the laws that make sure that he is elected are so water-tight that no one will doubt his win and there will be no need for petitions. There is something not quite right in this new Bill; that, we are giving too much power to the Executive. The idea is that power corrupts. I am proud to be in KANU. KANU as a party when they ruled, they did something which I see here again; that ... view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you give it to the Executive, then you are giving it to one person, the CEO. This is because we do not have a yardstick to measure power once we go to that level. The CEO will be able to move his directors or officers and that is what I find wrong. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other point which I find to be a major weakness, is that I have reviewed all the election laws and all similar commissions around the world, but this one of ours, as meticulous as it may look, ... view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, somebody has to win. Somebody has to lose. Let us use affordable but convenient transparent boxes. Let us use the finger prints to generate ballots so that we do not have a situation where somebody, because he is correct politically, ends up getting a gift of 20,000 or 25,000 votes and you end up having a situation where somebody who won is left there suffering. You know, incidentally, the people who get those free ballots are also associated with the Government in power and thereafter, they try to harass you to your death. If you ... view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, leadership should not be a preserve of the rich. It should not be left to people who can do electioneering in billions, helicopters and other things. There must be also a chapter or two which will define how a poor man, and who is the material that we are advocating here, can be able to come to this august House and represent his people. That is because the role of Government is threefold: That of representing the people, that of making of laws and that of oversight. None of that includes a cheque book. ... view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Bill with those suggested amendments. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have heard that they do not have a single inch of tarmac. Can the Minister consider – even if for ceremonial reasons because very many people have been born and died without ever seeing a tarmac – putting at least that one inch so that the children of Kenya born in Lamu can, for once, know what a tarmac road looks like? view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank the Mover of this Motion for one thing. Unlike what people know, to get professors and consultants, one needs to go through early childhood education, primary and secondary education. There was a lapse over the years when we could not produce very credible and internationally sound professors. However, if you trace back, you will see that, that was the period that we did not have the Free Primary Education Programme (FPE). If you look at the Prof. “Odhiambos” of this world and the Prof. “Memes” and other big professors, they went to ... view