Joshua Serem Kutuny

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Temporary Deputy Chair. I can read the mood of the House, however, I want to give a caution. What is the intention of introducing a transitional clause to the board? People have talked about institutional memory and all that, but assuming you have a board that is not effective; assuming there will be issues in the board, will the transitional clause protect those people? That is the question that we should discuss and find answers for as we discuss the issue of transitional clause. So, there is a standard practice where the Cabinet Secretary or, perhaps, the President ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: that any other organisation or government agency during the time of crisis, might introduce or use this kind of legislation. So, I oppose, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair. view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Temporary Deputy Chair. I can read the mood of the House, however, I want to give a caution. What is the intention of introducing a transitional clause to the board? People have talked about institutional memory and all that, but assuming you have a board that is not effective; assuming there will be issues in the board, will the transitional clause protect those people? That is the question that we should discuss and find answers for as we discuss the issue of transitional clause. So, there is a standard practice where the Cabinet Secretary or, perhaps, the President ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I appreciate Hon. Sankok for rising to the occasion so that the House can address the issues of insecurity in Laikipia. Some of us have been around for a long time. I was in the 10th Parliament and I remember sitting on the same matter. The House adjourned to discuss insecurity in Laikipia. I remember the House rising to the occasion to discuss insecurity in North Eastern. It is time to speak the truth. With the promulgation of the Constitution and establishment of counties, if you look at this issue, it is politically instigated. Cattle ... view
• 1 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The issues raised by the honourable Member are of great concern. They have also come to the attention of the Committee that there is a serious threat of COVID-19 Pandemic in the entire western Kenya and the Nyanza region. It will be a very rigorous exercise for the Committee. We request for 21 days because we might be required to visit the ground. Thank you. view
• 1 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I thank you very much. We will deal with this thing holistically because this issue of Homa Bay is very serious. I want to make a commitment that by Thursday next week, we must have come back with a short-term mitigation that the Government is putting in place as we also pursue the rest of the long term strategies that the Government is employing on the ground to ensure that COVID-19 Pandemic is arrested in that region. Therefore, next week we should be back here. We will proceed with the rest. For the Bill, I am going to ... view
• 1 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am going to issue a Statement on Kenya Food and Drug Authority Bill, 2019 and other pending businesses before the Committee. view
• 1 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Kenya Food and Drug Authority Bill, 2019 was read a First Time on 2nd May 2019 and was committed to the Departmental Committee on Health for consideration according to Standing Order No.127(1). The Kenya Food and Drug Authority Bill, 2019 seeks to establish the Kenya Food and Drug Authority, provide for the regulation and management of food and drugs and chemical substances and to provide for the regulation of medical devices and other technologies. The Bill seeks to provide a comprehensive legal framework for the regulation of medicine, pharmaceutical practice, food drug schedule substances, therapeutic, cosmetics and ... view
• 1 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: The Bill seeks to repeal and amend several other existing laws both in the health and agriculture sector by disbanding several institutions like the Pharmacy and Poisons Board. The following are the legislation that are either to be amended or repealed: In the health sector, the Health Act, 2017, the Meat Control Act, Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act, the Tobacco Control Act, the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Act, the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, the Public Health Act, the Nutritionist and Dietician Act, the Use of Poisonous Substances Act, 27 and the Nuclear Regulatory Act. In the agriculture ... view
• 1 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: In the trade and industrialisation sector, the Acts that are going to be affected by the same regulation are: The Consumer Protection Act and the Standards Act. view