Joshua Mbithi Mwalyo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity you have given me to say a few words about the Presidential Speech. The President coming to this House yesterday was a great day for Kenyans to be educated on what the Government is doing in a big way. First of all, I was delighted to sit in this House for those few hours he was here; and was able to learn more about what the Government is doing. I know a few of them that I have been following, and I have been involved in some. I want to highlight ... view
• 1 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: I would like to congratulate the President for doing beyond what others are expecting. We might say there is no money in the country but because of the borrowing, things have already been done. The infrastructure in this country is amazing. Even in my constituency where there has never been a tarmac road, the Government has been able to do for us two tarmac roads in Masinga Constituency and the third one is ongoing. The President did not forget the furthest and remotest places of this country. Some people say some places are unreachable by the Government because the President ... view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Ahsante sana, Mhe. Naibu Spika wa Muda. Hata nami nitaongea kwa Kiswahili leo. Hata mimi ningependa niongeze ya kwamba huu ni Mswada wa maana kabisa. Mtu akifanya kazi kwa muda mrefu, anatakikana apate kile chake na kweli afurahie siku zake za uzeeni. Utakuta kwamba ikiwa mtu alikuwa amezoea mshahara kila mwisho wa mwezi na sasa haupati, maisha yake hudhoofika na pia huwa na changamoto nyingi kwa sababu amefikisha miaka 60. Hiyo ndiyo ile miaka ambayo Biblia inasema ni ya magonjwa na udhaifu. Kwa hivyo, itakuwa ni kitu cha maana ikiwa mtu atapata pesa zake za uzeeni. Tukipitisha huu Mswada, utakuwa ... view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: jambo hili. view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to air my views on the Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute Bill (National Assembly Bill No.44 of 2020). This institute needs to be established by a law enacted by Parliament because it is the only industrial research institute that I know of. I have known about it for some time and that is the reason why we need it like yesterday. We have spent our money importing items from China, Germany and the United Kingdom. For example, the air conditioning vents in this chamber are all imported from ... view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: We all go overseas to even purchase our suits from Germany and Italy, so that we can boast that we are wearing imported suits. In fact, some do not remove the tags from their coats so that they can show off that it is a designer suit. We need to do more in our industrial research so that we can be a growing country that is proud to manufacture its own products that can be accepted and sold locally. view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: I am sure engineers in this country yearn for this Bill to pass so that KIRDI is established and given autonomy and its own budget. If you go to Industrial Area along Lusaka Road on your way to Mater Hospital, you will see the KIRDI complex whose construction has stalled for 10 years because of lack of funds. If it had its own budget, that complex would have been completed and research could be happening there instead of being done along Mombasa Road at Bellevue. I support the establishment of the Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute so that our ... view
• 23 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the chance to contribute to the Bill. Although I have not extensively read it, I understand how conditional grants work. I would like to point out a few things. Conditional allocations refer to additional resources allocated to county governments apart from their normal budget. I happened to interact with some counties which were given conditional grants for specific projects that they were undertaking. The best part about conditional grants is that they are controlled by the giver. If the grant is from the European Union (EU), they will specifically send a coordinator for ... view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to air my views on this Water Bill. view
• 13 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Sorry, I came in late. I am still learning. I want to state that water is life and we need to do everything to make sure that the country has a lot of water by trying to come up with policies and laws to help our people. Recently, we were in Uganda for a prayer breakfast event and we interacted with Members of Parliament from there. They told us that there are very many rivers and there is a lot of water in Uganda such that the only people who do not have food are the ones who do not ... view