John Mutinda Mutiso

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to demand two Ministerial Statements. One is from the Ministry of State for Defence pertaining to the recruitment of cadets that was done on 12th October, 2007 at Makindu in Kibwezi District. Several recruits, both men and women, attended the recruitment at Makindu on 12th October, 2007. The district has about six divisions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on that material day, those who were recruiting dismissed people from other divisions, including Kilome and Kasikeu. They were told they could not offer themselves for recruitment in Kibwezi District. I stand to demand from the Minister the following:- ... view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, they are here! view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Ministerial Statement pertains to the recruitment of military cadet officers on Friday, 12th October, 2007 at Makindu, which is the district office headquarters of Kibwezi District. Both men and women who had presented themselves for the interview were sent back. They were told they do not belong to Kibwezi Division. Kibwezi District has six divisions. Only one division was considered. Could the Minister clarify why people from Kibwezi District were discriminated and denied recruitment into the army? view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to demand a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Water and Irrigation pertaining to the contract of the Chief Executive of Athi Water Service Board (ASWB) which expired on 30th September, 2007. It is alluded that the contract was not to be renewed because of an illegality in the contract in the sense that the CEO has been drawing a salary of Kshs566,000 contrary to the initial arrangement of the Board directive which was supposed to be about Kshs300,000. Could the Minister clarify whether such an illegal contract has been ... view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I would like to give information to the Minister that as far as the environmental issue is concerned, the thin plastics and other plastics, have been provided for under the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, Chapter 899, which provides for a National Environmental Restoration Fund and, specifically, gives the mandate of environmental mitigation to the Minister for Environment and Natural Resources. Under Section 22B, the Minister for Environment and Natural Resources can levy such sums as may be donated or levied from industries and other institutions. So, the Minister for Finance is over-stepping ... view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance. First of all, I would like to congratulate the Minister. I stand here as a member of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. I would like these sentiments to go into the annals of this House. We need to have a paradigm shift between the Executive and the Legislature. It has been a contest between the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and the Minister for Finance. We have sat in this House and the Committee Rooms endlessly. I think we need a paradigm shift ... view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg your indulgence. Also, the Treasury should rise up to the occasion that the court process cannot be substituted by co-policies in terms of fiscal measures by the Government. Therefore, collectively, we should improve the court system as far as the administration of justice is concerned and not the Minister through the back-door bringing proposals in the names of collective bargain. I beg to support. view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I seek your clarification on this issue. It is at the Speaker's prompting by this Committee and hon. Members that you ordered for the publication or the Minister to bring the list of the nominees. I sit in that Committee and the Minister has been complaining that the Committee has not been performing its work both in and out of this House. Today, you have said that the Committee never consulted the Minister. As a Member of that Committee, I say that we have deliberated on those issues and the Minister himself never even sent a memorandum ... view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 28. We have the due court process where the Commissioner, like any other aggrieved party, should visit the courts and the tax person should also lay his claim. Therefore, we thought that Clause 28 should be deleted because we shall be giving the Commissioner powers of the courts. October 9, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4405 view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, after lengthy discussions with the Minister about this Clause, and the fundamental monumental impact of having a Chairman appointed by the President, the Committee said that it is going to interfere with the independence of the Central Bank of Kenya such that, if the Chairman is appointed by the President, then he is likely to favour those policies which the Executive may favour and, therefore, undermine the stability of the monetary policy. Therefore, we completely oppose, and support the deletion of that Clause. view