John Mutinda Mutiso

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are so many school leaving certificates pending in schools for past students, amounting to Kshs6 billion on account of unpaid tuition fees in secondary schools. Could the Government also consider paying fees arrears for those students who have uncollected certificates because of want of tuition fees? view
• 2 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would also like to congratulate the Minister on the passage of this Bill. This is a Bill which generated a lot of interest but, at long last, we have a framework within which we shall have responsible journalism. Time and again, this country has witnessed the proliferation of yellow journalism. I hope that the passage of this Bill marks the end of yellow journalism in this country. I congratulate the Minister and thank the House for passing the Bill. Thank you. view
• 25 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs for that concrete Statement that he has given on behalf of the Minister for Local Government. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my concern was on the enforceability of the ban on the 30- microns plastic bags, which still are legal under the Customs and Excise Act. Shoppers are being harassed by the NCC enforcement directorate, on the allegation that all plastic bags have been banned. Therefore, I am happy to know that, that has now been relaxed. My other concern is, again, still on the ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of Local Government. Following the Nairobi City Council prohibition of plastic bags measuring less than 30 microns. I would like to have a clarification from the Ministry whether the City Council Enforcement Agency has the capacity to differentiate any material which is less than 2574 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 18, 2007 30 microns. Thirty microns is still very legal and usable. We are getting complaints from shoppers that The Nairobi City Council askaris are harassing shoppers who are using the 30 microns plastic bags and above. Could ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to second the Motion by the hon. Member for Kitutu Chache, Mr. Angwenyi. First of all, he has proposed a very important policy direction in trying to look at the issue of the youth in a holistic manner. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the outset, I would also like to thank the Government for its concerted effort in trying to look at the issue of creation of jobs for the youth in a positive manner. The youth form a very important sector in any country's economic development. In Kenya, we ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Under the proposed Motion of the New Deal, the Government is being urged to set a special programme with a special budgetary provision to alleviate the unemployment problem in this country. There are many educated and jobless Kenyans in the various sectors of our economy. If you look at the education sector, particularly the free primary education, secondary education and the tertiary education, you will realise that the amount of under-staffing in this sector is enormous. In the current Budget, the Government did not even meet a quarter of the requirements of the ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we, therefore, only provided for 11,000 teachers to be employed. Out of this number, the 4,000 teachers will replace those who have left the service through natural attrition. If you look at the health sector, we only provided for the employment of 600 nurses. If you look at the other sectors, like the technical areas, you will find that the number provided for by our Government is below the expectation. Therefore, through this Motion, the Government is being urged to come up with a new Bill dubbed "the New Deal" of looking at the issue ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya is a signatory of various international conventions, particularly on empowerment of the youth. The employment level, particularly in industries is a very big problem. I remember the former Minister for Human Resources Development said that the Government was generating over 450,000 jobs every year. When we went into the real statistics of how much, how many and where these jobs were, he could not explain how the Government had arrived at that number. This special budgetary position will be able to empower the Minister and the Government to use other tools, for example, contract ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, last week, I happened to be in a team of Members of Parliament. Who visited our national research stations. I was very much impressed by what was going on particularly, in the field of bio-technology in the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. With the provision of a special fund under the New Deal, I think effective technologies such as the one I saw in JKUAT, the aspect of reproduction, tissue culture technology and genetic modification are a window of opportunity to many of our people, particularly the youth. I found that they have ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: 2596 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 18, 2007 view