Bishop Robert Mutemi Mutua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am getting a bit concerned with the increasing Government’s sensitivity against the NGOs. I need clarification on what I have already heard. I have heard the Vice-Chairman of the Committee say that NGOs were interfering with the resettlement programme. Can he clarify how they were doing it? As far as I am concerned, it is very important for us not to become over-sensitive about NGOs, particularly when they agitate for fairness. view
• 18 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to thank the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives for attempting to reply to my question. However, I would like to raise two concerns. Indeed, I will need time to interrogate the Report. As he was giving the breakdown county by county you realize that in lower Eastern it is only Machakos that benefitted. At the moment, the Kitui County farmers are being harassed. They are being threatened that their farms are going to be sold because of the said loans. They have been threatened that the police will be sent--- view
• 18 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I am sorry I could not because I was in another Committee. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support the Motion as amended. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I would like to begin by saying that what is artificially created can artificially be controlled. I get pained when I look at some of the projects and some of the agents that undertake projects without carrying out impact assessment and putting in place mitigation measures. The reason as to why I am saying this is that in Kenya, we have always talked about creating a drought management authority but we have never imagined that floods and droughts are equally dangerous. Therefore, we should have not only thought of the drought but we should also have thought of the floods ... view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. More than a month ago, I requested a Statement about the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) loans in Lower Eastern, and the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives promised to bring that report but it has not come. However, what is quite offensive is what has happened after that request; farmers in Kitui County have been seriously followed in respect of loan repayments. They are actually being embarrassed by being pursued on a daily basis. So, instead of the request helping them, it has become a problem to them. I think this ... view
• 3 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support and congratulate the Mover of this particular Motion. We are worried about the disaster preparedness in this country. When I talk about disaster preparedness, I am talking about preparedness that can enable us turn the floods into our advantage. We can have a massive water harvesting system that can enable us do irrigation work. We are not only talking about an Authority that is just there, but a well resourced Authority. It should be resourced in terms of technology, visionary personnel and ability to respond on time. It should copy what ... view
• 3 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Finally, it is important to know that the Disaster Management Authority is not going to be like any other authority. It will be an authority for engagement. So, we do not want to see offices only in Nairobi. The offices should be where they are required. The headquarters of that particular Disaster Management Authority should be located where view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this particular Motion for a number of reasons. One, if we would like to realise Vision 2030, then it is not going to be realised by the people that are quite elderly. It is the young people that are really going to be able to get to the driver’s seat and drive Vision 2030 into reality. Secondly, the National Youth Council is the only council that can articulate the issue of unemployment well because this country, for many years, has been preparing young people to become employees. I think it ... view
• 12 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this particular Motion for a number of reasons. One, if we would like to realise Vision 2030, then it is not going to be realised by the people that are quite elderly. It is the young people that are really going to be able to get to the driver’s seat and drive Vision 2030 into reality. Secondly, the National Youth Council is the only council that can articulate the issue of unemployment well because this country, for many years, has been preparing young people to become employees. I think it ... view