Bishop Robert Mutemi Mutua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support this new clause. By offering new incentives, you will motivate companies and individuals to be innovative and creative so that we can tackle the issue of climate change positively. I support the amendment. view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to thank Hon. Nyokabi for the Bill and for donating one minute to me. I have two points. This Bill is going to enhance good governance in this country. It is going to promote transparency and accountability in all Government institutions. It is going to reduce the level of ignorance among Kenyans because they will be informed. They will make informed decisions as they demand for services. Most Kenyans have been unable to demand for services because they have been kept ignorant about what is happening. This is the best Bill ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. First of all, I want to congratulate the Committee for coming up with the Basic Education (Amendment) Bill, 2014. I want to raise about three points. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: First, with regard to the sponsor, I have realised from the Bill that we are suggesting a change so that chaplains are not appointed at the expense of the sponsor. What is the alternative that will meet the expenses of the chaplaincy? Indiscipline in schools has become very rampant. One of the reasons is because we are not taking enough interest in the moral development of our children in schools. Therefore, removing chaplains from sponsored schools is tantamount to killing moral initiatives in the schools. This must be taken care of. We cannot remove chaplaincy from schools and expect to ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Secondly, we need to ensure that quality education is given to the students and pupils. However, I have not seen an important component of system devices to the students who require them. Those students cannot access quality education unless they are comfortable in the learning institutions. We need to expand that a little bit and ensure that children with disabilities are also taken care of in this particular Bill. The only mention that is there is the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the committee. That alone is not enough. We need to provide some resources towards the enhancement of ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thirdly, and this is quite important and commendable, is the issue of ranking, so that we can identify the bright and needy students at the county and sub-county levels. That is quite positive. It is going to be easy to address the gaps that have been there. Resource gaps in this country have caused inequalities. Inequalities begin right at school when children in one region can access quality education and children in another region get very poor quality of education. That is how inequalities are sustained in this nation. It is important that every county is charged with the responsibility ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: The last one is the issue of incentives. This means different things to different people. To some, incentives are the support system that is awarded to the students to continue going to school. It does not mean hand-outs. It means that the systems that are put in place make it conducive for the students to continue learning in schools. This is very important. So, we cannot do away with incentives. Different counties will require different types of incentives to make sure the students continue with education. view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to support this amendment but make a very serious observation. This amendment leaves out people living with disabilities. The assumption seems to be that disabled people are not youth. I would like to see them represented in this Board so that their interests can also be taken into account. view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I totally hear what Hon. Sakaja is saying. But let me say that this is a very worrying trend where we are refusing to target the youth who are the majority. If we are trying to target the few who are above the youth age, then we are not making any progress at all. We should have targeted the youth and possibly implement a clause of accepting those few exceptions. We should not make the Bill look like it is addressing the broad-base and leave out the youth. The youth are our main problem. ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I rise to support this great amendment. I want to begin by saying that not everything that works well for USA and UK can necessarily work well for Kenya. The imagination that everything that works well in the USA is good for Kenya is wrong and misplaced. For example, in the USA, the gay issue is legal but in Kenya, it remains illegal. So, it is wrong when you say because in the USA, we have two parties we need to follow their way. They have two ... view