Bishop Robert Mutemi Mutua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, everything that is small grows. We do not want a scenario where political parties will remain there because they have nobody to challenge them just because the party leaders dominate those parties. We should allow other parties to grow, so that we can tap new brains and better visions that other Kenyans may come up with. Today’s small parties may not necessarily be small 20 years from now. There was a time when the KANU was the strongest political party in this country, but today it is not. Suppose at that time we decided that the ODM ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Therefore, we should allow all the parties that make it to Parliament to have a share of the cake of the political parties fund. That way, we will have an active democracy in this House. Otherwise, we will go back to the days of one party rule. A two horse race is not a race but a compromise. Let us have as many horses as possible participating in the race. The horse that wins can call the other horses that participated in the race to negotiate so that they can form a coalition government that takes care of all the ... view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. First of all, I want to thank my colleague, Hon. Injendi, for bringing such an important issue to be discussed in this Motion. One, I want to speak particularly concerning the process that was supposed to have been simplified by the Act that we passed. The regulations seem to have reversed the intention that we had because the regulations have become quite prohibitive. They are very expensive time-wise, money- wise, emotionally and in terms of the procedures. Therefore, we need, first of all, to increase the registration centers as ... view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: comes to solemnising marriages that took place through the come-we-stay and traditional arrangements. Now all that they require is legal recognition that they are living as a married couple. Why should we put road blocks for them when all that they seek to do is make it legal? We should simplify and not complicate the process. view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support and say that this is the right way to go. Let it become decentralised and cost-effective or very cheap and affordable. view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. From the outset, I support this Committee Report for the following reasons. First, I know Major General (Rtd) Tumbo. He was my classmate. If there are men of high integrity, this is one of them. Secondly, we cannot talk about Somalia like we talk about other countries. It is not business as usual in Somalia. It is business unusual. Therefore, we cannot just take a diplomat who does not understand issues of war, terrorism and insecurity that face Somalia. We require a General who understands issues of war and diplomacy and, at the The electronic version ... view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: same time, understand the importance of retaining high integrity as you do your business, so that you do not get corrupted in the process. Major General Tumbo qualifies as an asset to Kenya and Somalia. He is going to be involved in all the processes of ensuring that the relationship between Somalia and Kenya is not only cordial, but also peaceful. It is very important for us, as Kenyans, to realise that we require a Somalia that is stable, peaceful and that feels part and parcel of this region. When I look at the qualifications of Major General (Rtd) Tumbo, ... view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Chairlady. I wish to support this amendment for two reasons: It will eliminate the automatic discrimination that exists when it refers to people as dumb because they do not communicate with other Kenyans easily. By making the Kenyan Sign language equal to Kiswahili and English, we are saying that it is going to be offered in schools like those other two languages. Therefore, anybody will understand and communicate with them and this will make them feel included. Secondly, by making it an official language, it elevates it from the level of other vernacular languages like Kamba and ... view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to, on the outset, say that I support ranking in schools. view
• 11 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I have a couple of reasons for supporting. Ranking assists in resource allocation because schools that do not perform well highlight the fact that there inequalities and inefficiencies both in governance and in the way they implement the curriculum. We need to rank schools so that those which perform poorly can attract the attention of school committees, the Government and Members of Parliament, so that they can address the problems that cause such schools not to perform well. I have heard that schools cannot be ranked because some of them are poorly resourced. Poor resourcing of schools is one of ... view