Stephen Mutinda Mule

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will also propose to the Committee some amendments to this Bill tomorrow when we meet in Mombasa. I ask the Committee to support my amendments because they are clearly crucial to increase some of the factories, especially those that manufacture sanitary pads in this country. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology buys sanitary pads from foreign companies in foreign countries. One of the proposals I am looking to making to the Committee is to exempt all the materials used to make sanitary pads in a factory so that we can encourage those factories which have ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: It is a shame when we have our young mothers and young sisters depending on only one company in this country to manufacture sanitary pads. The rest of the sanitary pads are imported. Once the proposal I am making is agreed upon between the stakeholders and the Committee, I can assure you that the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology will no longer import sanitary pads to this country. The cost of sanitary pads to keep our girls in school will definitely go down. We will definitely create jobs because companies which make sanitary pads employ a minimum of 1,000 ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: It is important to gain the glory of double-digit of the growth of the economy in this country. We can only do that using all possible means within the law to make sure we encourage all investors back. The Bill clearly proposes to encourage those who want to invest back. I believe the proposal I am making is one of the pillars to make sure that we encourage those investors to come back and invest in the factories of making sanitary pads in the country. I believe and assure the Chair that we will meet in Mombasa to prosecute this ... view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The Bill also proposes a special Economic zone Act, 2016. It seeks to amend the special Zone Act, 2015 to provide tax incentives in respect to special zones that shall be provided for under the tax status. This is a clear true way of calling back those people who look at Kenya as a high tax country. I ask Kenyans and the world at large: “Please, come back”. Kenya is an investment hub because we are looking at all aspects which make Kenya the most suitable country to invest in right now. view
• 18 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: As I conclude, I cannot forget the proposal made in the Bill seeking to amend the Alcoholic Drinks Control Act, 2010, to align it with Section 7 (2) of the Excise Duty Act, 2015. You know very well a year ago we had a clear unaccountable alcohol menace in this country. Despite what we did as Members of Parliament and what the Government has done, it is also good to make sure that we perfect this within the law. I thank the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade for the proposal and the good Report they have done. I ... view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You can see the interest in this Bill. I wish we had more time. I would like to inform members that we will have enough time during the Committee of the whole House when we will be moving some amendments. However, at this juncture, I thank all the members who have supported this Bill. I donate two minutes each to Hon. Ng’eno, Hon. Shabbir, Hon. Sang and Hon. Mpuru. view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I also donate two minutes to Hon. Birdi. view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First and foremost, I thank the Members who have turned up this morning to support this important Bill. The Departmental Committee on Health, which I sit in, has already dealt with the most contentious issues, as Hon. Duale had alluded to earlier on. This is especially the issue of the boards, which are linking to the council within the Health Bill. I just want to bring members to speed on why we need this Bill to go to the Third Reading as quickly as possible. This country has seen some projects on medical equipment ... view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I want to thank you and the entire House for supporting this Bill. Whoever has any amendments can forward them to me or the Departmental Committee on Health, so that we can be in tandem during the Committee of the whole House. view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to reply. view