Eckomas Mwengi Mutuse

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Speaker, I rise on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to give a progress report on the Committee’s consideration of the Conflict of Interest Bill (National Assembly Bill (No.12 of Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. The Bill seeks...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Speaker, thank you very much for your favourable consideration to our request for extension of time. We oblige to go by your direction. We wish you could consider the fact that the Committee is already considering many other Bills, including the ones that...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Petition partly touches on my constituency. I want to confirm to this House that the Petitioner is a person that I personally know. The owners of the parcels of land that were acquired for 1st August 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to welcome all the schools and students who are in our Public and Speaker’s Galleries together with their teachers to Parliament, the National Assembly. I request them to be keen and listen to the...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, aware that Article 43 of the Constitution as read together with Section 9 of the Water Act of 2016 provides for access to clean, safe and adequate water for all citizens; further...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Briefly, I wanted to find out from the Prime Cabinet Secretary whether indeed there are plans by the Government to contract farmers in Zambia to plant maize on our behalf. If there are such plans, why can the same not...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. We thank our Chairperson for ably moving the Motion on the approval of the appointment of Dr. David Oginde. I also thank members of the Committee for participating in the approval hearings. In seconding the Motion, we wish to...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Hon. Speaker, when you retreat to make your ruling, it is important for you to consider the character of the people who have brought this matter before you. Character is important because...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also want to thank Hon. Jane Kagiri for bringing this Motion and for donating part of her time for me to make my contribution. I will make my contribution specifically on three issues: first, as we look at...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Speaker, considering that the value attached to lands and plots compulsorily acquired for construction of Kibwezi-Kitui Road in 2017 and lorry parking in Kibwezi Town have since appreciated over time, could the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development:

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs as a Vice-Chairperson. I participated in the vetting of Hon. John Mose and I confirm from my own observation that he is suitable to hold the Office of the...