John Mutunga Kanyuithia

Hon (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock on its enquiry into the pricing of... Hon. Speaker Hon. Mutunga, just hold on. The clerk tells...

Hon (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock on its inquiry into the pricing of tea in Kenya, laid on the Table of the House...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the Report on the Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy. This Strategy is necessary because it guides the public on borrowing and debt management. It will also help us to manage...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the adoption of this Report and the implementation 24th February 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 49 Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA)of its recommendations. Whatever is contained in this Report has not...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Sugar matters are currently a burning issue, and there are many concerns surrounding payments. In two weeks, we will provide the Statement. We have been engaging with the State Department, and about a third of the time...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to comment on this Report. I rise to support the adoption of the Report by the Public Petitions Committee. Pollution is a serious problem in this country. Cleaning the Nairobi River is...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand not as a Member of Parliament from that region, but to inform and remind Hon. Wanjala that, at the moment, people from Budalangi are travelling to KNH in Nairobi to seek treatment. When the MRTH...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to join other Members in thanking our President for being very clear in his speech. If I were to be asked to rate his speech, I would say that the President was...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have not even consumed five minutes; I have just begun. I want to reference what Hon. Passaris has said, that whenever you leave this country for any destination, whichever country that comes to mind, by the third day,...

Hon (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker…

Hon (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you very much. It is an initiative that is doing extremely well. The expansion of health coverage and primary 26th November 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 42 Hon (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA)healthcare outreach aims to institutionalise equity, ensuring that...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I would like to inform Hon. Manduku what happened yesterday. I made a statement to the House on the inquiry we have started into the pricing of tea. We are trying to find out why tea is better paid...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We cannot do it on Tuesday. We will be able to respond after two weeks.

Hon. (Dr.) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I would like to weigh in on the issue of insecurity. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) Okay, it has been overtaken by events. Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Okay.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) The next Order.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Tea (Amendment) Bill. We have undergone a lengthy process of developing legislation that serves the tea sector. We have completely sorted out the sugar sector. Kenya...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for that very thoughtful question. The reason we requested an inquiry as a Committee is that this issue has been misused. It is emotive to the extent that some farmers are uprooting their plantations, while...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Agricultural Professionals Registration and Licensing Bill (National Assembly Bill No.19 of 2024) be now read a Second Time. The principle objective of this Bill is to provide a legal framework for the registration,...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) KESAP and the Animal Production Society of Kenya (APSK) are registered outside this Act as a membership body of professionals. They do not have a regulatory role or a function that ensures accountability to anyone. They do not do anything for the...

Hon (Dr) John Mutunga Kinyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am very grateful because the Hon. Members who have spoken to this Bill support it 100 per cent. For our agriculture to grow faster and better, we need professionals to man the agricultural sector. For us...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Agricultural Professionals Registration and Licensing Bill (National Assembly Bill No.19 of 2024) be now read a Second Time. The principle objective of this Bill is to provide a legal framework for the registration,...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) KESAP and the Animal Production Society of Kenya (APSK) are registered outside this Act as a membership body of professionals. They do not have a regulatory role or a function that ensures accountability to anyone. They do not do anything for the...

Hon (Dr) John Mutunga Kinyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am very grateful because the Hon. Members who have spoken to this Bill support it 100 per cent. For our agriculture to grow faster and better, we need professionals to man the agricultural sector. For us...

Hon. (Dr) Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to eulogise with the family, friends, relatives, ODM fraternity and the entire country. (Several Hon. Members walked out of the Chamber)

Hon. (Dr) Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania, UDA) I stand to eulogise with the family of the Late Rt. Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga; his dear wife, his daughters and son, our colleagues, Ruth who is in my committee, his brother, Senator Oburu Odinga and others. I know that many Kenyans and members...

Hon. (Dr) John K Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) I am on the Floor.

Hon. (Dr) John K Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. To my very respected friend, Hon. Kaluma, it is important for you to know that the centre of Kenya is Isiolo which is next to Meru. That is if you look at Kenya from...