Mutunga John Kanyuithia

Hon. Deputy Speaker, we promise to bring a response in the next two weeks after the recess.

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning regarding the utilisation of pension funds for nation-building. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Retirement Benefits Act of 1997 provides for, among other things, requirements for the effective...

I beg to move: THAT, the First Schedule be amended by inserting the following new items immediately after item no. 3– 3A. Each county government department dealing with matters relating to agriculture; 3B. Each county government department dealing with matters relating to health. We propose to reject this amendment because...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to second. (Several Members walked into the Chamber)

I am the Member for Tigania West, Hon. Speaker. Oh, you represent Tigania West. I am sorry. Hon. Speaker, I have heard what the Members have said. Guaranteed minimum return is calculated so that farmers can be encouraged to continue farming, but it must be higher than the production cost....

Hon. Speaker, this issue concerns tea farmers across the country. It is not isolated to one area. Do you have a response? I do not have it but we will have it in a week’s time. We are going out this week to establish what caused the variance in pricing.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I second the adoption of the mediated version of the Sugar Bill, which has taken a bit of time to be discussed across the country. This Bill is a derivative of a very intensive process of consultations. Consultations occurred at three levels. The first level...

It is a point of information. Does he want to be informed?

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would like to refer the Member to the mediated version of the Bill. Zoning was one of the contentious issues. We could not possibly lock farmers to specific factories, so we refused. What we have done is to provide for a minimum of three...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to thank Hon. Aden Duale for ably answering the questions so far. Since I did not get an opportunity to ask him a question on the Question he has answered, if you can allow me, I will start with that then I ask my...

I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry the following Question: Could the Cabinet Secretary— Yes, proceed. The second question is to elaborate on how carbon credits are quantified and remunerated accordingly in the country and mechanisms in place to ensure that farmers who plant...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Before I ask my question on climate financing, I have a supplementary question on the Nairobi River that I did not get and wanted the Cabinet Secretary to explain a bit. To what extent is the Government going to develop the Nairobi River? Are we...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The two statements speak to the realities in the tea industry today. Farmers across the country, not just in the western part of the Rift Valley region, have received varied payments in terms of bonuses. These variations have not been sufficiently explained to them. These...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to reply to the debate on the Coffee Bill. The Members of this House have declared coffee as an important crop, and it is grown in 33 counties of Kenya. It occupies about 800,000 small-scale farmers and more than 4,000 districts....

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to respond to a statement requested by Hon. Elsie Muhanda and Hon. Titus Kamala. Pursuant to Standing Order No.44 (2) (c) , Hon. Elsie Muhanda and Hon. Titus Kamala requested for a statement on 14th August 2024 on the interim cane price for...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, the response I have just read indicates certain items clearly. Farmers are producing much cheaper. There is increased productivity after the provision of subsidised fertilisers. I do not know what the Member really alludes to when she says that farmers are suffering.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to also add my voice to this Motion. I commend the Committee for a job well done in the inquiry and proposals they have made. I urge this House to consider approving the appointment of Mr Kanja as the Inspector-General of the National...

Hon. Speaker, Mr Kanja is being appointed on contractual basis, so the Member is out of order. (Loud consultations) Order, Hon. Wanjala, take your seat. You have made your point. Hon. Speaker, I would like to caution Mr Kanja. The Kenya Police Service is not one of the most respected....

Yes, Hon. Speaker. Go ahead. [The Speaker (Hon. Moses Wetang’ula) left the Chair] [The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Gladys Boss) took the Chair] Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Coffee Bill (Senate Bill No.10 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. This Bill was read the First...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to ask the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party to second.

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have heard some references to AFA as an animal. I was involved in its formation. I was on the Interim Management Committee. We did not form an animal, but a State Corporation called the Agriculture and Food Authority. Is the Hon. Members in order to say...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Mutunga, what is your point of order? Hon. Temporary Speaker, is the Member in order to drag the Cabinet Secretary for Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Development when he cannot defend himself here? Ministries have the authority to...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the opportunity to also add my voice to this debate. I start from the point of view that as a country, we are straining right now. We are straining economically because we cannot manage to meet our ends. Every Kenyan knows how we closed...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have heard what the Hon. Member has asked. We can bring a report the first week after recess.

I beg to move: THAT, Clause 49 of the Bill be amended by deleting the word “Gossypium aap” appearing and substituting therefor the words “Gossypium ssp”. This is basically to correct a typographical error. Hon. Temporary Chairlady, the proposal from the Committee is to correct the spelling of the word...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, the First Schedule to the Bill be amended—

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT Clause 2 of the Bill be amended— Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT the Bill be amended by deleting the long title and substituting therefor the following new long title— "AN ACT of Parliament to provide...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. Having CAIP is a great idea. But we need to pause and ask ourselves how many analytical studies we have done to know what we shall aggregate, for what period of the year, and for what purpose. We might be spending money to create white...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to also add my voice to this debate. I rise to congratulate the two ladies for the nomination and subsequent appointment because they have passed through the Committee on Appointments. The two ladies showed that they had great potential to steer this country,...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to also contribute to the adoption of the Committee Report. We are speaking about an audit firm to be approved to audit the Office of the Auditor- General for several years. This is a very sensitive office. We rely upon...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This Senate Bill No.13 of 2022 was brought to this House on 22nd February. It has been here for a while and many discussions have been going on to see how we can manage this particular crop. It is an important crop, especially...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to speak on this Bill. This is a very important Bill that touches on very critical issues. As the co-sponsor and Mover of the Bill, I propose that it be deferred to the next sitting when we have...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock on its consideration of the Mung Beans Bill (Senate Bill No.13 of 2022) . Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The issue of skirmishes in Lake Victoria, especially aggression by Ugandan Government officials, is quite disturbing. We wonder why we do not hear such aggression emanating from the Kenyan security forces towards Ugandans. The last time we had an issue with the Migingo Island, there was...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Speaker, that information is extremely important to us, because we need to understand it as much as Kenyans need to understand it and also our students. Please, let her just give the five bands.

Hon. Speaker, the students are picked by the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) and also given a form for scholarship. They fill all the details about their family background, especially socio- economic, in the form. Based on what they have filled in the form, the criterion that...

Hon. Speaker, there is an issue that the Chairman should clarify to Kenyans. Will this model be for the first-year university and college students for this year or it will be for all students in school? That is a legitimate concern. Are you dealing with new entrants or all the...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise on a Standing Order 96. The kinds of issues that Hon. Makali Mulu is bringing up are so salient and important that I would wish we would had quorum in the House. I would like to propose that we adjourn debate on this matter to...