Eckomas Mwengi Mutuse

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West. MCCP) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Article 150 (1) (b) and (2) and Article 145 of the Constitution and Standing Orders 64 and 65 of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly of the Republic...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Members of Parliament, I do not want to imagine that anything could happen to the sitting President, but it is also a factual reality that something could happen to him. God forbid that anything happens to the sitting President, is this the man you...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Members, this man called Rigathi Gachagua has already said that the Members of Parliament from Mount Kenya are either tugunia, whose meaning I do not know, or collaborators, and that he will send them home. He has already said that the people of...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Speaker, there is evidence that I have not gone through, including the whole issue of Wamunyoro Investments and the land in Embakasi. I have evidence in my bundle of documents that His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua used his office as the Deputy President to...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to move the Special Motion on the impeachment of the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency, Hon. Rigathi Gachagua.

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West. MCCP) Hon. Speaker, Hon. Members, and Kenyans at large, if I do not talk about my departed relatives, it is because I do not think it is proper to use departed relatives to whip public emotions and seek public sympathy (Applause) 8th October 2024 NATIONAL...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Speaker, I am a Christian, and I often read the Bible. And the Holy Bible in the book of Proverbs 29:16 says: ‘‘When the wicked are in authority, sin flourishes, but the godly, will live to see their downfall.’’ Further, Mark 9:42-47 says:...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker for the opportunity to move this Motion. This is a historical moment and therefore, with your permission and that of the Hon. Members, allow me to proceed to give notice of the following Motion. Hon. Speaker, I beg to give...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) During the Presidential Debate, His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua declared that he was worth Ksh800 million. We are aware that he is paid slightly over Ksh1 million, meaning that for the last two years, the much he could have accumulated justly is about Ksh24 million....

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) For purposes of completeness of the record, the Standing Orders require that the mover of the Motion reads all the names of the Members who are in support of the Motion for openness.

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) I therefore read the names of the patriots, borrowing from Senior Peter Kaluma: I begin with myself, Hon. Mwengi Mutuse. (Applause)(Applause)(Applause)(Applause)

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP)(Applause)(Applause)(Applause)(Applause)

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Members, as I alluded to earlier, I presented the names to the Clerk of the National Assembly. Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following documents on the Table of the House:

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) I am finishing. In nullifying the 2017 Presidential elections, His Lordship the Chief Justice Emeritus, Hon. David Maraga, pronounced himself in the following words: ‘‘The greatness of any nation lies in its fidelity to the Constitution and adherence to the rule of law, and...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. In the interest of time, could the Cabinet Secretary inform the House and Kenyans the plans that the Ministry has for Ngakaa Youth Talent Development Centre in Makindu Ward, Kibwezi West Constituency? It is the centre that produced Winfred Nzavi,...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, if you allow, I will welcome the school and make my contribution so that we are timeous. 18th September 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 30

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Please allow me to welcome Ndundune Secondary School. Ndundune Secondary School is a school within my constituency, particularly in the Mali-Mulala Ward. Ndundune in Kikamba means a red squirrel and, for sure, the place has very fertile red soil....

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MMCP) Hon. Speaker, I can contribute.

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MMCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to the mung Beans Bill, which is a Senate Bill. As you are aware, ndengu is majorly grown in the south eastern region of this country, namely, Tharaka Nithi and other ASALs regions. Therefore, it...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MMCP) Yes, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I be to move: THAT, Clause 39 be now read a Second Time. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : It is Clause 43, which is a new clause. 14th August 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 17 Hon. Mwengi...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. Sorry. My mind was engaged in something different. From Hon. Dawood's comment earlier, you realise that the Third Schedule speaks to the amendment we are proposing under the New Clause 43A; and therefore, without that Clause, it would be...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. First and foremost, I wish to apologise to the House because I arrived a little late when my matter had already been called out. I agree with the wisdom of the House that in the absence of the sponsor...

The Temporary Chairlady.

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. At the outset, allow me to support the Report of the Committee on Appointments as relates to the approval of the 19 cabinet secretary nominees and the rejection of one. As the foremost political leader of Maendeleo Chap Party (MCCP)...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 39 and substituting therefor the following new clause–

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) I second. (Question proposed) (Putting of the Question deferred) ADJOURNMENT

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi East, MCCP)(Technical hitch)Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I rise on a point of order. The point of order is that I realise Members are debating using the Order Paper, but the Order Paper does not contain the amendment that I have proposed. Therefore, my point of order is...

Hon Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : What is out of order, Hon. Mutuse? Please, Hon. Suzanne, come to the first and the second line as Hon. Mutuse clarifies. Hon. members, we have a problem...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I am queued in for the next Order in the business of the House today. (Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted, put and agreed to) (New Clause 1A as amended agreed to) The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The amendment proposed by the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock is well intentioned. However, I share the feelings by the Member of Ugunja that the CEO position is a managerial position and not academic. (Hon. David Ochieng’ spoke...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I support the amendment and oppose Hon. Ochieng’s sentiments because we have to reduce bureaucracy in order to make it easy for people to invest and farm in this country. The moment you create many centres of power within the regulation...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : I would like him to finalise, since what he is saying is important for us to make progress. Hon. Mutuse, proceed as the Chairman prepares himself. Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West,...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I second the Motion that has been ably moved by the Leader of Majority Party, proposing that the Senate amendments to the Conflict of Interest Bill that were considered by my Committee be rejected. The amendments that have been referred...