John Mutunga Kanyuithia

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.

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) Yes, I want to but there are very many calls.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to make a Statement on the Inquiry into the Pricing of Tea in Kenya, pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2) (d) . The Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock has resolved to conduct an inquiry into...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Calls are coming in multiples.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Okay. I was on the methodology. The second thing in our methodology is to hold meetings with the regulatory and marketing agencies, the State Department for Agriculture and Research, TBK and KTDA. The Committee shall also conduct field visits to factories in...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I think I have been misunderstood. I did not say we will go to any of these countries.

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 Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Correct! Hiyo yao ni chama. The other one is not a chama.

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 Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We are discussing a sensitive matter. It is a matter that has taken a long time to be brought to the fore. We always shy away from the fact that churches and contents of religious institutions need...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) There are only 15 resolutions.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Yes, I am winding up. Hon. Keynan was very particular with his request, and I would like to touch his heart.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will read through the response and I hope Hon. Keynan is listening. The first question was on the measures being taken by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development to identify, geo-map, and gazette traditional migratory...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. When I got this response from the ministry and in view of the fact that last time we had a long response, I felt the need to summarise it. As I tried to summarise it,...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) (Tigania West, UDA) : Much obliged, Hon. Temporary Speaker

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) (Tigania West, UDA) : I stand corrected on the issue.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, let us be fair to the Cabinet Secretary by giving him an extra one week. If we say by Tuesday, we might not be able to contact him between now and then. Again, as Parliament, we will need to...

Hon (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I stand to support this particular amendment. If there is anything that this law will do for us is to protect our dignity. This is because many times Members of Parliament, executives in this country and other very innocent...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, Agriculture is professionally organised in the sense that there is clear identification of the agro-ecologies in Kenya. They are about seven. In those agro-ecologies, there is also the linkage between the agro-ecological zone and the crops and livestock that...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) They subdivided it into different individual parcels, and that is where we went wrong. We need to go back there. I look at Nairobi and wonder where it is growing to. It would be very gratifying if Nairobi were to grow towards...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, and Hon. Gichimu, for being considerate. I wish to thank Hon. Wanyonyi for this very important Motion. I am very sure that Hon. Wanyonyi is speaking from experience, because the constituency he represents was once...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity. I want to join in expressing gratitude from the people of Tigania West to our team that went to Tokyo and did a great job. The ladies got gold several times and our flag was...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to differ from the sentiments of Hon. Mule. We did not discuss anything in that meeting, contrary to the impression that we kept quiet. There was no discussion and therefore, no resolutions. The meeting ended...

Hon (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock on its consideration of:

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. Cybercrime has become a significant issue, not only in Kenya but globally. I have been a victim on multiple occasions—about four times, to be precise. I had...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I warmly welcome all the students who have come to see what we do in this House. This is where the laws of Kenya are made. Welcome to the House of Parliament. Aspire to become one of...