John Mutunga Kanyuithia

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) I will do that, Hon. Speaker. However, the strategy is to have everyone receive subsidised fertiliser, whether it is tea, coffee, rice, or other crops. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. 31st July 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 10

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you for the opportunity to also contribute to the Bill. The Bill harmonises the period that one is supposed to stay in office as a CEO with the provisions of the Mwongozo Code of Governance for State Corporations. That will create...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to close this debate. The question is, why do we appropriate? Of course, we realise that if we do not, then we will be outside the law. Besides that, we need to...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you very much for the opportunity also to add my voice to Hon. Marianne Kitany’s Motion on the need for a regulatory framework on using AI. The technological stage we are in gives Kenya no choice other than to embrace AI....

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2) (c) to respond to a request for statement by Hon. Onyango K’Oyoo on 12th of March 2025, regarding the position of the leasing programme of the State-owned sugar farms, particularly...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am aware of the fact that the Member, who has just spoken, Hon. Caroli Omondi, has a Question to the Cabinet Secretary. I believe what I will do, as the Chairman, is to write to the Cabinet...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Speaker, the Member has already asked the question. If we invite him to the Committee, then there is no need for the Cabinet Secretary to come here to answer the Question.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to the debate on the Financial Year 2025/2026 Budget Estimates Report. The budget-making process started way back with the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) . Notably, there is some...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.44 (2) (c) , Hon. Dorice Donya requested for a Statement on 12th March 2025 regarding payment of annual bonuses to tea farmers. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development responded as follows to the issues...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I understand the tea sector a bit. I am not disappointed by this response.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) I am not. This is because, rarely, will you find a regulator saying that ‘we are doing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 to support the farmers to improve their quality’. Also, a regulator saying, ‘the farmers are to blame for 1, 2,...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) I only took two minutes, Hon. Speaker. That is the final issue. I was saying that it has reduced from 2.5 to 1.5 per cent of the gross value and absorption costs of seconded staff by the management agency. The final issue...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I stand guided. Thank you very much.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA)(Technical hitch)Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to reply to the debate on this very important Bill. 4th June 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 34 Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA)I would like to thank all my colleagues...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Agriculture and Livestock Extension Services Bill (Senate Bill No.12 of

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to join my colleagues in eulogising the family of the late Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Ngugi wa Thiong’o emerged as a self-made man, an African who found his space in this world....

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) The Government has also deliberately incentivised capital investment in animal feed manufacturing and livestock production through similar duty waivers to enhance local production and value addition. The fourth measure is the promotion of alternative and sustainable feed ingredients. This recognises the reliance...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I rise to respond to a Statement by Hon. Eric Karemba, CBS, Member for Runyenjes. Pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , Hon. Eric Karemba requested for a Statement on the 11th March 2025 regarding the high cost of...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) One and a half pages, maybe, three minutes.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia Hon. Deputy Speaker, I do not have a response with me right now, but I can get it in the course of this morning.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia In about one hour, I am expecting it to be brought to me.

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am surprised that the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure is trying to push the issue back to the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. We are talking about transportation of goods that are already finished...

Hon (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On my behalf and that of the people of Tigania West Constituency, I rise to eulogise with the entire Catholic fraternity for the loss of the head of their Church. I may not be a Catholic but I...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to start where Hon. Jematiah has left off. I have listened to Members very carefully. As they spoke, they thanked the two principals for creating opportunities, not necessarily for the specific positions that people have been...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I just want to highlight a few issues that are notable in the agriculture sector. The first one is the fact that the country is now focusing on revisiting the oil seed industry. We have been importing...