MUTUSE ECKOMAS MWENGI

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) Yes, Hon. Speaker.

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, 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...

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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 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) 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) 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 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) I second. (Question proposed) (Putting of the Question deferred) ADJOURNMENT

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...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi East, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to make a very brief contribution to this debate and debunk some erroneous myths being perpetuated. A perception has been created that the contestations around the Finance Bill only happened after President William Ruto became President, which is...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join you in welcoming officials of the National Chiefs’ Forum Welfare and join fellow Members in appreciating the important role that chiefs and sub-chiefs play in terms of delivery of national government services. I wish to inform them that...

Hon. Mwengi Mutuse (Kibwezi West, MCCP) Thank you. I support the amendments that have been proposed by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and the justification thereof. I think it is important that, as Hon. Members contribute to this, they look at the principal National Government Co-ordination Act. If you...