John Mutunga Kanyuithia

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...

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...

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) We are not unable to meet the Cabinet Secretary completely. Procedurally and as per the Standing Orders, we invited them and set a date. He gave us the reason for his unavailability on the day he was to come. Therefore, he said...

Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia (Tigania West, UDA) I stood on the Floor of this House and provided an answer that the Hon. Member said was unsatisfactory. We had agreed to hold a Committee meeting and invite them as friends of the Committee, in addition to the Cabinet Secretary. We...

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 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 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, 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) 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) 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) 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, I stand guided. Thank you very much.

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 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) 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) 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)(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