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National Assembly
John Machua Waithaka
Constituency
Kiambu
Party
United Democratic Alliance
Status
Elected
Term
Sep 2022
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Present
Background
Career & Experience
Member at Mzalendo Saba Saba Party (Started: 8th February 2013)
Current Positions
A member of the 13th Parliament from September 8, 2022 to Present
Performance Scorecard
19.1 / 100
overall performance score
Top 53%
of the National Assembly
Ranked 185 of 348
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Contributions 56 ↓ below avg 3.0/100House average: 91.0
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Bills 1 ↑ above avg 1.1/100House average: 0.7
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Committees 1 ↓ below avg 2.1/100House average: 3.2
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Initiative 17 ↑ above avg 1.7/100House average: 14.2
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Division participation 7 ↑ above avg 70.0/100House average: 6.8
Committee Membership
- A member of the DELEGATED LEGISLATION committee.
Parliamentary Activity
John Machua Waithaka has made 5 speeches this year and a total of 91 speeches in the 13th Parliament.
Committee Reports
24th July 2025
1 speech in 1 contribution
Ministerial Statement
Committee on the Financial Statements for the National Government
Statements
22nd July 2025
2 speeches in 2 contributions
Ministerial Statement
STATEMENTS
Question Time
QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
Questions & Answers
22nd July 2025
1 speech in 1 contribution
Question Time
QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
Statements
24th June 2025
1 speech in 1 contribution
Ministerial Statement
REQUESTS FOR STATEMENTS DISAPPEARANCE OF MR REUBEN BARUA IN USA
Statements
10th June 2025
1 speech in 1 contribution
Ministerial Statement
REQUESTS FOR STATEMENTS DISAPPEARANCE OF MR ABDIRIZAK MOHAMED YALE
Plenary Contribution
29th April 2025
1 speech in 1 contribution
Ministerial Statement
REQUESTS FOR STATEMENTS FEMICIDE AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN KERICHO COUNTY
Plenary Contribution
10th April 2025
1 speech in 1 contribution
Question Time
QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
Plenary Contribution
9th April 2025
4 speeches in 1 contribution
Question Time
ORDINARY QUESTIONS
4 speeches
Statements
2nd April 2025
1 speech in 1 contribution
Question Time
QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
Questions & Answers
2nd April 2025
1 speech in 1 contribution
Question Time
QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
Bills Sponsored
John Machua Waithaka has sponsored 1 bill.
Status:
Introduced / Published · 24 Jun 2025
Notes: Source: https://www.parliament.go.ke/sites/default/files/2025-07/THE%20NATIONAL%20ADDRESSING%20BILL%2C2025%20%282%29.pdf
Voting Record
6Ayes
1Noes
0Abstain / Spoilt
2Absent
7Divisions attended
Voting History: 9
Date
Vote
Decision
Motions
- National policy on deworming school-going children 9 Aug 2023 Moved {# member_seconded is annotated by member_business.profile_business: this member seconded (didn't move) the motion. The scorecard's Initiative counts movers only, so badged items are exactly the tab-vs-scorecard difference — see apps.legislation.services.member_business. #} Source ↗
Petitions
- Road reserve boundaries and protection of ancestral land –P/No.18/2025 9 Oct 2025 Committed to committee Source ↗
Questions
- Could the Cabinet Secretary- (i) confirm that Thindigua Primary School, established in 2006, has no room for expansion and lacks crucial facilities such as a playground, and if so, state what steps the Ministry is taking to address the issue? (ii) outline the criteria used by the Ministry to allocate infrastructure funds to public schools and indicate when schools in Kiambu constituency, particularly those facing infrastructure deficits, will receive funding to improve learning facilities? (iii) to Cabinet Secretary for Education 9 Apr 2025 Answered Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary— (i) provide a comprehensive report on the statistics of death that have occurred on the Thika Super Highway since 2023 including reasons why these accidents have been occurring despite the presence of traffic officers on the road? (ii) state the measures put in place to ensure road safety on the Super Highway and monitoring of the road so as to mitigate the frequencies of such accidents? to Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport 7 Nov 2024 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) explain why there have been delays in issuing National Identification Cards, particularly within Kiambu Constituency? (ii) outline steps taken by the Ministry to address these delays and provide a timeline for when the issue will be resolved to ensure efficient delivery of services to Kenyans? (iii) elucidate the measures put in place by the Ministry to mitigate and prevent such delays from occurring in the future? to Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration 18 Jun 2024 Pending Source ↗
- Denial of disability registration for cancer survivors to Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection 2 Aug 2023 Pending Source ↗
- Considering that some of the effects of cancer is physical loss of body parts like limbs, hands, breasts and other adverse effects like loss of sensory, mental, visual, hearing, learning or physical infirmities that condemn them to permanent disability, could the Cabinet Secretary explain why such cancer survivors, including those in Kiambu Constituency, are denied eligibility for registration as persons living with disabilities? to Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection 2 Aug 2023 Answered Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) explain why Government-sponsored students undertaking studies in Cuba, particularly those studying family medicine, are not given sufficient/adequate monthly stipend commensurate to the high cost of living in Cuba? (ii) explain the reasons for the inordinate delays in remittance of this stipend to the said students? (iii) state any plans on how the Government intends to adequately cater for the affected students to ensure that they undertake their studies in a c to Cabinet Secretary for Education 3 May 2023 Answered Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) State the volume of United States Dollar (USD) reserve held by the Central Bank of Kenya and each of the commercial banks in the country and confirm whether the high volume of USD believably being hoarded by commercial banks accounts for the spiralling exchange rate that has hit an all-time high? (ii) Explain why the rate of exchange for purchasing the USD from forex bureaus and commercial banks is as high as Ksh. 141 and Ksh 146 per unit respectively, yet the i to Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning 25 Apr 2023 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) Explain why anti-epilepsy drugs are not readily available in public hospitals forcing patients to source for the drugs outside the said hospitals at exorbitant prices? (ii) State measures the Ministry has put in place to ensure that the drugs are accessible and affordable? (iii) Indicate what the Ministry is doing to reduce the existing stigmatization and enhance public support for persons suffering from epilepsy? to Cabinet Secretary for Health 30 Mar 2023 Pending Source ↗
- (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide a report of the planned infrastructural development plans that the Ministry has in place to expand Kiambu Road into a dual carriageway in a bid to ease the heavy traffic snarl-ups experienced along the said road? (ii) Could the Cabinet Secretary state the timelines within which the said plans will be implemented to bear fruit and save the country the man-hours currently wasted in traffic? to Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport 1 Mar 2023 Pending Source ↗
Statements
- Internet connectivity in ICT hubs within Kiambu Constituency request 18 Jun 2026
- Measures to forestall the outbreak of Ebola and Hantavirus diseases in Kenya request 3 Jun 2026
- Status of investigations into the murder of a Ms. Bridgit Njoki Wainaina request 9 Apr 2026
- Effects of the ongoing United States/Israel- Iran conflict distribution on of petroleum products in the country. request 7 Apr 2026
- Erroneous classification of two parcels of land belonging to Mr. Stephen Chege as illegal alienated government land request 26 Feb 2026
- Alleged withdrawal of funds from two ABSA Bank accounts belonging to Mr. Kennedy Karanja Macibu request 24 Feb 2026
Papers Laid
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