Amason Kingi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 121 to 130 of 554.

• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the East African Community is different in the sense that we are integrating at two levels. The first one is the economic integration and the other one is the political integration. Therefore, whatever we are doing, our concern is to make sure that the economies of the East African Community, at some point, are at par. That is why when Burundi acceded to the Treaty in 2007, during the first year, they were unable to make their contributions to the Community. That bit was actually shouldered by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. We want to make sure that ... view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we are going to have one political leadership for the federation, then we want to make sure that every State or whatever it will be called, is economically viable to fit within the Community arrangement. We are trying to prevent a situation of a member country trying to cocoon itself and protect itself against the activities of another partner State. This is because that will negate the very essence of the integration process. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the final question was the issue of political integration and how far we are. The journey towards the political integration is divided into steps. The first step was the Customs Union, which was launched in 2005 and became fully fledged by December last year. The second step is where we are now, namely; the common market protocol, which was signed in November and will become effective come midnight tonight. The third step will be the monetary union, which we hope will be launched in 2012. After these three pillars are put in place, then we will now ... view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry about that. In coming up with a new Constitution, we have looked at the other constitutions with a view to having some similarities in our constitutions. The issue of a constitution is a sovereign issue left to an independent republic. Under the Treaty that established the East African Community, there are some tenets, principles and guidelines which an independent State must fulfill for it to be admitted as a member of the East African Community. As long as it is a democratic republic and it shares borders with any member of the East African ... view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Following his retirement from the NHIF on 6th January, 2001, Mr. Bernard Ochieng’ Orieny was paid a retrenchment package of Kshs128,504.80 through Cheque No.048262 of 052001. The sum paid was calculated as follows:- Severance Pay view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: - 40,028.25 Basic Salary for five days of January, 2001 - 2,340.83 Leave Allowance for year 2000 view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: - 2,000.00 Three Months Basic Salary in lieu of notice - 42,135.00 Golden Handshake view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have his last payment certificate, dated 1st July, 2007 attached. Also attached is his payroll number indicating the last payment, which was made on 1st August, 2000. view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: I beg to table the documents as evidence of payment. view