Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, before I sit down, now that we are going for recess, I am aware that we have had by-elections recently and we have three new Members from Bonchari, Kiambaa and Juja constituencies. They approached my office and requested that they participate in Committees. That request is pending for the formal nomination because it is a process that involves the Whips and the Committee on Selection and approval by the House, which may not take place between now and the time we go for recess. I have consulted with the Whips and we have agreed that I propose to ... view
• 19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for indulging me to raise the matter of these Papers that we left out earlier. Members may need to have access and internalise them during the recess. Before I lay these Papers, let me also allay the fears and correct the record of the House that, indeed, there is no Member who has not been allocated a Committee, except one Member, by choice. The Member chose not to participate in Committees. Every other Member, 345 Members are already in Committees. You made the direction about the other three this afternoon. At least, we are compliant with ... view
• 19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this very important Bill which I was almost debating whether to support the obvious or not. For the record, this is a very important Bill because we are moving into the digital currency. We have already moved away from paper money and the traditional ways of doing things into the digital. Whatever we do, whether we like it or not, the fact that we have so many digital lenders, is an indication of where the world is going. It will not be too long before the traditional banks as we ... view
• 19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: It is obviously very clear that since March 2007 when I launched M-Pesa, it revolutionised life in terms of access to financial services as we know them. Looking at that date around December 2006 or sometime before that, Safaricom worked on the sambaza program where you could buy and send credit to someone else. People saw this as a form of currency and started selling credit to one another. It became internationalised and people in Kenya using this platform would buy credit, send it to someone in London and they would receive and cash it. As a result of this, ... view
• 19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: It has facilitated us to transact from anywhere and do many things. The natural progression of this is another point because I told banks that the new innovation would affect their way of doing things. A few of them tried to fight it and you may remember around 2008 though some agitation in the House, I stepped aside from the National Treasury. The cartels went to my successor, the Late John Michuki and told him that this was a bad thing and he almost stopped it until we ran giving the facts and M-Pesa was saved. We know what M-Pesa ... view
• 19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: cent of the population of this country who could not enjoy banking services because they were inconsistent with their faith. Even as we go through this, as the Committee engages and the Central Bank looks into this and as the House comes with the law and the regulations, we be open to the fact that technologically, the world is moving. Who would have thought of driverless cars on the streets? Right now, that is the norm. A vehicle is driving itself on the streets. Even money should be able to be moving. All these crypto currencies is happening until even ... view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: The Fourth Quarterly Economic and Budgetary Review Reports for the Financial Year 2020/2021 from the National Treasury. The Reports of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements in respect of the following institutions for the year ended 30th June 2019 and the certificates therein: (i) Bomet University College; (ii) Rongo University; and (iii) Postal Corporation of Kenya. The Reports of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements in respect of the following institutions for the year ended 30th June 2020 and the certificates therein: (i) Alupe University College; and ... view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion. THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Orders 120, 122 and 126 relating to Publication, Procedure upon Publication and First Reading of Bills and Standing Order 210(2) relating to Tabling of Statutory Instruments, this House orders that during the period of the August Long Recess (20th August to 20th September, 2021) (i) Should a Bill be published during the said period, or a published Bill become due for First Reading during the period, the Hon. Speaker shall, upon lapse of at least seven days following the publication of the Bill, the ... view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Committee for consideration and cause the statutory instrument to be tabled in the House during its next Sitting in accordance with the provisions of section 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act (No. 3 of 2013); (iii) Should any Paper be transmitted for tabling before the House during the period, the Speaker shall, following a determination that the Paper is of priority, forthwith refer the Paper to the relevant Committee for consideration and cause the Paper to be tabled in the House during its next Sitting; and, (iv) Upon the submission and approval of the Reports of the relevant Committees on ... view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is true that the Question was put yesterday but the Report of the Committee was tabled on 5th August, which is not yesterday. The Report of the Committee was tabled on 5th August. So, Members have had time to look at the Report. Members have actually generated amendments, which you can see on the Order Paper. Hon. Speaker, last week on Thursday, I made a Statement and you advised Members to be alert on the contents of the Statement. In that Statement, I actually indicated that the Committee of the whole House on the NHIF (Amendment) Bill ... view