Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: (Kipipiri, JP) view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me start by thanking the Committee for relaying this Bill. I had a problem supporting this Bill. It became very clear that the Senate Bill is trying to amend Clause 58. view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you. Hon. Speaker, the drafter of this Bill and the processing in the Senate is aiming to do two things. Section 58 defines clearly the Board and its composition. At Part C, it defines one of the critical Members of that Board, who is the County Secretary. That is a critical player in the county government. In the wisdom of this House, when this was done as part of actualising the Constitution, the Secretary to the Board was instituted. Indeed, in about all the Bills, we have created the position of Secretary to the Board. It is a requirement ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: qualification and bring them to be Secretary to the Board, we are basically doing the reverse of what was done! Worse still, nobody, neither the Committee nor the Mover of the Bill, has told us after nine years of implementing devolution, what is it that has informed this removal of the County Secretary except the fact that they question governors. Governors want weak people in there and so, there are some Members in the Senate… I do not want to assume this is the motive because they are also aspiring to be governors. It will be unfortunate to weaken institutions… view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Baya, I can help you more on this matter. I was involved in the drafting of the original Act that the Senate is now attempting to mutilate by removing professionalism from the Board. It gets even more comical because the same Bill that we are now discussing is attempting to say that the Chairman needs to be a member of some body they are calling “a human resource institution”. I do not even know if such a body has been established. view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Yes, the IHRM. The problem we are having is that the Secretary, who is the technical advisor to the Board, does not require to be a professional. But the Chairman needs to be a member of the IHRM. Chairmanship and Human Resource issues are totally different. A chairman is a leader mandated to carry the vision of the Board and not to manage human resources. In my county, I could have a person I would like to be the Chairman of the Board. Now, because that person should be the one kowtowing with the Governor, he will be weakened or ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Secretary, the accountant, the medics, and other professionals. The next thing is that we will be back to the old county councils where councillors would just sit around there and do things in their own way. The amount of money we are giving and the hope our people have with the 14 devolved functions, we are relying on these people to sort out agriculture. The county public service board recruits people and places them into positions. If it is not professional, how will they advocate for a professional chief executive officer (CEO)? It is so unfortunate having come from the ... view
• 6 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, first of all, I agree with my predecessor in terms of the process and procedure. Yes, any Member can raise a constitutional matter at any one point, but what Hon. Kaluma has raised is not a constitutional matter. It is a process matter in terms of the style and the wording of the Bill. A Bill can be in this House with two, three or four words written in whatever format. This House will make a decision. This is the Second Reading. I would like to encourage Hon. Kaluma and other people who feel that there ... view
• 6 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: The 26th Bi-Annual Report of the Monetary Policy Committee for April 2021 from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK); The Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Kenya Reinsurance Corporation Limited for the year ended 31st December 2020; Report of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements in respect of Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) for the year ended 30th June 2019, and the certificate therein; Reports of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements in respect of the following institutions for the year ended 30th June 2020, and ... view
• 6 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.28 (4), this House resolves to alter its Calendar for the Fifth Session (Regular Sessions) as adopted on Wednesday, 10th February 2021 and amended on Tuesday, 8th June 2021 by varying the period for the Short Recess with respect to the Second Part of the Session so that: (a) the Short Recess commences on Friday, 9th July 2021 and ends on Monday, 2nd August 2021; and, (b) the House resumes regular sittings on Tuesday, 3rd August 2021 to continue with the ... view