Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1211 to 1220 of 6175.

• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I have taken the sentiments from Members who have said that 30 years may be short, but it is a long time. What we may need to figure out, in response to what Hon. Gikaria was saying, is that at the point of project identification and negotiation, all those numbers will be taken care of. But 30 years protect the public interest in the projects. That is almost one and a half generations. Even our Constitution requires a balance between current generations and future generations on the issue of debt. Because these projects have ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the Committee on this. What Members of the Committee need to appreciate is that this amendment is not coming in isolation. If you look at the Order Paper, you will see a new clause will be introduced. Once you agree to this, there will be a New Clause 44A that defines the circumstances under which restricted tendering would take place. The sentiments that have been expressed by Members are all captured in terms of it being complex, specialised, the time and cost, and evidence to show that there is only a few suppliers. I ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the Committee on this. What Members of the Committee need to appreciate is that this amendment is not coming in isolation. If you look at the Order Paper, you will see a new clause will be introduced. Once you agree to this, there will be a New Clause 44(a) that defines the circumstances under which restricted tendering would take place. The sentiments that have been expressed by Members are all captured in terms of it being complex, specialised, the time and cost, and evidence to show that there is only a few suppliers. view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I want to give the Deputy Chairman a guide. When we were doing the optic fiber cable, the East African Marine Systems, there were only two companies that could do the surveying for the cable. However, if you advertised, you would get all manner of brokers who would say that they would do it, and then they would go and negotiate with the two companies.You might end up with a broker who may end up not doing it. Knowing globally there are only two companies that can bid they go to them; get the time and efficiency because the cost ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I just want to comfort the Hon. Nominee No. 001 that this House has already pronounced itself that public private partnership should take place in the county governments. It is important that we empower the county governments to enter into public private partnerships. I will give you a typical example. If a county government wants to do a specialised hospital in a county and they do not have money, they could well contract a certain university to come and build the hospital through a public private partnership framework and organise on how they do it, so ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I just want to comfort the Hon. Nominee No. 001 that this House has already pronounced itself that public private partnership should take place in the county governments. It is important that we empower the county governments to enter into public private partnerships. I will give you a typical example. If a county government wants to do a specialised hospital in a county and they do not have money, they could well contract a certain university to come and build the hospital through a public private partnership framework and organise on how they do it, so ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the first thing that we must agree on when defeating this amendment is that the Attorney-General has power. We will not give him more power. The Constitution is very clear on the functions of the county governments and national government. We have also agreed here that the county governments shall give their lists to the national Government. They will be very clear. They must be approved by the national Government. The devil is in the detail here. The proposed amendment in new Clause 21A (2) states that a contracting authority or county government which intends to ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Let us avoid these issues that can create uncertainty and situations where no project will ever be completed because everyone will claim that it affects them. We were taken to court by the Senate. They said that the Appropriation Bill affects counties because money is spent there. People can extend this issue of what concerns counties to dilly-dally and kill very good projects. Let us defeat this amendment because Hon. Ichung’wah does not want to withdraw it. Let us take a vote. I urge that we do not add any more bureaucracy than we already have. view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the first thing that we must agree on when defeating this amendment is that the Attorney-General has power. We will not give him more power. The Constitution is very clear on the functions of the county governments and national government. We have also agreed here that the county governments shall give their lists to the national Government. They will be very clear. They must be approved by the national Government. The devil is in the detail here. The proposed amendment in new Clause 21A (2) states that a contracting authority or county government which intends to ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Attorney-General for a determination as to whether the proposed project concerns a county government. Any county government can argue that an expressway concerns Kisumu County because vehicles will move on it. Another one will be in Mombasa. Before you get concurrence, the person who is undertaking the PPP project will be taken through rigmarole because everyone will say that it affects their counties. They must come and make a presentation to approve the project. People will say that a project in Turkana County to construct a windmill affects other counties because electricity will be transmitted there. view