Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1391 to 1400 of 6175.

• 19 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. It is important that we understand and appreciate what this Motion is all about. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 19 May 2021 in National Assembly: Kenya Airways is supporting farmers in ferrying their goods in and out all time. view
• 19 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you. Kenya Airways is a critical actor in this country, supporting the economy. If you kill Kenya Airways, you kill all the economy that is supported through transportation, be it tourism, be it agriculture, be it horticulture. Hence, this is a measure to shield it even from litigation that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 19 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion and thank the Committee for doing a splendid job as the last speaker has just said. It is probably one of the best practices in terms of how-to vet officers as opposed to grilling and attempting to redo interviews that were done elsewhere. I think this is just highlighting and clarifying issues for purposes of public participation. The Swahili have a saying, if you allow me to quote, that: Chema chajiuza, kibaya view
• 19 May 2021 in National Assembly: . From what we have heard, the gracious lady has 33 years of experience spanning in all disciplines, from family law, private practice, pro bono works, environment, High Court, and all the way to the Court of Appeal. It is the cross-cutting that she has managed to sell herself to the Kenyan people and to the Committee. So, what we are doing here is repeating ourselves in increasing the accolades. We believe that she will do a good job as she has promised. view
• 19 May 2021 in National Assembly: I just want to take on two commitments that she made to the Committee and Kenyans through this House. That this is about living true to her calling as a jurist in terms of independence, non-partisanship, non-political stunts and also in the war against graft. The war against graft is not limited to the Executive. It goes across all institutions. If you allow graft at the Judiciary, it does not matter who the head is. Nobody will ever get justice. If the war on graft starts there, and then cuts across all the institutions, then people will know it is ... view
• 19 May 2021 in National Assembly: The other thing I am happy about is her commitment for non-interference with the other arms of the Government. You are aware that we have been gagged before. We have been told we cannot process Bills. Last year, we spent a lot of time because we had been told we cannot do Bills. We were told that some of the Bills we had passed like the ones on appropriation and supplementary were illegal. Obviously, this is something that cannot be enforced because, how do you tell people to return the money that was spent on an Appropriation Bill? Some excesses ... view
• 19 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the founders of this doctrine of checks and balances, particularly James Madison, were very clear. It is not about having checks and balances, it is ensuring that of all the arms of Government, there will be adequate checks to ensure that none of those arms is so strong to stifle the others from making decisions or from operating. It is not just about creating checks and all those other things. But there should be checks within the law and within the institutions so that the Executive does not muzzle the Judiciary; or Parliament does not muzzle the ... view
• 19 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to report that a Committee of the whole House has considered the Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) (Amendment) Bill and approved the same with amendments. view
• 19 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to thank you for this opportunity and thank the Members for, first of all, turning up today for the Special Sitting to conduct the business. We have done very well in the course of the day up to this Bill. This is a very important Bill as it will unlock the infrastructural potential of this country by inviting private companies to come and team up with public partners so that Kenyans can be far much better than they are now. It will also bring down the level of debt that we are concerned about ... view