Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to support the Report by the Committee. 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
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: This is a fairly procedural matter despite the Mover and the Seconder taking us through a whole lot of history on the Bill. We debated the Division of Revenue Bill in this House. We then sent it to the Senate because of some historical issues and in compliance with an advisory from the courts in as much as we do not see the relevance of referring it to the Senate. This is a matter of appropriation, which should have been finalised by the National Assembly. The Senate, in their wisdom, looked at some of those things and said that the ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020 be now read a Second Time. From the outset, I want to thank the promoters of the BBI Bill for this singular honour to me to move this Bill. I am cognisant of the fact that its promoters are represented in this House by Hon. Junet. He signed a letter to assign the responsibility of moving the Bill, on their behalf, to me and the Leader of the Minority Party. I wish to remind the House about this background. Following the chaos that manifested after the ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. C.J. That created a moment that crystalised the constitutional imperative to seek peace, security and unity. That is something that we must constantly put at the back of our minds. What we are doing is that we are seeking peace, security and unity. When the two leaders shook hands to create a truly bipartisan opportunity to unite this country – unity that has eluded this country since Independence – they set in motion a process that will identify comprehensive and far-reaching changes that would strengthen the rule of law, unite Kenyans, deepen our constitutionalism and launch a ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: matter whether it is KEMSA or elsewhere—but the sheer fact that we have an ethics and anti- corruption commission in the Constitution is a sure admission that corruption is so much in our system. In countries that have sorted out corruption issues, you do not even have an anti-corruption police because they have sorted out the problem through their national ethos. They hate corruption because it is bad; it deprives people of services. The other issue is devolution. In 2010 we said let us move from decentralisation of services to actual devolution of services. Under decentralisation, you are basically moving ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Having subscribed to the threshold for introduction by the population in Parliament, the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill was read for the First Time in both Houses on 4th March 2020. It was introduced without delay from the county assemblies but remember we are now two months since it came to this House. It is important we remind ourselves that the clock is ticking and people are looking to see if this House is processing it without delay. Hon. Speaker, in your Communication dated 4th March 2021 on the Draft Bill, you informed the House that upon reading the Bill, ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: and increase resource allocation to the counties by strengthening the amount available for devolution. Hon. Speaker, the other issue is to broaden the mechanisms for all people of Kenya to benefit from economic growth, harmonise certain roles and functions of bicameral legislature, to fortify national ethos by specifying the responsibility of citizens, to strengthen accountability of public resources and the fight against corruption. Hon. Speaker, the proposed constitutional reforms originate from views of citizens expressed through the (BBI. Through the BBI, citizens from all corners of the country share their concerns and views on issues ranging from responsibilities and rights, ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: government of the day are not willing to change the Constitution for the benefit of the people, you now have a route in Article 257 through which you can actually change the Constitution. In addition, this Bill is the first to come to this House through that initiative. Thanks to the efforts of the Constitution 2010. The people of Kenya can now come to this House and ultimately to the other Kenyans to persuade them to change the Constitution whether we as a House support it or not, and whether the Government supports it or not. If the people want ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: by one Member. However, that Question might be of interest to the entire House. When Questions are answered on the Floor of this House the accountability is to the entire House and people can then follow up rather than having responses in small bits and pieces. So the Members then said, 'Let us have the Executive back in the House.' When you have that kind of situation where Ministers are in the House then, obviously, you need somebody to coordinate them. It cannot be the Leader of Majority Party. What we used to have in the old days, that is, ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, one of the other innovative things that happened in terms of the amendments to Article 97 is that in the event that the public does not elect Members in the proportions envisaged, the two-thirds, political parties will be forced to provide lists that are gender complaint. The top up will also not just be by people picking those who have never participated in an electoral system. The point of topping up is to help people to participate in an election. So, it will be tied to people who virtually participated in an election. As regards the strengthening of ... view