Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Perhaps, this has been one of the most interesting sessions. Having listened to every contributor 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
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: and the passion with which people have prosecuted the matters, I was touched, especially when listening to the last group of young contributors such as Hon. Ndindi Nyoro, K.J, Kwenya, not forgetting Muchangi and the others. The passion with which they have talked about what we need to do on the business laws reforms shows that they have an interest in business. Some of them are established business people. They are speaking from experience. As they say, it is the wearer of the shoe who knows where it hurts. I thank Members for their contributions on this. It is also ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97(1) and notwithstanding the Resolution of the House of February 10, 2021, each speech in debate on Bills under Article 257 of the Constitution (Amendment of the Constitution by Popular Initiative) shall be limited as follows: A maximum of sixty (60) minutes for the Mover in moving and thirty (30) minutes in replying and a maximum of fifteen (15) minutes for any other Member speaking, except for the Leader of the Majority Party, the Leader of the Minority Party and the Chairperson of ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as Members will agree, we are dealing with a very important matter and it is important that Members be given maximum opportunity to deliberate on the matters contained within the BBI Bill. Ten minutes may not suffice and hence the request that we extend, by 50 per cent - the normal time that is usually allocated for debate in the House. I wish to get some protection from loud consultations. Thank you. view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: The other request we will be requesting is even as we get to the debate, you know our Standing Orders do not allow Members to read notes. You are supposed to debate. However, on this particular matter, we will be asking you at the appropriate time to allow Members to actually have some notes that they could even substantively read to put on record their thoughts so that future generations will be able to see what this House went through clause by clause. To arrange the 15 minutes to make it more productive and efficient, we will be asking for ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: This is a very straightforward matter and, hence, I really do not want to get deeper into it. I thank you for your ruling that we have this matter debated on 1st April because it is important. We cannot keep Kenyans guessing for a long time. We need to unlock other systems and we promised that this House will be able to handle this matter expeditiously. Kenyans out there are actually looking at when the House is going to pronounce itself on this matter and put our thoughts on this matter clause by clause, so that future generations will know ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the Business Laws (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.50 of 2020) be read a Second Time. As Members will be aware, the Business Laws (Amendment) (No.2) Bill was published on 14th December 2020. It came for First Reading on 22nd December 2020. It was then committed to the various committees because it is an omnibus Bill that covers a number of business laws. As was communicated by the Speaker this afternoon, the Bill was deemed to be one concerning counties. Two statutes that were touching on counties have ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Clause 3 of the Bill seeks to amend the Industrial Training Act to provide for remittance of the Training Levy at the end of a business financial year and not at the 9th day of the month following the end of the year. This would be a similar amendment in the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Act to harmonise these remittances to about the same day as the payment of other taxes. This will ensure that you do not end up with different dates as you remit these deductions to the Government. You will, therefore, submit your Industrial Training Levy, ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Clause 4 of the Bill seeks to amend the Stamp Duty Act to reduce the cost of doing business by exempting payments of a fixed Kshs100 duty on contracts. This reduces the tax obligation on businesses by reducing the number of tax returns they file in each month which means that they can use that time more productively to make money rather than paperwork. I also spoke about the NHIF Act of 1998. There is an amendment to create that common date for payment of all the taxes and deductions. Similarly, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Act, 2013 is ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Clause 60 of the Bill proposes to amend the Small Claims Courts Act, 2016 by providing for adjudication of these small claims by providing a 60-day timeline. If you look at the nature of claims that appear before the Small Claims Court, they directly impact Small and Medium Enterprises that have a value of below Kshs1 million yet we know that these SMEs have the capacity to generate employment, wealth and hence any roadblock we put on them kills that overarching objective. By providing a 60-day timeline, it would expedite the hearing of all these issues and give businesses some ... view