Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1761 to 1770 of 6175.

• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: got a date, he will then inform the House. He is holed up with his Committee on matters of the Budget. Otherwise, he would have been here. He is always here. Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.44(2)(a), I rise to give the following Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee which met on Tuesday, 16th February 2021, to prioritise business for consideration. On Tuesday next week during the Afternoon Sitting, we shall consider the following Bills in the Committee of the Whole House. Just in case Members have forgotten, that is where we will be ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I do not know where the Member got the information. So, we will sit together and then confirm it. I cannot commit to do something on behalf of the HBC. The Chair is Hon. Speaker. I said that we would meet on Tuesday to prioritise business. We take note of some of those issues which were raised. I do not know why the Member does not want this matter to be prosecuted through the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations which will be more relevant. Be that as it may, I will look at how to best ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I do not know where the Member got the information. So, we will sit together and then confirm it. I cannot commit to do something on behalf of the HBC. The Chair is Hon. Speaker. I said that we would meet on Tuesday to prioritise business. We take note of some of those issues which were raised. I do not know why the Member does not want this matter to be prosecuted through the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations which will be more relevant. Be that as it may, I will look at how to best ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Exactly. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Exactly. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Kenya National Library Service Bill (Bill No.5 of 2020) be now read a second time. By way of introduction, this is a Government sponsored Bill which was published on 20th March, 2020. It came under my predecessors’ signature and it was read for the first time on 14th April, 2020 in this House and thereafter was committed to the Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism for consideration, pursuant to Standing Order No.127. Hon. Speaker, the main objective of this Bill is to give effect to Article 11 of our Constitution which ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Kenya National Library Service Bill (Bill No.5 of 2020) be now read a second time. By way of introduction, this is a Government sponsored Bill which was published on 20th March, 2020. It came under my predecessors’ signature and it was read for the first time on 14th April, 2020 in this House and thereafter was committed to the Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism for consideration, pursuant to Standing Order No.127. Hon. Speaker, the main objective of this Bill is to give effect to Article 11 of our Constitution which ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The Bill is divided into 40 clauses and three schedules. With the promulgation of the Constitution in 2010, there has obviously been a need to align our library services regime to the Constitution, and in particular Members may remember that under the current Constitution, the library functions have been devolved or split so that some are held at the national Government and others at the county level. Hence, we need to update the new institutional structure to accommodate operations at the county and how they get sorted out as well as at the national level. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The Bill is divided into 40 clauses and three schedules. With the promulgation of the Constitution in 2010, there has obviously been a need to align our library services regime to the Constitution, and in particular Members may remember that under the current Constitution, the library functions have been devolved or split so that some are held at the national Government and others at the county level. Hence, we need to update the new institutional structure to accommodate operations at the county and how they get sorted out as well as at the national level. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Basically, the Bill provides for the establishment of the Kenya National Library Service. The previous Bill only looked at the board, but this one creates a national library service and provides a number of functions which are all listed within the Bill. It is a very comprehensive list of functions under Clause 5, which go a long way in defining what it can do or what it seeks and Parliament empowers it to do through enactment of this Bill. Let me highlight some of them and the fundamental one is to equip, develop, manage and maintain the Kenya National Library ... view