Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.51 of 2020) be read a Second Time. As Members, we appreciate that Kenya is a great sporting nation. Kenya has been at the forefront in supporting the anti-doping measures that are applied on a global basis. Moreover, it is in that respect that this House passed the Anti-Doping Act of 2016, which was to provide for anti- doping measures that applied on a global basis. Now, the objective of this Bill is to bring in the Act of 2016 to be in line with the ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Therefore, Hon. Speaker, I really do not want to go through the details. The issue is so straightforward. It is something that has been negotiated on an international basis. Every country is expected to actually “kind of” agree with it and domesticate it and hence, really, we cannot even contemplate changing even a comma or an iota of it. This is because it is something that has been negotiated and once everyone negotiates and domesticates, then we have one standard to check on doping across the entire world without people trying to domesticate it to their local circumstances and start ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to thank the Members. Like I said, this is a very straightforward and yet important Bill. We now can close the year showing the world that we are not only a great sporting nation, but that we are also at the forefront in ensuring that the latest anti-doping code is incorporated within our laws. Our athletes have been shining in the London and Berlin Marathons. Remember the record set of running under two hours! Our athletes must not only get encouragement from other people, but should also get support from their lawmakers. We should ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to second the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill, (No.2 of 2020). From the onset, I want to commend the Committee and the Chair including the passion with which she has moved and cajoled the House to support the Committee Bill. The Committee met under very difficult circumstances and took off part of their holidays to look at these matters. Moreover, I am sure even as the Chair moves, they are still consulting on the amendments that they wish to bring because we are confident that Members will support them at the Second Reading, so ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: money to people to spend or should they be buying vaccines for them despite the fact that vaccines would be cheaper? It has also been proved that even as people were being stimulated to spend, they ended up saving the money because they were not sure about tomorrow. Therefore, the stimulation effect that has been required in the economy to make it grow has not actually been achieved. We know that from the July to September figures, I believe the revenue collection fell short by about Kshs50 billion. We only received about Kshs378 billion instead of Kshs428 billion and that ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, if you look at it from a quick calculation, 1 per cent of a turnover translates to your net profit at 3 per cent. So that 3 per cent becomes 1 per cent. Every business aims to cover at least the cost of inflation. The target inflation rate in this country is 5 per cent. So, nobody is in business unless you can cover the inflation rate. Otherwise, you would rather put your money in the bank instead of doing business. So, in terms of that argument that people are on a high turnover but low margin, ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: However, that is a discussion that is not before the House. It is not within the Bill. It is something we will have to figure out the framework on how to introduce that in the House and if it makes sense, the House will approve it, but if it does not make sense, then we can defer it to another day. The bottom line is that we are called upon to this House to balance between the expenditure requirements of the country. We all know that we need more and not less. We need more money for infrastructure and create ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: So, I appeal to Members not to debate a lot on this as it is a gesture that his Excellency and the Government gave to the business community and Kenyans with the understanding that when the situation improves, they would also reciprocate and say thank you for helping us when we needed you and now let us also help you back by surrendering the relief that you gave us so that we move on with the Government programme. I believe I have covered the areas and we will be discussing more on the VAT when we get there in the ... view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move that the Committee reports to the House its consideration of the Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 51 of 2020 and its approval thereof without amendments. view
• 22 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Members for the manner in which we have gone through this Bill, especially the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. I know they have been discussing as late as last night and as at of this morning on how to negotiate for the better of the Kenyan people. What we have passed today or we are about to conclude through the Third Reading is good for this country. It is a win-win for the National Treasury and for the people ... view