Amos Kimunya

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• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: The Judicial Service Act is meant to reduce the post-qualification years of experience as a legal researcher from two years to one year. Basically, this is to enable people moving into legal research to move in earlier than it is in the current law. On the Kenya National Commission of Human Rights, it is basically an elaboration of the function of the commission and to update the provision relating to the appointment of members to the commission. The function shall now include “…to advise the State on the ratification of, or accession to, international and regional treaties relating to human ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: and table its report from the current 14 to 28 days. You will agree that every time we have vetting of officers, committees usually come back here to say they want an extension of time. It is unrealistic to expect that we are to get all these things within 14 days. You end up with the wrong quality. By doubling the time to 28 days, we will have a better situation. The amendment to the Universities Act of 2012 seeks to provide for establishment, by charter, or degree awarding institutions specialising in national security issues and to apply some of ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Lastly, on the Kenya Coast Guard Act of 2018, the Bill proposes to amend the Kenya Coast Guard Act to include Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) as bodies from which the service can recruit officers. It also proposes to expand the technical committee of the Service and to standardise the ranks in the Service with the Defence Forces. Hon. Speaker, I believe the details of the Acts being amended are contained in the Bill. The Memorandum of Objects and Reasons is very clear in terms of what happens. The various committees have gone through it. ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to thank Members of the various committees for taking time to go through their work with a fine toothcomb. The Chairs have articulated what the committees deliberated on and brought here either by way of amending or concurring with the Bill. I also agree fully with the sentiments of Hon. Duale about the independent bodies. I confirm that, indeed, we discussed that within the Leadership Retreat on how best we can process business coming from those independent bodies without it being seen that we are interfering with their independence. Hence, that may not be ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to reply. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. We pray I move very fast. I know Committee Stage is still unfamiliar territory for most of the Members. What happened in Section 6, just for the record, is that if it is in the public interest, the Cabinet Secretary could demand that somebody produces the data and the apparatus. What the Committee did was to say 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
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: that where it appears to the Cabinet Secretary that it is in the national interest, the Cabinet Secretary may apply to the High Court for an order requiring a person to produce the data. So, the protection of the person is already in-built. It will not be the Cabinet Secretary to order. The Cabinet Secretary will have to go to court to seek an order to compel somebody to produce the data. I think that is in tandem with the production of any other data. I think that is good. That is what Members have passed. I just want to ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I think we need to look at where we are coming from. KRB basically is the one that raises monies and disburses them to the different agencies like Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). Its span goes beyond several. The original Act that created KRB had five years. So, as we align this, we are talking in terms of the changes in the other bodies that created three years, and this one was left hanging. So, it is being changed to state the term of the Director-General. If ... view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: ( Question, that the new section be read view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: 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