Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: entertain those Petitions, the more the number increases. Somebody loses a job. Instead of going to the labour court, they come to Parliament. Somebody loses their land, they come here. So, Hon. Speaker, I want you to, given the background you have given in terms of the division of responsibilities, perhaps communicate to the House, at some time in terms of what should be the matters that could be canvassed through Petitions. That is so that we do not overburden the Committees with a lot of work and they come up with resolutions that cannot be implemented. view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Much as Members may want to entertain those issues, it is important that we do what is within our mandate. The Constitution states that people can petition Parliament but it also says that Parliament can only look at matters within its mandate, whether it is the Senate or the National Assembly. The moment we start deviating to look at matters in court and in the National Land Commission, we would be diverting from our core mandate as per the Constitution. It would be important that you give us guidance at some point on what can be brought here and what ... view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: A list on fresh submission and resubmission of nominees to the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) Committees for Lurambi and Tigania West constituencies respectively. view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. On the concern by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, in terms of sequencing the regulations; my understanding is that the regulations that have been drafted are based on the existing Act. The Tea Bill has not been passed. The Ministry cannot wait until this House either passes it or not to make regulations. Business must continue. The regulations are rightfully before the Committee on Delegated Legislation and the Tea Bill is rightfully before this House. We cannot The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A ... view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: tell when legislation on the Tea Bill will be concluded. Let us process the two separately, and when the Tea Bill eventually becomes an Act of Parliament, the regulations will be updated to be in line with the new Act. For now, let us proceed. In any case, the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock is at liberty to attend the sessions of the Committee on Delegated Legislation when they will be reviewing the regulations and give their input. view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to start by thanking the Committee for the patience they had based on the Report, as they were taken through this run around by the petitioners and others. Everyone using information they have to their advantage, is obviously purporting to mislead Parliament to sanitise some irregular allocations on the subject land. I want to ask Members to avoid emotions on this matter and base it on facts. Fortunately, I know this land because I was the Minister for Lands between 2003 and 2006. This same matter came to my attention. So, beyond ... view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Let me just clarify to Hon. Waihenya that, indeed, I have copies of the receipts the Government paid to the Commissioner of Lands. The Department of Defence is an appropriation. It was paid to the Commissioner of Lands. The Commissioner of Lands deposited the cheque in court. Because obviously there was a challenge on the amount, the amount was deposited in court. The court then forwarded the money to the advocates for the owner. The advocate for the owner has confirmed they received the money and it was deposited in their bank. view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: I do not even know what is in dispute because facts do not lie. view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I think the important thing for this House to appreciate is this House passed a law which was called Cap. 295, the Land Acquisition Act. It was in operation then until it was repealed in 2012 with the review of the land laws to align them with the new Constitution. That was the law and that law was used not just for the Roysambu land. It was used even to acquire all the lands on all these roads and bypasses. What I want to remind Members is that in the 1990s, there was a ... view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: - you cannot give what you do not have. Once the land was sealed, that land belongs to the KDF. That was it. view