Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2401 to 2410 of 6175.

• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I thank the Parliamentary Pensions Committee and Hon. Mwadime for bringing the Bill to align the current Act to the requirements of the Constitution. The current Act still talks of the National Assembly and ignores the fact that there is the Senate. So, trying to align the Act to the Constitution is a major advancement to make sure that we are talking of Parliament rather than the National Assembly. The second thing is obviously the issue of Members making a deliberate choice. Let me say something at the ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: captured right now within the Bill. It may have been a typo. I did not hear the Mover or Seconder correcting what is in the Bill. I hope Hon. Otiende Amollo has also picked it up with his thorough combing. I combed quickly and realised there was something missing. There is a rate quoted but not actually stated. We need to have that included in the Bill for completeness. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, again, most of this Bill is about compliance with the Constitution. It is about aligning. A number of these clauses basically change including changing “National Assembly” to ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. We are at the Third Reading of this Bill. Unfortunately, so many comments that are coming up now ought to have been canvassed during the Second Reading. Members need to know when to debate a Bill. The House has already decided that it is in the best public interest to have this Bill passed this way. We should not second-guess the actions of the President. Doing so is tantamount to discussing the President in this House – that he is likely to act in a particular manner or not. Let us cross the bridge ... view
• 5 Aug 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
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: So, let us be fair to Members who have served this Parliament. They are pensionable in the first instance. They are already on pension. We are not giving them pension; what we are doing is to bring their pension of Kshs6,000 to its present day value. If somebody was entitled to Kshs6,000 20 years ago, what is the current values of Kshs6,000 today so that they can be cushioned against the vagaries of inflation? They served this country with honour and dignity. It would be unfortunate for us to let them go out indignity. This is something we need to ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: I want to thank the House for this decision, and thank the Leader of the Minority Party and his party for sponsoring this Bill. We can canvass other decisions when we will be looking at the Bill sponsored by the Committee on the Parliamentary pensions, when it will be before the House this afternoon. It is then that we can have a robust debate on the pros and cons of the Bill and what to do in between. On matters to do with what the President is likely to do, I would ask the House to preserve that for me ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Yes. I would like to join my colleagues in supporting this amendment which aims to further help in accountability on the realisation of the national values as articulated in Article 232 of the Constitution which among other things require that there should be diversity. This not just in terms of regions but also in terms of age, gender and inclusivity. This is so that all Kenyans can be included. However, most importantly, it emphases the higher standards of professional ethics, meritocracy and fair competition in recruitment. It will be good to see how all that has been captured within the ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is obviously a good amendment. We hope it will improve on accountability and force people to think about the future because they will be called to account for their actions. view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am taking cue from a comment you may have made in passing. When this accountability is called for, there is also a danger that a report such as this one could easily be used negatively. For example, it could be used to deny certain people who merit appointment that opportunity. They may not be appointed because of having exhausted their quota. I was very keen when Hon. Mwirigi was talking because he is a youth. His emphasis is on the youth. Much as we are told that people who are over 60 years of age ... view