Amos Kimunya

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• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: We are now being forced to do the job of the recruitment panel. Hence, we want to do a nice job and set the standard for other Committees in future. view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Division of Revenue Bill that has just been presented to us. In many ways, it is a total replica of what we approved as a House in terms of the BPS. Because I do not want to speak a lot, I will take on one item which has been tabled. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I was surprised when the Leader of the Majority Party was invited to second. I expected him to second, but he seemed to cast doubts on whether we should pass the Bill as it is. I want to share with the House to remove those doubts. Hon. Musimba may have risen and sneaked in something through a point of order to the effect that we will be suffering some revenue shortfall because of COVID-19, the desert locusts and many other issues. That is at the national level. What we need to focus on is the spirit of Article 292 where ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: on the ground. I would rather we rationalise on those other bigger issues at the national level if the money is not enough through the supplementary budgets. I said earlier - and I want to repeat it again - that we should not think of the money we are giving to the counties. We know there are challenges. It is only eight years down the line. Devolution is still being tested. We need to strengthen the oversight role. This National Assembly will have to create a role to strengthen the oversight role by collaborating further with the county assemblies and ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rest my case. The least we can do today is to pass the Division of Revenue Bill as it is. Let us not try to tamper with it. We will end up with another mediation that will be prolonged. We have 30th April deadline where we will bring in Budget Estimates. You cannot appropriate money without dividing it. If we want to avoid that trouble in future, let us not go back on the commitments that were made within the IBEC framework. Let us live within that so that the National Assembly is not seen as if ... view
• 17 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I support the Bill. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair. Let us be clear on this matter, Members of this Committee. We already have the levy. We are not changing the levy. What we are saying is that the levy was initially envisaged for purposes of building a fund for the construction of a railway. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I know. I know because I was involved in it. I was the Minister for Transport. So, I know what we had in mind on the levy. At that point, it was expected that the operation would be funded from other sources. Now, the levy is there. The money is there. You have a choice, either use the levy to pay the construction cost and then appropriate money from other funds to pay for the maintenance. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: No. Those are the two choices. Let us not engage. I am explaining so that we make a decision for the record. We have a levy and it was to create a fund to pay for the loans incurred on the construction. It was envisaged that the annual operational costs would be funded from the user fees and also from grants by the National Treasury through Kenya Railways. Now that we have money in the fund, there is no harm in using the money from the fund to pay for the construction and maintenance. view