Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2671 to 2680 of 6175.

• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Seconded. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. In fact, the question of accountability is not by a person to Parliament, but by the office of the Cabinet Secretary. When CSs appear before us, they come complete with a technical team. At times, they even delegate to members of the technical team to respond to questions directly because they have technical expertise. So, once we look at it from that perspective – that, the CS envisaged to report to Parliament is an office rather than a person – then we can internalise the concept of delegation of that accountability to a person below the ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: When the President appointed the CASs, he explained that there had been a lot of concern from Parliament that the CSs were not available either because they were busy moving between the National Assembly and the Senate, their offices and other official functions or are not available to serve Parliament. He then said that he was creating an office to be an interface 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
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: between Parliament and the ministries so that CSs can concentrate on delivering other ministerial functions that are required of their ministries. Even in the debate we had in our retreat, I remember we agreed that there should be only three people who can appear before Parliament. That is the CS, CAS and the Principal Secretary (PS). The wording was “PS and above” because rank-wise, we have the CS, the CAS and the PS. Sometimes, we do some things and forget them. We are now even questioning the legitimacy of the CASs. I hope the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Not all CASs are political. We are now mixing up things because we know some of them. The CAS for the Ministry of Education, Prof. Colleta Suda, is not a politician. She doubles up as the PS for University Education and CAS for the Ministry. Eng. Mosonik and Dr. Rashid are CASs, but not politicians. Not everyone is a rejected politician. So, let us respect the offices but, most importantly, let us accept the exact mischief we are trying to cure. The CASs are to assist CSs so that we do not keep on saying that the CSs do not ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I wish to rest my case there. Remember that in our discussion in the House Rules Committee and in the leadership of the House, it was agreed that it is the CS, PS or CAS who can represent a ministry. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Before I reply, I would like to donate one minute to Hon. Buyu since she is the last one on the list. view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. On behalf of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research, I want to first put on record our appreciation for the support that Members have indicated to this Bill and the emotional 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
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: attachment they have to the early learning process, in recognition that it is the foundation of all learning. If we get it right there, we get it right all the way. If we get it wrong, we are sunk. As a Committee, we looked at this Bill extensively. We will bring a whole raft of amendments, first of all to harmonise it with the Basic Education Act, so that the terminologies and phraseologies are all aligned and to also bring some of the provisions that the Senate did not include. I would like to encourage Members who have promised to ... view