Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: If we agree to remove the capping of interest rates, the SMEs sector, which is probably the lifeline of this country right now because the big companies are busy laying off workers, will suffer. The SME sector, that we need to save, will probably be the one to save the realisation of the Big Four Agenda. I hope the people who advise the Executive and the President are in touch with the reality to see what is happening. By advising that we remove the cap at this point when the economy is at its lowest, when it is almost going ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I commend the Committee because they have seen the light and have supported the Bill by Hon. Jude Njomo and we should all support it. As it has been said, I hope if this matter comes back in a memorandum we will stand with the people and make the Executive realise what we need. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Lastly, I know the Committee, in looking for where to raise money, has gone the route we all think is the easiest, the so-called sin taxes. But we need to remind ourselves that the chaps who consume alcohol at the household level will not buy half a bottle because we have raised the tax. So, at the low end, people will still take their two bottles of beer because they cannot buy in halves, but that will mean that the disposable income available to their households will be depleted. view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the importance of this, and I see the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning is here, when we increase some taxes especially on some alcohol, cigarettes and all that, we reduce the disposable income available to households especially for people at the lower level or you migrate them into cheap alcohol. We saw this happen in 2013 until we went around trying to mop up the illicit alcoholic drinks. Let us balance between the need to raise more money and the social cost of raising that revenue. It might end up costing ... view
• 19 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to support. I commend the Committee for a job well done. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the statement made by the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Indeed, it represents the deliberations of the conference. I also want to thank the Clerk of the National Assembly for ably representing the leadership of the House and highlighting some of the issues, especially from an accounting officer’s perspective, so that it is not just we looking but we had live input from an accounting officer. I also want to add onto what Hon. Mbadi mentioned. The conference was not just a meeting of Vice-Chairs and Chairs but included accounting ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: However, we have been missing out on what outputs were promised and whether they have been achieved. What impact have they made on the lives of Kenyans? If we could start re- thinking that way as a House, within the next three years, we could inculcate that in all the Members, that is, the culture of interrogating not just how much money has been spent or the absorption rate, but the impact it has had. For example, how many kilometres have been constructed? When we were looking at the Budget earlier in the year, the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) was ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Changes are made in the National Treasury and now we hear that agencies will be going back to review the Budget in order to mainstream it to the Big Four Agenda. What kind of Budget did we pass? The BPS and the Budget had the Big Four Agenda and now we are talking of the Big Four Agenda! So, there is a disconnect even at the Executive. If we do not capture it and oversee it well, we will come back here for the Supplementary Budget II, to then review and mainstream it into the Big Four Agenda. That is ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: So, let us rethink as the 12th Parliament and purpose that our legacy should be to create a House that oversees the Executive; the Judiciary and all other agencies. It would rather be, than just flowing with the activities of the day and being seen in such a way that you cannot tell the difference between the Executive and the National Assembly. When we lose, then we become redundant and initiatives such as Punguza Mizigo would want to water down what we do because they cannot actually see what we are doing. So, let us reassert ourselves. The current threats ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: can hold the Executive and all other agencies to account and ensure that the money we give them translates not just into spending but also impacts the economy, the lives of people, and poverty reduction. That way, we will make Kenya great. view