Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I have heard comments from some of the Members in terms of what this is. When I read the Bill, these are exactly the issues that the Bill is seeking to bring. If you look at the Fourth Schedule, for example, which is now a new thing, it brings in the fundamental principles of official statistics. It brings into place the issue of confidentiality, professionalism and the whole point of sharing data internationally, including how it is collected. The Bill is well crafted. I am very happy with it. Most important is the fact that we will now have a ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Previously, when those forms would be sent to people – this is done not only during the census – they would look at the questions and start wondering if it is information coming from the KRA through the KNBS and would then be misused. That has affected the response rates, 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 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: which have been traditionally very low. Obviously, with a low response rate, it also means that the quality and reliability of data collected gets comprised. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I am very happy that the introduction of professionalism, limiting the use of the data, and making the data confidential will now add to the confidence of the respondents which then has a knock-on effect on quality of data. I said earlier that I am happy this Bill seeks to align issues to the current reality. The amendment to the current Section 19 seeks to provide that responses could also be sent through electronic means. For any of you who have been collecting data of late, you know that when you circulate questionnaires to people to fill manually, the response ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I do not want to belabour the point that has been made on the census. It is important that we get the data right. The 2009 results have always been under contention. It even led to skewed allocation of resources. You can see where the people are living, but they do not have money. That is the kind of disparity that we want to resolve even as we get data. I truly support that local staff should be hired for the census, but even as we are agitating for that, we should never lose sight that by just going so ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: As much as you are saying that it is easier to open up to the neighbour, people might also be secretive. They do not want their neighbour to know what they have. The survey is much more than just counting people. The census will involve even the number of animals you have, sources of income and other things that people may not want to share with their neighbours. It is important that we balance some of these things; the pros and cons of using local staff vis-à-vis outsiders. We need to encourage that at least all the youth, who are ... view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I wish to congratulate the Committee for having worked on this Bill. I hope we will all be available to support and pass it in the shortest time possible. We should then give the tools to KNBS to do its work in accordance with this updated legal framework. view
• 1 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: I beg to support. view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support this Bill and more importantly to underscore the risks that we are being subjected to because of the supremacy battles between the Senate and the National Assembly which led to the collapse of the mediation. This can bring this country to a standstill. We are already seeing the effects of this in the counties and you can imagine what will happen if somebody was to tamper with the Appropriation Bill and bring it to a halt. You will not be here because there will be no money to pay you. The Senate ... view
• 25 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: We know a mistake was made in the last Session of Parliament which gave the impression to the Senate that they have a role to play in coming up with the Division of Revenue Bill when their role is clearly the horizontal allocation of revenue across the 47 counties in line with a formula that was passed by this House. That is all they are expected to do. They should confirm allocation, bring it here for us to pass and give them money. We are not yet there and I believe this is something that needs to be revisited so ... view