Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: If he can do that, then we can start inculcating the culture of integrity in people, believing in our national values right from the time our children get to school. By the time he gets to finish his term, he will say: “I have changed a critical mass of Kenyans to believe that corruption is not good for them.” The recent surveys that were done revealed that all the youth believed that it is cool to be corrupt. Unless we change that mind-set, it does not matter how many people we put there; it does not matter the resources put ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to congratulate the Leader of the Majority Party for his wisdom. We deliberated over this matter in the House Business Committee. We have been very concerned about a Bill of this magnitude not getting to where it is desired. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: As part of his reply notes, the Leader of the Majority Party may wish, through you, Hon. Speaker, to get some input from the Committee we set up in the House to tell us about the progress of the implementation of the Constitution, namely, the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC). This is coming in part because of the requirement of Article 100. Perhaps now, the Leader of the Majority Party may take this opportunity to meet with the Committee and be updated on where we are, so that as Members vote on the Bill, they will have the advantage of ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill which is a repeal and re-enactment of another old Bill. Cap.25 is one of the very first laws to have been passed in the old days, hence we can see it is quite ancient and requires to be aligned with the new Constitution, which has obviously brought in counties among others things. Beyond that, there is very little except references to the Public Finance Management Act and other laws that have been updated since, like the Public Procurement Act which came in 2005. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: This law is obviously designed to protect the Government. If Hon. Millie were to give me attention, she might capture some of the things in her proposed amendment. The first thing is the issue she raised. Corruption has been defined and even in the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act, it includes sexual overtures and demands. Hon. Kioni has raised the issue that we could end up thinking we are cancelling a contract because it involved some sexual harassment, which obviously becomes double jeopardy. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Most importantly, we have witnessed in this country where one bidder loses and looks for any means to disqualify the one who won. We may end up with a lady who has won a contract genuinely and the first person who goes to appeal in the tribunal says that she was dressed in a mini skirt, appeared in the tender committee in a mini skirt where she sexually harassed the committee and that is how she won. We may open a Pandora’s Box where some of these things are misused to marginalise ladies further. They are already marginalised, so let ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I wish the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning Chair was here, but the message will reach him. This Bill intends to protect Government and all clauses are about what a contractor must do to comply. But there is very little on what the Government will do to comply yet it is a contract which involves two people. I am particularly worried about the current trend that has emerged where all payments are delayed. All contractors enter into contracts that are supposed to be paid within 30 days, but our youths and medium and small enterprises suffer because the ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: loans they take with banks are recalled and auctioned because the Government has failed to honour its part of the contract by paying them on time. So, one of the things I would like to see as we look at this Bill is a clause coming in through an amendment that will force Government to also deliver its part of the contract so that delays in payments or creating a culture of prompt payments becomes embedded in the Bill so that both sides of the contract are taken care of and the contractor and the Government are protected. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Clause 14 has quite a number of exemptions coming from the old days. It exempts public officers. We are saying what they should do but, when we come to Clause 14, we exempt them from all manner of things. I wish Hon. Millie Odhiambo would help us here to make sure that the exemptions given to public officers who end up contracting is not used to get out of their obligations under the law, particularly Clause 14(c) that states: “in his personal capacity, be liable in civil or criminal proceedings in respect of any act or omissions done in good ... view