Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Apart from that, it is a good law and it will help us to redefine. Like I said, I would like to see a situation where we do not just protect contracts from one side, that is, the Government side. We also need to think of how to protect Kenyans because it is Parliament that represents Kenyans. In a contract that is being entered into between the public as contractors and the Government as the other party, then the Government Contracts Act, perhaps, needs to take both sides of the coin and ensure that we have some protection or some ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: enter into contracts with Government so long as they have fulfilled their end of the bargain. It must be ensured that the Government also fulfils its end of the bargain by paying them promptly and without any undue delay. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Nyikal took the words out of my mouth in terms of reemphasising the importance of what we have just done in creating this warehouse system. It is a major innovation that will change how we handle our agricultural commodities, the whole agricultural sector and trading in the agricultural sector. I must congratulate the Committee. We went through this. By the time we agreed on this recommittal, we had to consult and drop some of the names. None of the names were dropped because of the personality of the names. It was due to their relevance ... view
• 27 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with those words, I beg to support. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I have looked at this list. I agree with all the Members who have expressed reservations on a bloated council. We know Kenya Farmers Association is a moribund body that died long time ago. We are now trying to re-invent them by giving them a role within this warehouse receipt system after failing farmers terribly. The Consumer Federation of Kenya are consumers. We are bringing some activism into what should be a trading platform. We need efficiency in these organisations but not bureaucracy. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: We have the Eastern Africa Grain Council, Consumer Federation of Kenya, Kenya Bankers Association and Kenya Warehouse Operators Association. The next thing you will add after people agitate is Kenya Transporters Association. They also want to be there. Market People Association will also want to be there because they have an association with warehousing. The leaner the council the better it will be. Fellow Members, so that we do not waste a lot of time on this amendment, I ask the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock to withdraw the amendment or we vote against it and ... view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am looking at the Bill and I think it is important we get the essence. These warehouses will be in the counties. Our Constitution is very clear about devolution of functions. Agriculture and trade are devolved functions and are regulated at the county level. This Bill in Clause 5 intended to anchor the devolved functions so that the CEC defined in this Bill as the CEC member responsible for matters relating to agriculture in the respective county will interact with these warehouses which are being operated within their system. If we delete this ... view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. When I look at the amendment by the Chair and the one by the Leader of the Majority Party, I am inclined to go with the amendment by the Chair because, we are dealing with high value produce and by limiting to only an inspector, we will have a situation where at some level, you may want to send the CEO himself to carry out that inspection. What we have here is not a number of people going to inspect, it is an enabling clause that says that the CEO could do a random ... view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the Chair of the Committee. I was in the Cabinet for 10 years. Cabinet works within the framework of collective and not forced responsibility. You cannot force one Cabinet Secretary through law to consult another one. It is assumed that they are consulting. I have the benefit of insider information. By forcing it here, you are creating a situation where if for some reason they did not consult, there will be divisions within Cabinet through legal channels. This amendment is included, not to force them to consult, but as a reminder that they may ... view