Amos Kimunya

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• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: There is also Housing Development Fund. This is something that will revolutionise the housing development in this country. We should work towards getting more money. I am glad because there are some proposals to increase it from 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent, so long as that money is available to the contributor. Initially, it came here as a levy. However, between the publishing of the Bill, and the Committee meeting and most of the interactions that have been taking place, the National Treasury and the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development have seen it fit to ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: contribute to that pool of money to construct housing for everyone. None of us will lose his or her money because we will all get it back. It worked very well in Singapore, Hong Kong and South Africa. I believe that it will work very well in Kenya because there is a lot of money which is floating around, including people putting it under the mattresses because they do not know what to do with it. This will not only help to develop the housing sector but also spur the construction industry which we know that it has very big ... view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I wanted to speak on those things and also thank the Committee. By the time we come to the Committee of the whole House, we will be happy to look at all these issues again. We would be happy to look at all these amendments just to make sure that we do not reverse the gains that we have secured so far through some amendments. view
• 28 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the amendments which were brought through some rigorous debate in the various committees that are involved. I do not want to say much because most of it has been said. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: First of all, the Leader of the Majority Party mentioned that I was opposed to CSs being in the House. I was a minister for 10 years in this House. There is no way I can oppose a system that I was used to. There are people who are opposed to that but mainly that comes from the Back Bench. They asked how comes it is only a few people who are appointed to the Front Bench. It is better for everyone to come from outside. We have all seen the downside of that. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The other thing I wanted to mention is that we debated this issue extensively. Hon. Junet was not in the meeting at that point. There is this issue of participation by the friends of the committee and why you need them to consult the chair rather than the Speaker. The committees are led by the chairs. The prior approval of a friend of the committee by the chair of a committee is important because the chair has the information on the committee and the nitty-gritty of what is happening. That is the only person who can make a decision in ... view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Question Time is very good. I assure Hon. Amollo that, indeed, you can only have one person you can hold responsible for deciding on when a question will be answered. It does not matter whether the Leader of the Majority Party is in Government at that point. We could even have a situation where the Leader of the Minority Party, in a presidential system, has more Members in Parliament than the President. Even in that situation, whoever the Leader of the Majority Party is, he will carry out the business of the House and that is the person you should ... view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: some point we will get a way of getting through it. It is premature to start making amendments. I would rather we move on as they are and make progress. As we grow, because these are our internal rules, we will see how best to address those issues, including matters on the way forward. But we do not need to start thinking of a situation where consultation or agreement between the Leader of the Majority Party and Leader of the Minority Party has to be done. In the age of the handshake, it is very good. But assuming there is ... view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: It is from that basis that I wanted to contribute on those three items and urge that we pass the amendments as they are and see how their implementation gets on. It will obviously be good to see the questions. For 10 years, I stood on the other side answering questions from Members, and I agree with what Hon. Nyikal said; that, we prepared thoroughly because we knew the whole nation was watching us. We were to be held responsible for what we said in Parliament. It was also articulating Government policy in Parliament. Question Time will add value to ... view