Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2941 to 2950 of 6175.

• 9 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we are discussing some very serious matters. Whatever this Parliament does must be in accordance with the Constitution. Looking at the amendment that has just been moved and being seconded, it is very clear that it attempts to take action on the CSs in a manner that is not in accordance with Article 152 of the Constitution. view
• 9 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: This House cannot discuss anything that goes against the Constitution. I would like to appeal to you to give us a ruling on whether this amendment goes against the spirit and letter of Article 152 of the Constitution, so that we can stop any further debate on a matter that is clearly unconstitutional. view
• 8 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Report of the Committee and to congratulate the nominees, first of all, for being nominated and for getting this far in terms of vetting. I want to make a few remarks, perhaps, not related to any specific individual. I know some of the things that happen within the diplomatic world from my rather long time within Government and interacting with diplomats, not just from Kenya, but from other countries. One of the issues that the Committee might want to look at is that, this is the second time we are getting ... view
• 8 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: not be respected by the other diplomats they find there. I make that plea to this House as we move forward. Secondly - and I think the matter was raised by Hon. Koech - there are jobs that you perform and you do not become popular. I have been in that position. I was referred to as the most arrogant Minister because I would refuse to increase the mileage for parliamentarians. That was what the National Treasury was expected to do. view
• 8 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I am confessing and telling Parliament. view
• 8 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if my memory is correct, Cap 5 was the then Parliamentary Salaries Act which required that any adjustment to the mileage would have to be approved by the National Treasury. The PSC made those requests and I approved the mileages and even the increase of the mortgage. I had set those regulations to increase the mortgage to what it was and to even allow it to be used for renovation of buildings because not everyone was buying a house. The point I am making is that there are jobs that you are appointed to that require you to ... view
• 26 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. First of all, for avoidance of doubt, let me state that the reason the Order Paper is supplied before the Sitting of the House is so that Members can refer to any content which is referred there. view
• 26 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Section 57 in the principal Act on Page 26 reads that the contracting authority shall, where the Cabinet approves or Parliament ratifies the undertaking of project as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) under this Act, execute the contract awarded to that bidder. The new amendment tidies up the Act and avoids the repetitions that are in the current Act. We do not need to spend a lot of time on this one. view
• 26 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning should listen. The amendment which we have just passed, which was brought by the Leader of the Majority Party, changed Section 57 of the principal Act. The effect of that was to delete whatever is in the current Section 57, which includes the reference to the Cabinet, and replaced it with a new simplified one which read ‘after approval of the project and financial risk assessment report under Section 56, the contracting authority shall execute the contract awarded to the bidder’. So, with that amendment, ... view
• 26 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: removed the ambiguity that was there about the Cabinet. The word ‘Cabinet’ does not exist anymore because it has already been amended by the Leader of the Majority Party. view