Amos Kimunya

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• 22 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: surgeries over a 24-hour period without a rest. Those are persons showing dedication beyond the call of duty. We come here, sit and after browsing through the Report, the first thing we say is: “If you go to KNH, you are likely to even be taken to the maternity ward.” We are joking with the matter and trying to show the world that we have zombies and nincompoops at KNH who cannot tell between a man and a woman and that you are going to end up in a maternity ward as a man. There are some jokes we should ... view
• 22 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I wish the Report could have gone a little further on that. We need to get to the root cause of the problem. All those things we are seeing - the mothers complaining that they cannot go and feed their children or they have to pass through some lifts and bypass one another with the mortuary attendants and the mortuary attendants have to do their job. The mothers have to go and feed their children. What I am wondering is: At what point did we convert KNH into a maternity? This is a referral hospital. We have Pumwani Hospital as ... view
• 22 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I support that obviously, if the board has not thought of decongesting KNH, perhaps, they have been there for the wrong reasons. Now that we know there are problems and we need to start afresh, I support that we should have a new board like yesterday. The new board will then be mandated by the Act that set up KNH. Can we ensure that KNH is behaving and working in accordance with that Act? Look at all the services that should not be at KNH. Which of those should be in the devolved health facilities? Remove all those and do ... view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. Perhaps, even before I proceed, I would like to just draw the attention of the Hon. Member who has just finished talking that this Bill is not just about a metropolis. It is about creating a systematic transport system for Nairobi and its environs. It is specific to a certain area. 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
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I know that because I started the initial work on this Bill when I was the Minister of Transport. It is an old Bill. It has been developed over time. The whole thinking about this transport system for Nairobi is so that, if one is coming from Murang’a, Kiambu or Kajiado and because of the devolution of transport to the counties, there is order. If all these counties have different systems for managing transport, we end up with a very discordant way of doing things. A matatu coming from Murang’a will be travelling to up to Thika using a system ... view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: A lot of work has been done on this and if Members of Parliament are interested, especially those who are affected with this… Studies have been done for a long time on this Bill. The Bill has been sponsored by African Development Bank (ADB) and the Japanese. There is a lot of wealth within the Ministry of Transport that will guide you in terms of how you react to this Bill. I actually support this Bill and hope that this can be fast-tracked so that the traffic jams in Nairobi becomes a thing of the past. Movement of the people ... view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I remember just about the same time were looking at this, Dubai City was looking at creating its rail system and everyone thought that a fast train system was a waste of time. If you get to Dubai today, that train is always full and it is moving people, it has decongested the roads and has removed number of vehicles because people want to move in the fastest way possible. I am hoping that when we get all these and with the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) now connecting people to Mombasa and eventually up to Malaba, we will have all ... view
• 20 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I would like to welcome Hon. Kajwang’ and his colleagues for tea. I will get you more details on this. If there are any fears, you will be assured that, indeed this is the best thing for residents of Nairobi and the people who surround this area. Just to explain, there are no politics in this. It is a good Bill and I hope we will all support it. With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. Let me also join my colleagues in congratulating the two leaders for having seen it fit to bring the nation together through that golden handshake. In fact, I counted and I saw a series of about four handshakes. I believe it is important that we recognise that these leaders have the experience to recognise the issues that matter for this country, now and in the future. Indeed, this is not the first time that these leaders have been together. They have a history. Those of us who have been around know that they ... view
• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: are saying that this dialogue should be structured and it should take a certain manner yet we do not even know how they got together. I believe it is times like this that leaders need to show the way. What we need to do is to encourage them to continue discussing, to carry us along, to tell us what to do and to prescribe for us, as Parliament, the Bills they would like us to pass so that we get this initiative going. So, I would like to encourage my colleagues that we stop giving these conditions on how structured ... view