Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to support this report of the Standing Orders. I have spent a considerable part of my life in the last three years in this House. I have appreciated what it needs to have working frameworks that guide debate and operation in terms of where we go and when these need to be adjudicated in a certain manner. However, more importantly, we are moving into a new dispensation. I am glad that this House was there to provide the guidance for the Senate and I hope this will also translate into the other houses ... view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, the reason I will support the deletion of this clause is that when you look at all the other Joint Committees within the Senate, they have a lot to do with the coordination between the two Houses on matters that are shared by the two Houses. Intelligence is certainly not one of the issues in terms of the workings of the two Houses. So, I will be supporting the deletion from that perspective; that the Senate is constituted to deal with issues of county governments and support devolution. The National Assembly has national issues. You cannot ... view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not sure that hon. Midiwo was there when I was making this clarification. However, the issue here is very clear. The Senate is not synonymous with the National Assembly. The two Houses have very distinct roles. One has a constitutional mandate to look at national issues while the other one has a constitutional mandate to look at county related issues. When you mix the two and bring them together, you get people who have been elected for different things to do a joint thing. I agree that we delete the first one and also be ... view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I know that I supported. I could see the earlier logic of hon. Keynan but, coming to the Schedule, I can see confusion between wanting to maintain the status quo and wanting to go forward. The current situation, where we have the Security and Foreign Affairs Committee as one is totally different from the new constitutional dispensation. All the security organs have now been classified as one within the Constitution. That includes the intelligence service, the national police and defence forces. It is put very clearly within the Constitution what constitutes the national security organs. Mixing the ... view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is just to clarify that we have had three Order Papers for today; there was the original, the Supplementary Order Paper and Supplementary No.2. I think an announcement was made at every stage when the Order Paper moved. So, it may be that Mr. Midiwo was using the Supplementary Order Paper when we had already moved to Supplementary Order No.2. I just wanted to clarify for the record that indeed that the orders have been called in accordance with the Order Paper that is now in use. view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:- THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 20(2), this House orders that today’s sitting be extended until 10.00 p.m. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to start by thanking the hon. Members for their dedication towards the completion of business before us, including those who turned up this morning for the business that was scheduled for today. I believe that there has been a lot of progress that has been made in that direction, including the meetings that have taken place since then. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Members will ... view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new definition in its proper alphabetical sequence- “National Civil Aviation Security Programme” means an integrated set of Regulations and activities promulgated and performed by the State aimed at safeguarding civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, again, this is to include just one more item on the definitions. view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 14 of the Bill be amended in sub clause (2), by inserting the expression “(1)” immediately after the expression “(13)”. view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 20 of the Bill be amended in sub clause (2)(k), by deleting the words “the accountable executive of the State Safety and State Security Programme” and substituting thereof the words “the accountable executives of the State Safety Programme and the National Civil Aviation Security Programme”. Again, this is just to improve on the editorial and the flow of the words. view
• 8 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: There is no such amendment on my Order Paper. view