Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3421 to 3430 of 6175.

• 13 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We are prepared to proceed with Order No.10 except for the first item on the Breast Milk Substitutes (Regulation and Control) Bill. My understanding is that the Committee is still meeting and agreeing on the amendments. For the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill and the Capital Markets (Amendment) Bill, we can proceed. view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we can have it issued within the framework of the Prime Minister’s Time next Wednesday. view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have, indeed, prepared the Ministerial Statement. I even brought it yesterday. It is with my Assistant Minister, who is ready to issue it. He can issue it tomorrow since it has already been overtaken by events. view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: The hon. Member for Garsen. view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: He should because it will help him. view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this amendment and thank Mr. Midiwo for having clarified the position. Listening to the contributions by hon. Members, it appears that there is, indeed, some confusion as to what this amendment is seeking to do. Hon. Members will recall that arising from the report of the Committee that was looking at the depreciation of the Shilling, one of the amendments that were proposed was that there should be proper governance structures within the CBK. There was a very clear recommendation that a position of the chair should be created to delink the ... view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, like I said, the House unanimously adopt the amendment that was proposed within the Finance Bill by Mr. Ogindo and we passed it as a House and created the position of chair plus two deputy governors. We also said that the chair will be in charge of board matters, et cetera, and the Governor will be in charge of the other day to day operations of the bank. However, what was left missing was: How will this chairman be appointed? The President could well appoint the chairman even tomorrow by just picking one person and saying: ... view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: So, we can give them the opportunity to meet even as we are talking now because they cannot meet until we have passed these amendments. This is because they do not have a Chairman. Until that Chairman is appointed or we give a leeway to the directors to appoint one of them, then we are paralyzing the operations of CBK. So, I think the long and short of it is that I urge this House that we pass this amendment and if there is any other amendment we want to bring on board, we can always discuss that within the ... view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Yes. view