Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3541 to 3550 of 6175.

• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe the Whip is sitting at the reserved place for the Whips. view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this very important Bill. I want to start by saying that the National Security Intelligence Service is not a new body. It is already in existence and this Bill, contrary to what has been alleged, is basically to update the already existing Act, Act No.11 of 1998, that changed the service to what it is from the old Special Branch. This Bill is now to accord with the new Constitution. I know this is being looked at from the history of the service. It is one of the highly misunderstood services. ... view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, again this is one of the pieces of legislation that is required. I can confirm in our meeting with the stakeholders that this is one of the Bills that received the least in terms of input, alterations or changes, except just to underline the fact - and that may come as a surprise to many Members in the House - many wondered why we are passing a law now that will not come into effect until after the elections. Indeed, this strictly is not one of the constitutional Bills. But we decided that for good order, ... view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second the Kenya Defence Forces Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am particularly happy that having sat for a whole day with the team that was discussing this Bill, it gives a very good insight into the operations of our forces and what they can do and cannot do, so that their actions are aligned with the limitations of our new Constitution, especially as it relates to how our forces will behave in the future. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I second this Bill, I want to pay special tribute ... view
• 21 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to confirm to the House that there were two statements that had been requested from the Ministry of Transport, and which appear on the schedule as outstanding, but were actually already spent. They have already been dealt with and one of them was overtaken by events; that is, the matatu strike that never took place. The other one was to do with some accident that had taken place at the airport. When I discussed it with hon. Shakeel, he said that he did not need the matter to be prosecuted on the Floor. view
• 21 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 21 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, can I go with your earlier ruling that we push it to the other Thursday? view
• 21 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. I want to say I support the report of the Committee and the nomination of these Kenyans to this very important National Land Commission. I feel particularly happy today that the efforts that started quite a while ago and which went through my hands when I was Minister for Lands and then I passed them on to the Minister who succeeded when I left and eventually found themselves with Mr. Orengo have now come to fruition. view
• 21 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the root of all these things, the National Land Commission and the clamour for an independent commission, are in the Njonjo Commission that reviewed reforms that were required within our land sector. They are also found in the Ndung’u Commission. There was need to remove the responsibility for management of land from one individual, being the Commissioner of Lands working for the President, to a bigger body that would look at our land issues. It found its way to Bomas and there was very healthy discussion. After the Bomas talks collapsed and in 2005 the Constitution ... view
• 21 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support. view