Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3801 to 3810 of 6175.

• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to take this opportunity to make the following Statement with regard to business for next week pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.36(4). Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the following Bills are expected to be read for the First Time next week. They are The Water (Amendment) Bill, Bill No.18 of 2011; The Prohibition of Pyramid Schemes Bill, Bill No.9 of 2012 and The Social Assistance Bill, Bill No.10 of 2012. We also expect the resumption of debate on the Kenya School of Law Bill, Bill No.61 of 2011 currently at the ... view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you. I rise to second this Supplementary Appropriation Bill. Hon. Members passed the Motion after lengthy discussions and full support for the changes that were recommended which had been brought about by the current realities vis-a-viz the time of the Budget Estimates. I believe this is the matter that Mr. Mbadi had raised. In terms of the sequencing, it is now the time to formalize what had come up by way of Motion, so that at the passage of this Appropriation Bill, then basically the Minister will be given the power to access the ... view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to second this Motion, which has become necessary because of circumstances beyond the control of this House and, indeed, the control of everyone. The time passed while we were still debating the County Government Bill. The Public Financial Management Bill requires a lot of extensive consultations with all the stakeholders who are required to be consulted as per the new Constitution. Holidays came in-between. By the time the matters came to the Floor of the House, obviously, the deadline had passed. The framers of our Constitution, obviously, had all that in mind and ... view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at times we have been finding ourselves in those circumstances. For example, 27th of February, 2012, did find us in this situation. The establishment of the County Governments which can only be established within the framework of the County Governments Bill, if we do not dispose of this matter in the limited time that we have before the Budget process is even completed, then we will actually be getting ourselves in a situation where we have no legal framework for people to even vie for the county positions. view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: On the other hand, the Public Financial Management Bill is very critical for the manner in which we spend our money as a Government. Issues have been raised by the various Committees in this House and, indeed, when we started the debate on the Public Financial Management Bill, the matter was highlighted on the importance of this Bill. It should have started last year, but we do not have it yet. The importance of managing our finances within a framework that is consistent with the new Constitution becomes even more relevant. view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: So, this House is being called upon, first of all, to take advantage of the leeway that has been given to it by the new Constitution to extend the time that gives a window of opportunity for the House then to go into the specific issues of the County Government Bill through discussion of the Presidential Memorandum. Thereafter, to also discuss the Public Financial Management Bill and make whatever decisions the House will make on it in terms of approval and in terms of amendment to give this country a Public Financial Management Bill that is in accordance with the ... view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, obviously, the granting of the options to the House, the framers of the Constitution also put some riders that should Parliament not take up the offer given to it by the Constitution and the people of Kenya; that Parliament has been given the leeway to extend the time. If Parliament does not do that, then basically we are telling the Kenyan people that we are failing in our duty to legislate within the scheduled time. And any Kenyan can, obviously, go to court and say that Parliament has failed. We would then be ordered by ... view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: So, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is really where we are finding ourselves in; that we have been given our lifeline that, yes, we did not do it by 27th February. We can extend by another six months and a maximum of that will take us to 27th August. We are only asking for five months. We succeeded in doing that for the Land Bill. Had we foreseen this, perhaps, we should have put all those matters together with the Land Bill. It was expected that everything else would have been completed within the time, but it was not. ... view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: So, I am appealing to this House to see the necessity and the urgency with which we need to act, so that we create that window for ourselves to give the Kenyan people these two critical laws that are required to take root in our country and for the proper management of our finances in this country. view
• 3 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this debate is obviously very critical; we require 148 hon. Members in this House to pass this Motion. I am hoping that all hon. Members of Parliament are sensitive to what they are being called upon to do this afternoon. We are hopeful that by the time we exhaust the debate, we will have the numbers to actually have to carry this Motion. Otherwise, we will have to resort to other measures as provided for within our Standing Orders. I would like to urge hon. Members that we look at the responsibilities that have been ... view