Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3971 to 3980 of 6175.

• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to confirm to this House that from the moment the notice of this Motion was sent out, our Joint Whips have been at it; they have been communicating to every hon. Member of Parliament reminding them to be here. The members of the Executive have been reminded of this a couple of minutes ago; as many of them as possible are here. As we continue with the debate, the whipping will continue. At the end of it all, I think we ought to appreciate that each hon. Member of Parliament knows the importance of ... view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if hon. Nuh was listening, I mentioned that the Whips have whipped every Member of Parliament; Members of the Executive have also been sent specific messages asking them to be here through the usual channels of communication of the Executive. So, both approaches are being used simultaneously; also every Member of Parliament has the responsibility to be here on a constitutional issue. We expect that the personal responsibility of Members of Parliament, the whipping of the Executive and the Members of Parliament will prick the conscience of the Members to be here for this historic Motion. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I followed the argument by Dr. Khalwale in terms of the new Deputy President having some power, but I just also want to remind him that as part of the constitutional process, indeed, the Deputy President even at the election is elected as an appendage of the President. People elect a President with a running mate. When you see the President, you have seen the Deputy President. When you see the Deputy President, you have seen the President. You cannot separate the two and give them different roles within the same law. So it is ... view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I was trying to follow through the argument by Dr. Khalwale; his argument and proposal are at variance; when you superimpose this new amendment on the Bill, the effect it has is to leave out the Senate from receiving recommendations of the Summit; this is because you are deleting the Senate or the county assemblies and leaving it to be that only the National Assembly or the county assemblies that will receive the reports and make the recommendations to the Summit. So, the Senate will not make those recommendations, yet the import was to get ... view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: No, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I was just looking through the functions of the Authority and I actually fail to see where the Clerk would come in. It is really where we are moving from National Government to devolved governments and how the assets are to be transferred and how those functions will be done. It has nothing to do with the workings of the Senate or transition from National Assembly to the Senate. If we are talking of the National Assembly and Senate and how they work together, that makes sense. However in terms of the National Government and ... view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I agree with the Committee that the Authority may not need to deposit in a bank any excess funds, but Clause 32 takes care of any excess money they will have. Clause 32(2) says:- “The Authority may place on deposit with such bank or banks any money not immediately required for the purposes of the Authority.” It gives it power to actually open a bank account and put in it its money at the beginning of the month which can be withdrawn at the end of the month. If we delete this we will be denying ... view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, much as I sympathize with the sentiments expressed by Dr. Khalwale and the need, perhaps, for a Senator to address or to sit, unfortunately, if you look at our Constitution, even at the election point our Constitution is very clear that you cannot even be elected into the county assembly if you are a Member of Parliament. A Senator is a Member of Parliament. It is the recognition that we need to separate the two together. So, I can see the point of being invited. If it is by invitation you do not need to ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. On behalf of the Government, the people of Kipipiri and my own family, I want to take this opportunity to send heartfelt condolences to the family and the people of Kangema and all the friends of the late John Njoroge Michuki who we all met and who has been described very honestly in this House for the work that he has done for this country in the 81 years that he has been around. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Michuki was a personal friend of mine. Indeed, in April of ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- view