Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4221 to 4230 of 6175.

• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was attempting to answer as requested. I am not aware that the directive is impacting negatively over 600,000 young persons. The reason for that is that phasing out is a gradual process and the vehicles involved, the 14-seater matatu and below, account for only 22,000 out of the 79,024 registered service operators and hence 22,000 cannot be supporting 600,000 youths--- view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the information I have is that we were requested about 600,000. I am also aware that there has been an increase in the sale and registration of high capacity public service vehicles which are currently creating additional employment opportunities for the youth in our country more both at the assembly plant as well as on the roads. (c) I have no intention of considering rescinding this decision because it was arrived at by the stakeholders and we are convinced that the passengers and the industry players can benefit from it. view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the attendance to the stakeholders’ conference was widely publicized and was attended by all the registered transport associations including all the various matatu branches from across the entire country and was co-ordinated not just by the Ministry of Transport but through the National Road and Safety Council which includes the matatu owners, bus owners, matatu drivers and operators who all sit within that National Roads Safety Council because I have included everyone in that and organized to ensure that it was an all inclusive meeting bringing together all the players within the transport sector in ... view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we stopped registration of any new 14-seater vehicles in preferences for higher occupancy vehicles. This means that for every 14-seater vehicle that would have come on the road to carry 42 passengers, we now have one vehicle instead of three vehicles. view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Pure mathematics tells us that last year when we had no any new 14-seater coming on board, the number of vehicles on our roads has reduced. We have only seen big vehicles coming on road. Every space occupied by one vehicle is released for other road users. view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the hon. Member was listening to me patiently, I said we have 22,000 14-seater matatus out of the 79,000 Public Service Vehicles (PSV). Typically, a 14-seater matatu creates employment for a driver and a conductor. So, maximum people who will be directly employed by those vehicles will be 44,000. However, the figure of 600,000 that will be affected has no relationship with the 44,000. In any case, the 22,000 matatus are still on the road. We have not removed them from the road. All we have said is that we shall not increase the ... view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Bw. Naibu Spika wa Muda, ningependa kumsahihisha mhe. Mbunge kuwa Serikali hii si yangu wala ni yetu sisi sote. view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Ningependa kuarifu Bunge hili kuwa magari yote yanayoingizwa hapa nchini kupitia Bandari ya Mombasa hulipiwa ushuru. Ni baada ya kulipa ushuru ndio unapewa nafasi ya kutueleza unataka kuitumia gari yako kwa njia ipi. Ikiwa unataka kufanya biashara ya matatu kwa kutumia gari ndogo kama Nissan au inayobeba watu 14, unanyimwa leseni. Hii ni kwa sababu Serikali wakati huu haitoi leseni kwa watu wanaotaka kufanya biashara ya matatu wakitumia magari inayobeba abiria 14. Sheria za uchukuzi wa umma hairuhusu magari yanayobeba chini ya watu 14. view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Government is very mindful of the people who use public service vehicles. The major consideration is the safety and security of the passengers. Not necessarily the protection of the owners of the vehicles who totally disregard the law and crowd people in smaller vehicles without caring about their safety. That is why we encourage people to buy vehicles with high carrying capacity, so that commuters can feel secured and safe as they travel. view
• 1 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we can have the answer by Thursday, next week. view