Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, private Members are within their rights to propose Bills to this House. For us, we need to accord them adequate time for those Bills to be processed. The only proviso is that if there are Government Bills, then the Private Members’ Bills take a back seat. We have exhausted all the Government Bills that the Government had put forward for this year. We are allocating the rest of the time for Private Members’ Bills. view
• 8 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: In terms of the Constitutional Bills, work is in progress and very good progress has been achieved with all the stakeholders who are involved in processing of those Bills; the Constitution Implementation Commission, Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee and all others. During the recess, those entire Bills will then be processed through the Cabinet and published. When we come back in January, we will embark on the journey of getting all those Bills out of the way. But in the meantime, we are using this window to process all the Private Members’ Bills that have been forwarded. A lot of work ... view
• 8 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have actually just been outside here. I have been following the proceedings and I left the Assistant Minister for Defence holding brief. In any case, everything is being captured. The Minister for Public Works has been here. We participated in the joint Committee and we will be making contribution at the appropriate point. view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will ensure the proper communication is circulated to Ministers and Permanent Secretaries on that. My apologies for flouting what had already been agreed on earlier and we might as well consider that letter as withdrawn or as if it never came to the House. view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in view of the grave insinuations that were made on an hon. Member of this House by another hon. Member and the pain she has had to go through, would I be in order to ask that the erroneous insinuations that were made, and which should never be contained as part of this House, be expunged from the records of this House and the Member who so made this insinuations be made to apologize to the House? view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to make the following Statement, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.36(4) with regard to the business for next week. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the following key Bills are expected to be read a Second Time:- (i) The Labour Institutions (Amendment) Bill, Bill No.26 of 2011; (ii) The Public Procurement and Disposal (Amendment) Bill, Bill No.27 of 2011; (iii)The Ratification of Treaties Bill, Bill No.28 of 2011; (iv) The Kenya School of Government Bill, Bill No.30 of 2011, being the resumption of debate interrupted on Wednesday 26th October, 2011; and, (v) Cancer Prevention Bill, Bill ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was complying with the wishes of the House. The House wanted to know what we have done and what is outstanding. So, if the House is comfortable--- view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, I should take another two to three minutes. Mr. Speaker: Okay, proceed! view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other Bills included the Powers of Mercy Bill of 2011, the Commission of Revenue Allocation Bill of 2011, The Employment and Labour Relations Court Bill of 2011, The Elections Bill of 2011, The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Bill of 2011, The Urban Areas and Cities Bill of 2011, The Land and Environmental Court Bill of 2011, The Contingencies Fund and County Emergency Fund Bill of 2011 and the National Government Loans Guarantee Bill of 2011. These are laudable achievements, not only for this House, but also for other agencies involved in this vital process. There should ... view
• 3 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to confirm that, indeed, it is taking time to ensure that all various stakeholders are consulted and due care is being taken to ensure that we do not end up with the multiplicity of the amendments we saw in the last round because of things coming in a rush. We still have time. The next deadline is not earlier than February next year. But we want to finish these things before we even take a break. So, like I said, we will not rush the House but we will have a lengthy consultative process that ... view