Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4421 to 4430 of 6175.

• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, indeed, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The matter is very serious, and I will communicate to the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security and we can have a response by Thursday next week. I am aware that the Assistant Minister in the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security is away, and the Minister is also very busy on these other matters in the neighbourhood. So, I will urge that we hold this until Thursday next week, when the Assistant Minister will be back. I know about the urgency of the matter, but I would like ... view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will communicate the matter to the Minister for Public Health and Sanitation. We will endeavour to have a response by Wednesday afternoon. In the meantime, I would like to urge the hon. Member to give us more information in terms of the link between Unimix and aflatoxin, which can expedite the investigation. view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the National Payment System Bill of 2011, whose history goes back to over a decade in terms of the clamour for harmonising the payment system in the country. We are all very happy that it has now come this far. This Bill aims at deepening the reforms within the financial sector. You may recall that in the last two weeks, this House had to debate Bills on similar initiatives, all of which are aimed at formalising the kind of reforms that have been taking place as they relate to what has ... view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I launched this innovation in March, 2007 and declared to the rest of the world “here comes one great innovation from Kenya, let the whole world watch where Kenya is going”, I knew that there were lots of people who did not believe that M-Pesa could work. There were, indeed, pessimists who even thought that this would be a scandal similar to that of the pyramid schemes but here we are! Four years down the line, the M-Pesa money transfer system has been heralded as one of the greatest innovations to come not only to ... view
• 27 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: So, I am very happy that we took this and then brought to the world a very innovative system with all the back-up enabling legal framework. I am also happy that the law has caught up with the technology. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the banks have been struggling to ensure that money can be cleared. They have also been accused at times of abusing the system to ensure that money moving from customer “A” to customer “B” is kept inordinately long within the system. They are accused that customer “B” is not credited with what is due to him and ... view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: I will, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government and the Assistant Minister are not here. Could I ask for the indulgence of the House that this Question comes up on Thursday? view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Ministerial Statement due today? view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware of the request. view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my apologies. I need to double-check again, so that we can have it tomorrow. view