Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4731 to 4740 of 6175.

• 16 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: This basically opens the door; that when your party is de-registered, you can either opt to be an independent candidate or join any other party and continue for the rest of the term in line with the earlier amendment that we passed to Clause 11. view
• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I concur with the Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry for Finance that this matter rests within the Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing. They commissioned the study and pronounced themselves on the matter. We need to give them time to respond conclusively on this matter. view
• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you have so rightly rounded it, this is very cross-cutting. I will consult the Prime Minister to include it in his weekly Statements. view
• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to make this Statement pursuant to provisions of Standing Order No.36 (4). I wish to take this opportunity to state the following with regard to business for next week: Next week, the House will continue with debate on some Bills that are in their Second Reading Stage. view
• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe the President made it very clear in his Address to Parliament at the beginning of this mini session that it would be his pleasure to have not just the Bills that are on the schedule of the first year, but also Bills beyond that coming to this House to be debated and passed. So, it is not the pleasure of the President to delay Bills. His pleasure is actually to accelerate the implementation of the Constitution, and that was made very clear on the Floor of this House. In terms of the appointment to ... view
• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is why I referred to a specific section which says that: “The function of the Cabinet is to advise and aid the Government of Kenya except for advice on appointment, leave and travel of a Minister or an Assistant Minister.” That is within the old Constitution. However, I believe there are Ministers who are acting, and are doing a commendable job; that is not impairing the work of Parliament. Now, coming back to the programme - I think that is a more serious issue - the issue that was raised by hon. Odhiambo-Mabona is that ... view
• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, there is no inefficiency. There is concurrence across both sides that we need together all these Bills. So, even if the Committee was to take them over, they will still need to go view
• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, a lot of the public participation has taken place within the framework of the Committees. Once they are published, we are basically getting into the process of debating within the House, then committing them to the Committees. The Committees are asking for public participation. Until we get a report from the Committees, it will then be difficult to proceed to Committee Stage. For example, the Political Parties Bill would have proceeded today, but we cannot move on to the Committee Stage. view
• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the record, nobody is sabotaging the process of bringing Bills to do with the implementation of the Constitution to the House. Also, for the record, in prioritizing the work for next week, the House Business Committee has not left out any Bills to do with the implementation of the Constitution, if they were due for debate in this House and brought Bills that are ordinary Bills. view
• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us be guided by the need to get Bills right and not the politics that we can get here on the Floor of this House. It may be good politics, but it is not good for this House. Kenyans are watching and they will be very clear in terms of the progress made by Parliament. view