Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4761 to 4770 of 6175.

• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope that this Bill and the subsequent amendments that will be passed will enable us sort out some of these things so that, for once, we can have political parties that are issue and ideology-driven. If you want to test what we have, ask yourself the last time you saw the manifesto of any political party and yet we are just about to go to an election. I see helicopters hopping in the air every weekend but I have not heard anybody say what their manifesto says or what their stand is on farming, ... view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am a member of the Party of National Unity that has a very clear manifesto. It was responsible for developing the National Vision 2030 which I actually oversaw. So, I know. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I belong to the PNU. Is that in doubt? view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Party of National Unity is a party and I am a member. All the others are details. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know what information Dr. Eseli has, but the Party of National Unity was registered before the elections. I stood in the nominations through the Party of National Unity and I got a certificate from this party. I was a candidate of the Party of National Unity and I came to Parliament as a member of the Party of National Unity. I think the hon. Member is confusing the PNU Party with the PNU Coalition or Alliance which are two different things. However, I am a member of the PNU. The point I ... view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: No. I would not want to ever imagine that we do not have mature politicians in this House. I am talking of political maturity in terms of party allegiance. We have all seen examples of that. Let us look at what happens within the Tanzanian Parliament. They have the three whip system where political parties on an issue that is very critical are told that everyone must vote irrespective of their feelings. I think it is whipping number one, two or three which says you must do this and that irrespective of your feelings. If you do not vote with ... view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have said that once you join a political party, there are rules. If you then decide that you are going against the grain, then you have no business being part of that party. Collective responsibility within a party means that when a party decides it is moving east, you cannot have some hon. Members looking west. That is basically the kind of party discipline we deserve in this country. If we have to anchor political democracy and mature democracy in this country, that is the way to go. I am a firm supporter of ... view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in terms of the political parties funding, I have had quite a bit of discussions on this and whether political parties should be allowed to keep excesses and invest in assets and other long-term commitments like buildings. I would like us to start looking at it like what happens elsewhere. I believe political parties funding by the State should be additional to what parties themselves can raise. You saw the typical example of America where even presidential candidates, once you raise a certain amount, you do not necessarily need to have recourse to public funds. ... view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think this is the most popular Bill and we need to have as many Members as possible to contribute. You saw how the House was full this afternoon. Most Members have gone and they will be back here. The Members have said that they want to be given even more time to contribute. The Bill affects our political life. I would like to ask hon. Shakeel to bear with us. He will catch the Chair’s eye and he will contribute. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: With regard to the issue of the political parties funding, I was going to suggest that if it finds favour with the rest of the Members, recourse to public funds should be for the weaker parties. The giant parties that can fundraise, meet their budgets and have excesses should not be sharing the little amount that is available from the public with the rest of the other parties. This is contentious, but it is something for consideration and debate. view