Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have not said what the Commission did or did not do. I talked of the debate on the matter, and the time and energy that have been spent on the debate. I want hon. Members to appreciate this--- view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I think the point has been made – that if we all remove negative ethnicity from our minds, we will never need to worry about the background of the person seated next to you. That is the point I am making. I believe that when we get there, which I hope one day we will, we will not have to even put quotas because all Kenyans will be free to participate. We will not be saying: “Members of certain communities have exhausted their quotas. They need not apply for the following jobs“, which is ... view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have not said anything to the contrary. The people directly elect their leaders. They do not delegate that power to somebody to elect leaders on their behalf. That is the recommendation; that the people will directly be involved in the exercise of their power by electing their leaders. view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let the matter rest there, but I would urge that we, as Members of Parliament, risk losing our roles to the civil society out there, which include the people who wanted to come to Parliament but failed. Those people have now become quasi parliaments out there, pretending to be the only ones representing the people and portraying us, in this House, as people who do not represent the people. view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am very encouraged by this healthy debate, and this leads me to the next issue of our gender The issue of gender seems to be taken to mean only women. My understanding of gender is both sexes. I am very encouraged that people of a certain gender opted to apply for the post of Chief Justice and an overwhelming number of the second gender applied for the other one. That is within their rights. I think we should be encouraged by people making informed choices as to what jobs they want to apply for rather ... view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not believe I have said that women, by opting to apply for the post of Deputy Chief Justice, have marginalized themselves. That is what they wanted. That is what they liked. To me, that is positive. It tells me they are happy; “We want this position and that is why we have overwhelmingly gone for it.” I am not sure that, that is any sign of them marginalizing themselves. I am basically saying that we take this debate too far. We are in the constituencies. We are voted for overwhelmingly by the women. They ... view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, can I be allowed to finish my contribution? view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: I am voted for by more women than men in my constituency. I cannot be out of order for that. I have three women who are very close to me; my mother, my wife and my daughter. So, you can see in my house, I am marginalized gender. view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I believe that little incident illustrates the way we look at issues. We do not want to look at the bigger picture; who else is in the House? Who else is within the issue under discussion? The point I am making is that let us encourage our women, but similarly, let us encourage the men as well. Let us have the best person for the job. We should not say that we should reserve this job for the men or women, because that way, we are basically saying that once a job has been taken by ... view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: No, I have not finished. You know Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona has brought so much entertainment with this that we had forgotten that there was a serious debate. I would want to end by thanking the CIOC and the CIC. I believe that so long as we are all driven by the wider goal of getting Kenya to be a better place, we will set up all the various laws and infrastructure and the frameworks that are required to take us through into that desired nation where we shall all walk freely, move together without looking at who belongs to what ethnic ... view