Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to highlight a few of the issues that came out, hon. Shebesh was very clear in terms of the fast tracking of the Bills, especially on youth and affirmative action. She was joined by other hon. Members. I may not exactly say who talked on this because it is on record. I just want to say that these are issues on top of our agenda. The Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports has been here, and His Excellency himself also highlighted it. The reason he brought up this issue of the youth is that although ... view
• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker Sir, hon. Mungatana, among others, expressed strong views on the economy, especially as it affects the common man. This was also reiterated by several other hon. Members; I would like to confirm that the Treasury is also seized of the matter, and will be sharing their proposals with us soon, obviously as part of the budgetary process. view
• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of the IDPs, I believe, was first raised by hon. Ms. Karua and has been supported by several other hon. Members; the issue is whether the IDPs have been forgotten. I want to confirm a position that has already been confirmed by the Minister for Special Programmes; that, this issue will continue receiving Government attention. The Government will continue giving an update on its status, because we are all committed to sorting out this continuous reminder of our dark past. view
• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Pesa also was the first one to highlight the issue of the teacher shortage, which the Minsiter for Education has confirmed is being looked into. The current shortage stands at about 43,000 with 36,000 in primary school. So, it is a quite a challenge but again, something is being done on that to ensure that we can solve this matter once and for all. view
• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: One interesting thing that hon. Pesa mentioned is that the Mai Mahiu to Isebania route has two sections. There is a regular section and what is called an “O” section. That is the route from Tabaka onwards; he seemed to suggest that it is neglected because it is an “O” section of the road. I want to assure him that this section will not look at any of the roads depending on the people who live in an area; the Minister for Roads will look into the matter of having bumps on that section, if that will solve the problem. view
• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Eng Maina also indicated that Vision 2030 should address basic issues. So, did Eng Gumbo and hon .Shakeel. I just want to assure that if you look at the entire document, Vision 2030 captures all these issues and how they need to be addressed, so that we move our country forward. This is not only in terms of delivering what Eng Maina called “delivering superhighways for people who drive Mercerdes Benz cars”; it is really to look at providing better quality of life for our people in a secure environment by the year 2030. view
• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: I would like to agree with the three hon. Members who observed that, perhaps, there is not much understanding of this Vision and we should make an attempt to ensure that all hon. Members are fully sensetised on Vision 2030. This is our national planning document and unless we all internalize it and discuss it, then our planning will not be in line with our aspirations as a nation. view
• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Kiunjuri also mentioned the phasing out of the 14-seater matatus and replacing them with higher capacity vehicles. His fear was that this might result in job losses for the youth. I want to assure him that the higher capacity vehicles have drivers and conductors. We are trying to ensure that all these people do what hon. Bahari called “quality jobs” – working for not longer than eight hours. Currently, the matatu drivers and conductors are forced to work over 18 hours; they get so stressed that this is one of the causes of accidents; ... view
• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, several other hon. Members contributed today, including Mr. Bahari who called for creation of jobs for the youth. I may not be able to single out each one of them but generally, I believe that all were very supportive of the Government’s legislative agenda that was presented in the House and everyone is very clear that we need to implement it. This is a view that all of us in the Government share. We have plans but what we need is implementation. As expected, the issue of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the local ... view
• 29 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I noted with a bit of disappointment that today, we were rushing to speak with limited time and yet on 23rd March, 2011, we adjourned at 5.40 p.m. and on 24th March, 2011 we rose at 5.10 p.m. due to lack of quorum, thereby losing a total of two hours and ten minutes on this very important debate. This would have accommodated 15 hon. Members speaking full time. I urge hon. Members that we take our responsibilities in the House rather seriously by dedicating ourselves to being in the House in order to do what ... view