Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5291 to 5300 of 6175.

• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, for clarifying what I said earlier. The point I am making is that we owe the country a duty. There is more responsibility being given to this House. This House will set the pace for the 11th Parliament, which will even have a bigger role to play as the sole legislative agent of the nation, without the presence of the Government. It is important that perhaps between now and the year 2012 we start implementing ahead of schedule some of the requirements, for example, what is contained within Clause 122 of the new Constitution in terms of the ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order to put it on record that the Assistant Minister who is seconding this Motion is doing it in his personal capacity and not as a Member of the Government. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise on behalf of the Government. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the avoidance of doubt, I rise on behalf of the Government to oppose this Motion. While thanking the efforts of the Mover and what he has gone through to look at the situation and which report is more favourable to some areas than others, the Motion here is about debate on two Government documents. The only authoritative response would be, first of all, to look at what the fundamental differences are between the two documents and why we should be using one and not the other. That analysis should not be based on any emotions, ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Mover contends in his Motion that the Geographical Dimensions of Well-being in Kenya Report that was published in 2005 contains the objectivity required for a report because it is an accurate reflection on the reality on the ground. The Government went to the extent to update that report in 2005 and 2006 because we found that there were some fundamental problems with the welfare monitoring survey that was conducted in 1997, updated in 1999 and released in 2005. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: For the benefit of the House, the fundamental difference was that the Welfare Monitoring Survey of 1997 that the hon. Member would like us to believe is objective and should be the basis, was based on data that was collected over a period of three months. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the report that was the basis of argument by the hon. Member was for 1997. That report was based on data that was collected between February, 1997 and May, 1997. The Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey Report of 2005/2006 was based on data that was collected over a 12-month period between May, 2005 and May, 2006. The reason for collecting data over a one-year period as compared to a three-month period was to ensure that you can observe the behaviour patterns of households across the entire country in terms of expenditure, income, harvest, gifts and stocks, ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in terms of the timing, we are talking of a three-month report as compared to a one-year survey. Fundamentally important is that the 1997 Welfare Monitoring Survey that the hon. Member would like us to believe that it is the most objective was only a sample of seven out of the eight provinces in this country. I would like Parliament to appreciate the fact that because of the insecurity situation in North Eastern Province in 1997 which was an election year and there were tribal clashes, the entire North Eastern Province was left out of ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, looking at the prices – these are composite figures and it is important that you appreciate this fact – no unit price data that was used in 1997 while this was now adjusted in 2005/2006. In terms of the number of items that are considered for purposes of checking the household behavior, in 1997, the data was only collected from 79 food items and 48 non-food items. In 2005/2006, in addition to covering data from across the entire country, the data that was used covered 140 food items and 184 non-food items. In other words, ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the data that was collected in 1997, only considered data on purchases and consumption from own production and purchasing. In 2005/2006, this was extended to cover not just purchases, but also consumption from purchases, own production, stocks and gifts. So, the households that may have had a lot of food, for example, based on the February to May, 1997 households that may have had their stocks of food in their granaries because of harvesting in December, 1996, did not have this captured in May, 1997 because all that was considered was what they purchased during ... view