Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5311 to 5320 of 6175.

• 12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not want to interrupt the Member, but is he in order to mislead this House that a part of Kenya, known as Migingo Island, is gone? Officially, we all know that Migingo Island is still in Kenya. All the maps have shown that and it has been declared as such. Is he in order to misrepresent the facts, unless he can table documentation to show that Migingo Island went on a certain day in a certain way or the map of Kenya has been redrawn to reflect that ... view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will answer this Question. view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that passengers on transit through the JKIA have no waiting lounge apart from the corridors. The airport was designed for a capacity of 2.5 million passengers annually, but is currently handling approximately 5 million passengers. view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: (b) Yes, I am also aware that the work stations for the Immigration officers at the JKIA are inadequate, thus clearance of passengers is hampered. Indeed, the Immigration Department has complained of inadequate space at the airport to process the passengers. view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: (c) The airport was designed for a capacity of 2.5 million passengers, but is currently at double that capacity. The Kenya Airports Authority is carrying out an expansion programme which will expand the airport capacity to enable it to handle initially 9 million passengers annually and after that grow substantially. This project will take place within the next three years, set out in phases which include the following:- As you are aware, the first phase is already complete which involves the expansion of the aprons. Now we are moving into the construction of a new terminal building and car park, ... view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: In the meantime, as a stop-gap measure to address the physical limitations of the infrastructure, the Authority is undertaking the following:- Procuring 2,000 passenger lounge seats to ease the discomfort of transit and other waiting passengers, which is currently at the procurement level. We are expanding the existing counters at the JKIA to accommodate an extra two personnel per counter to increase the capacity to 24 extra positions on the main counters at both the departure and the arrivals. The existing half counters at arrivals area will also be extended to accommodate an extra person each. Works are expected to ... view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if I got it right, the question is where the seats will be put. view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As part of the extension programme, the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has already identified specific areas which will be converted into transit lounges, as a stop gap measure, in terms of placement of the new seats that are coming. Part of that has been in terms of re-configuring even some of those shopping areas. So, there is no problem in terms of where the chairs will be placed. I hope that when all this is done, hon. Members travelling will have an opportunity to see the re-distribution of those seats. In terms of the second ... view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is the standard practice in airports all over the world to provide people with some basic facilities where they can shop as they wait for their flights. However, we seem to have overdone it in Nairobi. Fortunately, I was not there then. Now that I am there, you will see the re-configurations. view
• 31 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have said, the procurement process has already been completed and the contract awarded for the expansion of the second phase of the project, which will basically be putting up an extra floor, reconfiguring those areas and confining all the shops to one main shopping area, so as to leave the lounges for the exits and arrivals. We also intend to separate the departures from the arrivals, create extra parking spaces, and open up the airport for other facilities in terms of other shopping areas for people who may want to shop. That whole reconfiguration plan ... view