Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5331 to 5340 of 6175.

• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I begin by apologising to the House for my late arrival this afternoon. It was because I transited from a Cabinet meeting to here. Also, in the morning, there was nobody in this House from the Ministry of Transport to answer Questions. I was preparing for a Cabinet meeting and, my Assistant Minister, who should have been here, is unwell. So, he could not make it. So, I would like to tender those apologies to the House, and say that we will try to make sure that in future, we come to answer Questions or notify ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. The Ministry of Transport does not intend to regulate the fare charged by public service vehicles (PSVs) because we are in a liberalised economy, in which the conduct of business is guided by the market forces of supply and demand. Therefore, regulation of fares would go against that Government policy of liberalisation. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do appreciate the disparities in fares between different areas and between different travelling seasons. You will find that when there is a peak demand, especially during Easter or Christmas holidays, the matatus have been known to hike their fares unreasonably. Again, it is part of responding to the market supply and demand. While we cannot directly intervene on the fares and prescribe fares for that, we are trying to work on it from a different policy perspective in terms of encouraging fair competition, ensuring safety comes first and increasing the supply of dependable transport on the ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to confirm to this House that next week, I will be meeting with the National Road Safety Council and various matatu owners associations and matatu welfare associations, as part of looking through these things from a persuasive issue; by working together, rather than having to bring in the big hand of controls. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, although currently the bulk of the private operators provide public transport, we have intervened through the provision of train services, and we are expanding that in the course of this financial year. We should be opening up a new line between Nairobi Railway Station and Embakasi, which will enhance the capacity of public transport in that area. Experiments in the past like the Nyayo Bus Service were major disasters. I do not believe that we want to go that direction any time soon. We will be working with various players in the public transport industry, first of ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the hon. Member for the confidence he has shown in me and I am sure I will not let him down. view
• 19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Speaker do now leave the Chair to enable me to expound the policy regarding my Ministry. view
• 19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: I have had the opportunity to discuss the policy and programmes of the Ministry of Transport with the Departmental Committee, and I wish to take this very early opportunity to thank the Chair and the Committee for the support that they have given in the course of those discussions and, indeed, the interest they have shown in the activities of the Ministry. The Government recognizes the critical enabling role of the transport sector in the rapid and sustained economic development of our country. The sector encompasses a transport system that comprises aviation, roads, rail, maritime, inland waterways and non-motorized transport. ... view
• 19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Our first medium-term plan of the Vision 2030 that falls between the calendar years of 2008 to 2012, targets increased investment in infrastructure such as rail, marine and air transport services among others. I will be getting into that later. The mandate of the Ministry of Transport is to formulate and oversee the implementation of transport policies and develop the appropriate regulatory framework. The Ministry has completed its first Strategic Plan 2005-2010, and is in the process of launching the next one, 2010- 2015, which we will be happy to share with this House. Essentially, the strategic plan of the ... view
• 19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in terms of the way we handle the mandate, the Ministry performs its mandate through the departments and State corporations under its portfolio, and I am glad to inform this House that since the introduction of performance contracts, the departments and corporations have recorded commendable improvements in generating not just profits, but honouring tax obligations, paying dividends to the Treasury and in delivering social goods to our people. Functionally, the Ministry performs the following core functions:- Supervision of the transport policy, supervision of Kenya Railways Corporation, Kenya Railways Training School (RTI), Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), ... view