Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5391 to 5400 of 6175.

• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I just want to draw the attention of whoever will be redrafting this to a fundamental error on page 199. It needs to be corrected within the wider issues of correction. Article 7(2) (b), the “or” at the end changes the entire meaning of that clause. So, it needs to be deleted as part of the corrections. It is not for this; I am just drawing the attention of those who will be redrafting, so that they can correct. view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: (a) The World Bank uses a standardized methodology to rank 183 participating countries on ten carefully selected indicators chosen to provide an assessment of the ease of doing business. Kenya was ranked 95 out of 193 economies in the World Bank Doing Business 2010 Report, which is the latest. In the previous year, Kenya was ranked No.84 out of 181 countries. Obviously as we go by, Kenya has also had some successes in the past. view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: (b) The World Bank’s Doing Business 2010 indicators on registering a property is constructed from recording the full consequence of procedures that are necessary for a business or a buyer to purchase property from another business or another seller and to transfer the property title to the buyer’s name. There is a whole sequence of all those procedures. On this, Kenya was ranked 125th in the latest report of this indicator compared to 121st in the previous report. view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: On starting a business, the World Bank Doing Business indicator on starting a business again is constructed from surveys and research on the procedures that are standard small and medium size companies. It works however time it takes to complete the exercise in terms of starting operations, including obtaining all the necessary permits, licences, verifications and notifications to the Authority. Kenya was ranked 124th in the view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that in 2008, we were not only ranked as No.72 in the world, but Kenya was ranked as one of the top ten reformers on a global basis. I remember travelling to London to receive a trophy that Kenya was awarded for the reforms we had done. If you recall during that time, we reduced the number of business licences and regulations that were in operation from a total of 1,325 by eliminating 400 plus licences and simplifying others. That was a very significant step that was taken as part of the business reforms. view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: You must remember that we did that in Kenya in that year and moved forward. All the other countries are also doing their reforms and it is a competition. So, if you do not do much more than all the others, then your ranking goes. So, it is not because Kenya is not reforming, but even other countries are also reforming. We are in that competition. I am happy that we still are operating within the lower half in terms of the reforms. With efforts all round in terms of what this House needs to pass and what the Government ... view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree totally that we, as a country, need to sort the devil of corruption. The whole of that evil needs to be removed from our eyes. All those scandals have to be brought to a conclusion at some point or the other. But in terms of the Doing Business Report, the ten indicators that the World Bank look at are; one, starting a business. That is one of the indicators and the easy of doing that. Obviously, there is less seeking opportunities within all those procedures, which needs to be handled. Dealing with construction permits, because ... view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware that Kenya is an unfriendly place to do business in . In fact, the reverse is true. Even in the midst of economic recession, the companies that have returned the highest profit almost at the global level are the companies operating in Kenya. If you look at company closures, more closures have been seen in the USA and Europe than in this country. I believe it is because the environment is conducive to doing business; that is also in terms of the thriving of the Kenyan entrepreneurship. Now, in terms of whether there ... view
• 30 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in terms of cross-border trade, we are referring to Kenyans’ reports about the hurdles they face when they go to neighbouring countries to do business, or when they pass through neighbouring countries on transit to other neighbours. There have been cases of discrepancies in the application of laws, but, luckily, last year in November, the five East African Countries signed the East African Common Market Protocol, which comes into force on the 1st of July, 2010. As of 1st of January, 2010, the duties were all removed in terms of the trade within the region; that has ... view