Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: If you look at the same Report from page 20 onwards, there are verbatim quotations of what various witnesses said on the HANSARD. However, on this particular issue, it is the interpretation of the Committee of what they think the witnesses said when they appeared before the Committee. Ja nuary 28, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. As much as I would not want to interrupt the Chairman as he makes his presentation, I believe that it is only fair that he presents the facts as they are. This House has defined what a sale is through an Act of Parliament and it would be unfair for the Chairman to bring a different interpretation to this House. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to the Motion. I think it is important that I contribute at this point so that I can correct some of the inaccuracies that may have been brought in to guide the hon. Members in the debate. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I rise, first of all, recognising that the Committee has done a lot of work on this matter. I rise conscious of the public interest that this matter has generated. I am not rising here to defend myself. I rise here to defend the integrity of this House and respect for due process and the need to end the culture of potential misuse of public institutions to settle political scores. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: This matter has more of a political dimension than a legal one. I can appreciate the dilemma that the Committee had as it looked through the issues that came from all angles; political, legal and even almost playing to the public gallery at some point. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not intend to go through the controversy of the Grand Regency Hotel. It has been in the public domain for the last 15 years. The statement that I made in this House on 29th April captured the synopsis of the transactions up to the time when the management of the hotel was reverted to the CBK in April, 2008, that paved way for the disposal of the hotel. At that point, I came to this House as the Minister for Finance and gave the options that view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: 4526 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES January 28, 2009 view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: were available for the disposal of the hotel. One of them was the disposal through private treaty. I am very glad that on the last line on Page 55 of the Report states:- "The CBK election to proceed by way of private treaty was therefore, legal." view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: That is what the Committee observed and concluded. So, we were basically starting from the same page in terms of the choice of method. The question then must be: If the sale was not doubted by the Committee, what are we investigating? The Committee concluded that the sale was legal. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The Committee has not adduced any evidence here that shows there was any corruption. The Committee has not said there was any wrongdoing by anyone except now in trying to justify what had happened to myself in this House, we now move away from the sale of the hotel to looking at the characters of the people. This is where I depart with the Committee. view