Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: (ii) A mango processing project in Malindi, Kerio Valley and Murang'a. (iii) Mini-leather processing in Garissa, Pokot, Migori and Bungoma. (iv) Honey processing in Eldama Ravine, Kajiado and within the Tana and Athi River Development Authority (TARDA) region. June 12, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1145 (v) Cashewnut and palm wine processing in Kwale and Malindi. (vi) Fruit processing within the Meru/Tharaka Nithi and also in Kendu Bay. (vii) Rehabilitation and upgrading of technology for a leather development centre in Nairobi to encourage creation of small and medium enterprises along the leather chains. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I expect the roll-out and commercialisation ... view
• 12 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, although we made some good progress towards creating youth employment in the recent past, there are reports that many income-generating projects financed through the Youth Enterprise Fund were negatively affected by the post-election violence. We expect the ongoing peace and stability to enable the youth groups to recover from those losses and expand their operations. To demonstrate our commitment to making the Youth Enterprise Fund accessible to the many enterprising youths in our country, I have once again increased the Fund by a further Kshs500 million in 2008/2009. Immediately the absorption level increases on this, we will ... view
• 12 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as Members would be aware, the raw material for fertiliser is available in Uganda and Tanzania and the demand is available in Kenya. So, we are sorting out where exactly we would be placing that factory. In addition, resources have been allocated for various sectors such as agriculture, water and irrigation, infrastructure and security to reduce supply constraints, improve food production and reduce the distribution cost. It is expected that with measures to increase agricultural productivity, our farmers will take advantage of the high food prices to increase their production and thereby enhance our food security. Mr. ... view
• 12 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: This initiative, besides reducing time and energy wasted in fetching water, will also avail water resources for productive agriculture and other uses. The Water Resources Board will also move quickly to invest more in water and sanitation systems including devising ways to harness rain water and expand water supplies. The Government will also initiate the development of the second Mzima Springs Project, to ensure sufficient water supply to Mombasa and its surroundings. Towards this end, this Budget has increased the allocations to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation by 26 per cent, for water and irrigation services which should see ... view
• 12 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Further, we will continue to promote expansion of day schools and ensure that they offer quality education. I have also allocated an extra Kshs1.56 billion towards the recruitment of additional teachers for both primary and secondary schools. The Government will also work out the modalities of a teaching internship programme to utilise the graduates of teaching colleges before they are absorbed by the Teachers Service Commission. The Ministry of Education will be bringing us more details on how we will incorporate all those people into our schools to ensure that we have quality education while they are getting utilised and ... view
• 12 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: We shall also employ, through competitive recruitment an additional 1,000 nurses bringing the total number of nurses to be employed in the year 2008 to 1,600. I expect that the deployment of these nurses will improve considerably the services being provided in our healthcare facilities countrywide and reduce the pressure in our referral units. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to improvement of medical supplies, the Government is currently fast-tracking procurement reforms under the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) with a view to improving supplies of drugs and other medical supplies for the facilities countrywide. Just like the internship programme for ... view
• 12 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Arising from the strong performance under the income taxes, we have revised the likely revenue out-turn to Kshs448.8 billion, of which Kshs402.7 billion is ordinary revenue and 1152 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 12, 2008 Kshs46.1 billion is A-in-A. I wish to thank the Kenyan taxpayers for their hard work in generating the revenue and, more importantly, their patriotism in paying their taxes. On expenditure, the 2007/2008 Printed Estimates indicated total expenditure of Kshs693.6 billion including those financed through A-in-A. That consisted of Kshs154.2 billion for Consolidated Fund services, Kshs337.8 billion for Ministerial Recurrent and Kshs201.7 billion for Development Expenditures. Owing to ... view
• 12 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have managed to balance the Budget without excessive borrowing by deliberately cutting non-productive expenditures and focusing only on the priority programmes. To generate more savings, we will be asking the Ministries to identify further areas for expenditure savings through value-for-money procurement and reduction of wasteful expenditure. The rest of my Speech outlines the various tax measures that I intend to propose through the Finance Bill, 2008 and other regulations to be tabled in this House towards the realisation of our development objectives. I, therefore, request that the remainder of my Speech be regarded as a Notice ... view
• 12 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: As a result of high international oil prices and rising cost of transport, most wananchi in the rural areas have now resorted to using motorcycles as an alternative mode of transport. This mode of transport, in addition to making it possible for our boda boda operators to graduate to a faster and comfortable means, has the potential to create wealth and employment opportunities for our youth in the rural areas. Therefore, to encourage the wide use of these motorcycles, I propose to zero-rate VAT on motorcycles with engine capacity of up to 250 cc. Mr. Speaker, Sir, tourism is among ... view
• 12 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: In order to encourage growth of our industries, to expand job opportunities and to make local goods affordable, I propose to reduce the import duty on easy opening ends of cans used for food packing from 25 per cent to 10 per cent. To promote the growth of our building industry and to increase the use of locally manufactured goods, I propose to impose a duty rate of 10 per cent on sodium sulphate which is manufactured from soda ash which is available locally, aluminium sulphate which is locally manufactured and used mostly in the treatment of water, and epoxide ... view