Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5721 to 5730 of 6175.

• 11 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I just wanted to clarify something about funding. It may look small, but this is the initial seed money. The Ministry is also generating a bit of Appropriations-in-Aid (A-in-A). But within the new Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) process which was beginning today, the tourism sector is being slotted in for a lion's share of funding because of the importance it plays. Now that I am at it, I believe that the benefits that we are seeing now, and the increase in the number of tourists is partly because of the confidence that the people ... view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to oppose this amendment although I believe that we all agree with the spirit of the amendment. This is a matter which is already included in the Political Parties Bill. In view of some of the constitutional issues that have been raised, I would like to remind this House that, last week, we made a decision to postpone the debate until issues have been agreed upon. So, I would urge that, because this is a fundamental issue, we allow some time and get to discuss it within the Committees and bring it next ... view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am surprised that this House should actually be deleting an amendment that is meant to bring some credit to our laws, and to protect the communities from a few individuals whose passion is to incite other people to rise above those communities. I believe that, as Ms. Karua mentioned, if we read what is being proposed, against what is existing within the law, it is actually a paraphrasing of what is already contained within the law and making it more clear. It is against inciting people to hostility, inciting people to violence and discrimination ... view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to mislead this House about a different amendment and yet we are discussing a very specific amendment to Section 77(3)? view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Privatisation Act was passed by the House and assented to by His Excellency the President. Since that time, we have been working on the modalities to actually put it in place. That will also determine the date of commencement, which I will then gazette. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me also give comfort to all hon. Members that, on all the ongoing privatisations, there are a series of laws that are being followed. There is nothing being done contrary to the existing laws or the provisions of the Privatisation Act, as it is. So, hon. Members can ... view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have not overruled the House or the President. The President assented to the Bill. The Act is very clear that "it will come into effect on such date as will be gazetted by the view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, like I said, we are at the tail end of finalising all those issues. Within a couple of weeks, we should have everything in place. It is only this time round that we can set aside the money required to put up the place. view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, within the next 21 days, we will have everything in place. That is the undertaking I am giving this House. view
• 23 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have no intention of taking away powers from Parliament. Parliament passed the law. Within that law, Parliament set out a whole set of things that need to be done before the law can become operational. We said that when all that was ready, the Minister would gazette the law. That is what we have been working on. I appreciate that it has taken long. However, it is because of the intricacies that were involved in that law. I gave an assurance to the House that there is no new privatisation process that has begun, that was ... view
• 15 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion guided by the wording at the main entrance of this House. We are, indeed, here for the Welfare of Society and the Just Government of Men. As hon. Members who are predominantly 3238 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 15, 2007 men, we need to ask ourselves: Are we being fair to the rest of the society? Are we being fair to the 52 per cent of women in this country? Are we being fair to the several numbers out there, who are represented by one hon. Member, when they should be represented ... view