Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5831 to 5840 of 6175.

• 10 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if I recall what I said, I said that Mr. Speaker, sitting on the Chair, said that he does not want the House to be reduced to a debt collection agency by hon. Members asking claims on behalf of contractors. I never said about hon. Members being paid to ask Questions. I think I have enough respect for the Membership of this House not to allege that anyone would be paid. I do not think any hon. Member would lower himself or his dignity so low to be paid to ask a Question. I never said ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to, once again, attempt to explain to hon. Members what we have been talking and explaining for all this time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I explained that there are no promissory notes out there that will be brought to us for payment. I have just seen copies of what hon. Maore laid on the Table of this House. What he has not told us is what those copies are for. Are they copies of the original promissory notes that are out there and that will be brought to us ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: The answer is very clear. These are copies of the promissory notes that are being held at the Treasury. Like the hon. Member said, a promissory note is like a bankers cheque. view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: No, it is not like cash. It is like a bankers cheque which you take to somebody to pay you. You need to take the original bankers cheque to your bank which will then authenticate it before it pays you. It is on that basis that even if you took a bankers cheque to your bank today, you do not get value for it immediately. The bankers cheque has to be verified by the issuing bank that it is not a forged one and that it is actually payable. It is on that same basis that I am going to ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: The Report has already been tabled, and I do not want to table it again. view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on page 15 of the Report that was tabled here, the Controller and Auditor-General raised issues of the loss and how we need to verify that. But, on this particular one, on page 14, he said that there was a project which was not started and for which some equipment is said to have arrived in Mombasa. This is the Telecommunication Network for Police Administration, Globaltel Finance and Middleway Finance all totalling to Kshs4.965 billion. Really, the issue was that a few equipment May 9, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1215 that were delivered and said to ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: I think the hon. Member has not said anything different from what I have said. I said that these documents tabled here are copies of bills that are still at the Treasury which have not been released to anyone. view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just wanted to respond in detail on that specific contract because it has not started. The equipment is being challenged and no payment has been made on it. Neither deposit nor commitment fees have been paid. The promissory notes were not released. This is consistent with all the other projects that were completed. We must remember here that out of the 18 projects we are talking of, 12 projects were started between 1997 and 2002 when Mr. J. Nyagah was sitting in the Cabinet. In 2001 they approved the mode of payment. The hon. ... view
• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I respect the hon. Member for Gachoka for having the courtesy to write to me. Before I could reply to him, other extraneous issues were introduced in the House that I am challenged to clear here. Let me ignore what has been tabled here and address the issue of the hon. Member for 1216 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 9, 2007 having taken the pains to write to me. I would like to tell him that in terms of who gave the promissory notes to the individuals or companies, some of them were never issued so they ... view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I can confirm that the Government signed a contract with a private firm on 17th January, 2007, towards valuation of security-related goods, works and services that were supplied to the Government under the security loan contract. I will also add here that the time is not just from 2002 to 2004 but all the way from 1997 to 2004. (b) I further confirm that the contract was signed in accordance with the prevailing Public Procurement and Disposal Regulations and the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Acts. view