Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5861 to 5870 of 6175.

• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not wish to give a tutorial to the hon. Member on the law that he himself passed. But the law basically puts the limit for petrol saloon cars at 2,600cc and for diesel cars at 3,000cc. I believe the Range Rover he is talking of and which is not used by me has a capacity of 3,000cc, hence its capacity is within the law. So, I am not sure about the car he is talking of, which has a capacity of 4,600cc. view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think that is a rather serious allegation made on the Floor of the House, especially about an untruth. I would like the Member to table that letter. view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can deny categorically that I have seen such a letter. I challenge him to table that information here, because his is a very serious allegation against the person of the Head of Public Service and Secretary to the Cabinet, who is not here to defend himself! view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The promissory notes that were issued relating to six contracts were cancelled and an amount of Kshs1 billion refunded with respect to those contracts. (b) The value of the promissory notes relating to those contracts was Kshs25.1 billion. As far as we are concerned, there are no outstanding promissory notes beyond those that we are aware of. (c) I can confirm that there have been no payments on the Anglo Leasing type of contracts since May, 2005, and no further payments will be made until the report from the consulting firm, ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me ample time to clarify this matter, hopefully, once and for all. A total of 18 contracts amounting to Kshs54 billion were issued. Of these contracts, we know that Kshs32.5 billion was issued between 1997 and 2002. Another Kshs22 billion was issued between 2003 and 2004. I would like to give this House the true status of those projects so that when hon. Members talk about irrevocable promissory notes out there, they can do so from a point of information, rather than depending on rumours that are circulating in the media. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it has also been mentioned, with regard to the other category of 1070 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 2, 2007 four contracts worth Kshs8.6 billion, that promissory notes were issued. However, we are not aware of any promissory notes that were issued in respect of these projects. In fact, the way payments were being effected suggests that there was no issue of promissory notes. The projects in this category are: The Kenya Police Supply, Supply of Security, Addendum No.3, which was a carry-over from the previous Government; The Kenya Police Airwing Support Project II - Mr. J. Nyagah ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will repeat this very slowly for the purpose of enabling hon. Members to hear what I have just said. The promissory notes that were issued in respect to the six contracts which I have enumerated have been cancelled. They are with me in my safe at the Treasury. So, there is no promissory note out there. The deal was cancelled and nobody can bring them. For the information of hon. Members, a promissory note is just like a bankers cheque. Once a bankers cheque is cancelled, it does not matter whether you have it or ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think this Parliament has given the Ministry of May 2, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1071 Finance, through the Treasury, the responsibility for or the custody of all finances of this country. However, in terms of how many cases have been filed, I am hard pressed to respond to that. I do not even know where they are being filed and by who. view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me, first of all, confirm that there are a couple of issues that have not been truly mentioned by the hon. Member. I tabled the audit report of the 18 contracts and gave it to the PAC. We then challenged them to look through it and bring a report on it to the House with the same vigour as they did following their trip to London. We are still awaiting for the report from the PAC on the 18 contracts. I suspect they will not move with the same vigour because the biggest valued contract ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will not comment on whether consent is required or not. That is beyond my jurisdiction. However, going to specific areas of the questions raised, the Controller and Auditor-General, in his report, raised, the issue that among the 18 contracts some are ongoing. We cancelled those that had not started. There are those that had been contracted from as early as 1997, 2000 and 2001, and they were ongoing. People had started delivering on the contracts and it was only fair that they be evaluated to establish; whether they had begun, under which circumstances they were ... view