Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5871 to 5880 of 6175.

• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have deliberately tried to be very slow so that hon. Members can follow what I am saying. I said that there were 18 contracts. Out of this, six were cancelled. The promissory notes for these contracts were also cancelled. Of the remaining 12 contracts, three were completed and payments had been made. There is nothing we could do about that. The remaining nine contracts are ongoing. Work is being carried out to verify what exactly happened on those contracts and who was involved. When the truth comes out, some of the advocates for this anti-corruption ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know what the hon. Member is calling "misleading", when I am speaking the truth. We cancelled those contracts but they were included in the schedule of all the 18 contracts being looked into for different reasons. As I said, there are three categories; there are contracts that were completed and the evaluation is on a different context from those which were ongoing or those which were cancelled. For the ones that were cancelled, the terms of reference are for how they were contracted. For the ones that were completed, it is how they ... view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- (a) THAT, a sum not exceeding Kshs13,349,636,120 be granted from the Consolidated Fund to meet expenditure during the year ending 30th June, 2007, in respect of Supplementary Estimates of 2006/07 Financial Year (Recurrent) having regard to the proposed reduction of Kshs6,190,662,070 therein appearing. (b) THAT, a sum not exceeding Kshs15,565,597,574 be granted from the Consolidated Fund to meet expenditure during the year ending 30th June, 2007, in respect of Supplementary Estimates of 2006/07 Financial Year (Development) having regard to the proposed reduction of Kshs3,240,846,105 therein appearing. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, His Excellency ... view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Yes, the President has given his consent to this Motion. The current Budget that is financing the Public Service was approved by this House on 22nd November, 2006. In implementing the Budget, I have adhered to the broad fiscal framework that was tabled before this House in June 2006. A review of the Budget implementation to the end of February, 2007, has indicated that some assumptions that underpinned the Budget formulation including revenue collection have since changed. In addition, we have received several requests by Ministries for both additional funding as well as re-allocations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the following ... view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, under the Ministry of Local Government we are seeking some money for the establishment of hawkers' markets. Hawkers are hard working people. However, they have had problems in terms of where to sell their wares. This has resulted in constant fights although they have reduced drastically in the recent past with the local authorities as they tried to instil order which we all require. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to provide a win-win situation, we allocated funding to secure a series of markets for the hawkers. The main ones are at Muthurwa and Westlands. I ... view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to continue misleading this House, that I have not gazetted the Banking (Amendment) Act, when that Gazette Notice is in the public domain in terms of the effective date of the Banking (Amendment) Act? In reference to the Keroche Industries, there was a court case that had been going on, even before this House amended those rules. That had nothing to do with me. There is a case between the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Keroche Industries which has been on-going. Is the hon. ... view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Let me start by thanking the hon. Members for their contribution and all the good words that have been said not just on Treasury, but the wider reforms and activities that the Government is undertaking. May I also, from the very outset, confirm to this House that I have utmost respect for institutions, including this House. I was a bit taken aback when my colleague and friend, hon. Muite, seemed to give the impression that I do not respect the decisions of this House. I think we will discuss that in ... view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just explained, in very basic layman's language, what the process is. The taxpayers are the Kenyans themselves; they pay taxes to the Government. What the Government is saying is that, you have a choice! The KPLC can charge an extra 60 cents per kilowatt hour for every person who uses April 24, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 875 electricity power. But, as a Government, you have paid us a tax, and we will insulate you from this until a power purchase agreement is in place based on the power tariff study. So, it is an ... view
• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, when we last debated this clause, the then Minister for Finance requested that he goes to consult further. I wish to report to hon. Members that after consultations, I have instructions from His Excellency the President to withdraw Clauses 16(2) and (3) which were really not the bone of contention, so that Clause 16 will basically refer to Clause 16(1). Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I, therefore, beg to move:- THAT, Clause 16(1) of the Banking Act be amended by deleting Section 44. This is without the effect of what was done in the past. ... view
• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I associate myself with the sentiments of the House. But I just want to clarify one thing; that in bringing the amendment to the Banking Act, I know it was passed a long time a go; it was last year. If you look at the totality of the package that was contained in all these other things, the move was to give more powers to the Central Bank of Kenya to regulate the financial institutions. You will recall that even just two weeks ago when we passed the Microfinance Bill, we moved the power to ... view