Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5881 to 5890 of 6175.

• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Section 44(a) be amended- (a) by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (5) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph:- (c) a loan becomes non-performing in such manner as may, from time to time, be stipulated in the guidelines prescribed by the Central Bank; (b) by deleting subsection 6 and substituting therefor the following new subsection:- (6) This Section shall apply with respect to loans made before this section comes into operation, including loans that have become non-performing before this section comes into operation; Provided that where loans become non-performing before ... view
• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I believe in this; that there has been mutual consensus. Basically, I do not even need to belabour the point. We have seen suffering in this country, where people borrow Kshs200,000, for example, and eventually they are mortgaged for millions. What the President is intending to do through this Memorandum is to introduce that provision, that for anyone borrowing a certain amount, that loan should never exceed the amount initially borrowed. I ask for the hon. Members' support on this. view
• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of the Memorandum by His Excellency the President on the Banking (Amendment) Bill and its approval thereof with amendments. view
• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. view
• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it had been read the Third Time. view
• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion in recognition of the responsibilities of a serving President, and, by extension, a retired President and even Presidents in the future. We need to put them at a point where they are not competing with the chief executives in this country. The salary of the President is ridiculed by even Government December 7, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4281 employees. As you know, currently, the salary of the President is Kshs700,000, plus some allowances. Mr. Speaker, Sir, some of those allowances do not apply, because he is housed by the State. I think ... view
• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion. As you can hear from my voice, hon. Members are even tired of seeing me here. I will start my contribution by drawing the attention of the House that our work is not limited to the House. Members of Parliament have a lot of work to do out there. We have our CDF. From the reports that I am looking at, I know what is happening. There is a lot of work on co-ordination that is required out there. We have just released some monies; some for the first ... view
• 7 Dec 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are very keen to engage with Committees this time round, to clear the issues regarding Bills so that when we come back here, we do not have a Bill presented and the following day, more than a 100 being brought before this House. That makes nonsense of lawmaking, which we could tackle out there through negotiation. That cannot be done when we are still carrying on with the business of the House. This is December when schools close and people go on holiday. People need time to be with their families and engage themselves ... view
• 30 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am restrained by the proceedings in court from taking the action that the hon. Member would like to see. view
• 30 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are, at least, four cases that are running on the matter. view