Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5931 to 5940 of 6175.

• 28 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Bill in principle. I also would like to thank Dr. Ojiambo for her patience and endurance as she worked on this Bill with all the officials from the Treasury, the private sector, various stakeholders and through workshops. We discussed this Bill and we are in support for various reasons. First, the Treasury has been working on the issue of regulation of the procurement and supplies management as part of the wider amendments that are coming through within the framework of reforms for better public financial management. We also support this ... view
• 28 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: The other body that we need to clearly define is the examination body. We have, again, for example, the accountants, ICPAK, the Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examination Board, which has a certain level of independence to ensure that those who have qualified do not lock out their brothers and sisters who are pursuing studies because they may increase competition within the market. We need to insulate the ones who are not members yet, and we have seen examples of that in some of the bodies I would not mention on the Floor of this House where the people who ... view
• 28 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: You all know that the biggest delay in procurement matters, and especially on large November 28, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3987 contracts, has been caused by the abuse of our legal system. People look for loopholes in law and then challenge contracts. When they do not win a tender, they rush to court to challenge the decision. At the end of it all, it is the common man and woman who miss the benefits of the procurement as people fight over tenders by using loopholes within the law. We want to make sure that we do not leave any of these ... view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Appropriation Bill, 2006--- view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to add to our apologies 3870 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 22, 2006 for not having been here when required. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Appropriation Bill, 2006, be read a Second Time. I wish to notify that His Excellency the President has signified his consent to this Bill. The Appropriation Bill, 2006, seeks the statutory approval of Parliament to the Government expenditure contained in the Estimates of the Financial Year 2006/2007. Subsequent to the laying in the House of the Estimates for Recurrent and Development Expenditure, this House approved the Vote-on-Account on ... view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to start by thanking the hon. Members for their contributions. I believe it has been healthy. This is a reminder of the principles on some of the issues that the hon. Members have raised and I will take this on board. I wish to just comment on a number of issues that have come up for purposes of throwing light on the debate during proceedings in the Committee Stage. I wish to just reiterate that our economy has grown. That was brought up by the Shadow Minister for Finance. Contrary to the picture that may ... view
• 22 Nov 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 Appropriation Bill, 2006, and its approval thereof without amendment. view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. 3894 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 22, 2006 view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Appropriation Bill be now read the Third Time. view
• 21 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that some pension cases take too long to process. (b) The following steps have been taken to shorten the process:- (1) The Government is in the process of modernising the Information Communication Technology System of the Pensions Department. (2) The Pensions Department will be given more staff to boost its current number in order to improve efficiency in handling the big workload. (3) The Pensions Department is posting experienced officers to the Government Ministries in order to improve documentation of records required for pension payments. view