Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I note that there is still interest in this Bill. I would like to donate three minutes to Mr. Angwenyi and two minutes to Mr. Ethuro. I will use the rest. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me begin by thanking the hon. Members for their support. I think, as I sat here the whole afternoon, I have only heard of "We all support this initiative" and "We all believe it has been long overdue". Most importantly, we have demonstrated faith in our entrepreneurs and the microfinance sector. If we support it, it will serve this country in terms of growth of its economy. I would like to just assure hon. Members of this House that the concerns I have heard this afternoon are the same concerns we have been hearing ... view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Insurance (Amendment) Bill be now read a Second Time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Department of Insurance within the Ministry of Finance was formed in 1987 under the Insurance Act, Cap.487 of the Laws of Kenya. Its mandate is to administer the Insurance Act which includes the regulations, supervision, development of the insurance industry and to protect the interests of the policy holders as well strengthening the industry to improve its contribution to economic growth and development. Before its creation, there was no consolidated and co-ordinated insurance legislation ... view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it does. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that following authority to establish the constituency offices, different Members of Parliament have put in place different mechanisms towards implementation of the same. The authority refers to authority both from the CDF as well as from the National Assembly. (b) I am not aware that no funds have been received by Constituency Development Committees since July, 2006. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Treasury will continue to release funds to the accounting units for the implementation of identified programmes in accordance with the CDF regulations. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I confirm to this House that the Treasury has released the funds to all the accounting units, including Parliament. That is why they are even getting their salaries. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The criteria being used by the pending bills closing committee to approve or reject the pending claims focuses on the grounds on which the claim is made and the supporting documents availed to the committee by the claimants. (b) Since the pending bills closing committee has not yet finalised its work and submitted its final report, it is not possible for me to table a list of firms whose claims were approved and those whose claims were not approved. (c) Appropriate action will be taken against any public officer who is ... view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is very correct that I have on many occasions stated that out of the claims that have been processed so far, we have only paid an amount of Kshs233 million. For the benefit of the House, when the claims were called for, the various people who were claiming to have been owed by the Government submitted claims to the pending bills closing committee. We picked on the top 40 claims in terms of value, which amounted to well over Kshs70 billion. Out of those 40--- view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the benefit of those who are consulting, we asked all those people who were owed monies by the Government to submit their claims. Claims were submitted in excess of over Kshs100 billion. We picked the first 40 for the first phase of the investigations in terms of value. They amounted to over Kshs70 billion. After analysis, out of those 40 claims, only seven were deemed to be payable to the tune of the Kshs233 million. Another six firms owe the Government Kshs800 million. For all the other firms, there is nothing payable. This represents the ... view