Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6041 to 6050 of 6175.

• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, this issue of pending bills is something that we need to bring to an end. The hon. Member is very right in saying that these pending bills had been subjected to a committee in the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. It is because we doubted the figures that had been recommended for payment by the committee from the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. That is when we subjected it to a subsequent review, through an inter- ministerial committee that is domiciled with the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and the Treasury. It ... view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, like I said, the basis for verifying the claims and certifying which ones were payable or not was the tangible evidence laid before the committee. The committee needed evidence to show that services were rendered, or works were done, as contracted. In all those claims, you would find people claiming that they built what they called Treasury House Annex. We all know where the Treasury Building is, and we all know that there is no Treasury House Annex that has been built. Some people are claiming Kshs8 billion for building it. There are some ridiculous claims ... view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, like I said, I will be happy to table the full list of the people once all the claims have been dealt with. But at this point it would prejudice some investigations that are taking place, including on people who were making fraudulent claims and were attempting to defraud this Government. I do not want to start the roundabout things we have been going through with committees, picking on the list, and then going and clearing some people out there, and compelling the Ministry to pay. I would rather continue with the process as it is ... view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: In terms of the interest payable, the claims are exhaustive in terms of people and what to claim. The technical team is very clear in terms of what they can approve, in terms of the contractual obligations that were there between the clients and the Government. November 2, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3375 view
• 2 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 Licensing (Repeals and Amendment) Bill and its approval thereof without amendment. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Licensing (Repeals and Amendment) Bill be now read the Third Time. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I rise to support the report of the Committee, I do not seem to have much choice, but to support it. My colleague, the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs has explained the reasons why we should support this Motion. We, as a Parliament, are in a situation where we tied ourselves to a law that seems to tie us down to accept the report as presented by the Committee and to move forward. As I support, I would like to express my disappointment with the performance of the commission todate. We have seen ... view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, apart from the hooliganism that we see in this country, there are no abuses of human rights by the Government. That does not mean that the Commission that has been set up and is enjoying public financing should, for lack of something to do, start harassing innocent Ministers, hon. Members and citizens, under the guise of looking for work to keep themselves busy and create some relevance. I believe that this House, having passed a law giving the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) some supernormal powers and making it answerable to nobody, has ... view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I share the concern in terms of the issue at hand, especially considering the fact that about 50,000 of our children who represent the future of this country, cannot get access to education because of the strike. We also need to ask ourselves as leaders, what is our perception of responsibility for the future. These students represent the future of this country. Even as we sit here, we need also to look at the mutual responsibilities as leaders and lecturers. Do we want trade unionism? Do we want people to abandon the future ... view