Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: I wish to encourage Kenyans to assist us in building a brighter future for our youth by making further contributions to this Fund. Mr. Speaker, Sir, key priority areas of our immediate attention include: rehabilitation and development of youth polytechnics, skill development, including through expanded admissions to the National Youth Service (NYS) and vocational training centres; and youth empowerment and participation especially through career fairs and leadership training, among others. Towards this end, I will be allocating a further Kshs105 million towards the rehabilitation and operations of at least one youth polytechnic in every constituency which will provide a start-up ... view
• 15 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: In addition, I have allocated a further Kshs50 million for various innovative youth projects 1412 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 15, 2006 across the country. In this regard, I wish to urge our young people living around those institutions to take advantage of this opportunity and acquire the necessary skills for securing a lifetime source of livelihood. I wish also to urge the management of these village polytechnics and vocational training centres to consider organising youth groups under their training and where possible, tender for some of the construction works being implemented under the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) and I believe hon. ... view
• 15 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: This will create employment opportunities for the youth in the rural areas, reduce the rural-urban migration and level of crime in urban centres. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as part of the Government commitment to democracy and freedom, I have allocated a further Kshs100 million towards the establishment of the proposed Kenya Youth Council (KYC) which will create a forum for the youth countrywide to discuss matters that affect their socio-economic and political welfare. I have also allocated a further Kshs250 million towards the operations of the National Youth Service (NYS) to upscale their operations, and a further Kshs100 million to scale ... view
• 15 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the resources for the LATF which is also targeting the same grassroots areas will increase from Kshs5.6 billion in the Financial June 15, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1413 Year 2005/2006 to Kshs7.5 billion in the Financial Year 2006/2007. This includes Kshs1 billion from accumulated deposits while those for the overall Road Maintenance Levy (RML) will also increase from Kshs9 billion to Kshs14 billion, to be disbursed partly through the constituencies. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as hon. Members can see from the Printed Estimates, the resources we have earmarked for each constituency in the form of the CDF have increased ... view
• 15 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: I expect that hon. Members will ensure efficient and effective deployment of these funds in order to significantly improve the economic conditions of our people in the rural areas. Further, to avoid duplication and waste of scarce resources, the provision of the bursary funds and construction of some police posts and health clinics has been shifted from their respective line Ministries to the CDF. I am confident that hon. Members, in close collaboration with the line Ministries and the local CDF committees, will be able to disburse these funds equitably and transparently to fund priority programmes at the local level. ... view
• 15 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: In the meantime, I need not remind hon. Members that we will all be going back to the electorate next year and our management of these resources will be a major criteria by which we will be judged. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me now to the financial outturn for the Financial Year 2005/2006. Allow me to briefly update hon. Members on the Budget outturn for the year just about to end. Our total revenues, including LATF were originally estimated at Kshs326 billion comprising Kshs296 billion in ordinary revenue and Kshs29.9 billion in Appropriations-in-Aid (A-in-A). Due to administrative challenges relating to ... view
• 15 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: The rest of my Speech outlines the tax measures I intend to take to further remove administrative and legal barriers in order to create an enabling environment for private sector growth. The proposed measures are also intended to address inequality while creating opportunities for the youth to actively participate in economic development. These measures will result in June 15, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1415 additional revenue of about Kshs1 billion. I, therefore, request that the remainder of my Speech be regarded as a Notice of Motion to be moved before the Committee of the Ways and Means. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my ... view
• 15 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: I expect the wheat millers to reduce the prices of wheat flour and make it affordable to the consumer so that we can all have our daily bread. Secondly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, young parents incur a significant proportion of their income on child care and upbringing expenses. To ease the family burden of raising children, I propose to zero-rate baby diapers, napkins and feeding bottles. I am sure that hon. Members in this House will welcome this proposal. view
• 15 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I expect the traders to translate this relief into reduced prices and enable our mothers to access these products for child care. Thirdly, in order to allow for input tax deduction, reduce the cost of treatment and supply of natural water; and encourage supply of clean water to every home in Kenya, I am proposing to zero-rate the supply and treatment of natural water by all local authorities and public water supplies. view
• 15 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while this may appear, on the face of it, to increase the cost of fuel, it works out to exactly what the motorists are spending, but when coupled with other measures within the insurance industry which I will be proposing, the elimination of the road licence and improved roads if calculated, the net result is a huge gain for motorists. I, therefore, do not expect any public transport operators to raise fare on account of this. This measure will also raise an additional Kshs5 billion in revenue of which Kshs3 billion will be earmarked for roads maintenance ... view