Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6131 to 6140 of 6175.

• 31 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of this House, to thank Ms. Ndung'u for spearheading this Bill to where it is now. I also thank hon. Members for looking at issues from both sides. When we pass a law, as a House, it is important to ask ourselves: If that law was going to be used against us by our enemies, would we survive if we are innocent? That fairness must be captured in the spirit of the law. I think the application would be fair to everyone. view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Supplementary Appropriation Bill be now read a Second Time. May 4, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 949 Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me start by, first, recording our thanks to hon. Members for their support for the Motion on the 2005/2006 Revised Estimates. This Bill will facilitate the implementation of the approval granted by the House. While moving the Motion on the Supplementary Estimates for 2005/2006, I mentioned briefly that our domestic ordinary revenues have not performed well as we had projected, resulting in a shortfall of Kshs5.2 billion. Whereas that overall ... view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me start by thanking hon. Members who have contributed, for their comments and contributions, which I will confirm we take very seriously. Even if we do not act on them between now and the time we leave this House, they will be taken into account in future. May I also confirm to this House that the Treasury did not sit unilaterally and re-allocate the monies. All the Accounting Officers in the various Ministries participated in bringing in the figures they thought their Ministry would not be spending between now and June, 2006. Any reflections in ... view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman Sir, the reductions within the Ministry of Roads and Public Works relate to some projects which have not begun. It is pointless to keep that money within the books because the contracts have not been given out and will not start before June. It also relates to amounts which are counter-part funding by the Kenyan Government to the Development Expenditure, which was supposed to be funded from outside, yet we have not received any commitment. Those projects are being rescheduled to start when we have firm commitments from our financiers. So, it is not that we ... view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am not aware of the commitment of Kshs200 million to Ndhiwa, which was rescheduled. I have said that the basis of the allocation is to avoid situations like we had last year, where Kshs7 billion was returned to the Treasury because either the counter-part funds from the donors were not available or the contracting was not done. We want a situation where all the money that has been voted is put to use. view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, we have consistently said that we will not factor in any budgetary support until it has been confirmed, especially to avoid such embarassing situations like this, where money is promised and not forthcoming. I want to assure this House that we are very conscious of the drought situation and the need for water in all those areas. Although we are moving this particular one, indeed, we were faced with some procurement problems on this contract. We have allocated funds through the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Programme and the Special Programmes Project. We are also sourcing ... view
• 4 May 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 Supplementary Appropriation Bill and its approval thereof without amendment. view
• 4 May 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
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Supplementary Appropriation Bill be now read the Third Time. view
• 3 May 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand, unfortunately, to oppose this Motion. While the spirit of this Motion is good, the logic 870 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 3, 2006 is very persuasive and that the circumstances are quite understandable, but the reality is very different. We recognise that the rising oil prices together with the increase in the cost of food have resulted in inflationary pressure that, in the recent past, has adversely affected, not just the transport sector, but Kenyans generally, and obviously, increased the incidents of poverty. We, as a Government, are fully committed to mitigating these ... view