Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 771 to 780 of 6175.

• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: On Tuesday, 30th November 2021, both Houses are scheduled to have a Joint Sitting, where His Excellency the President will make the annual State of the Nation Address. I know that you have already guided Members on this matter. I just want to add that, in the course of the week, as is the practice and pursuant to Standing Order 24, there shall be debate on the policy initiatives outlined in the President’s Address. In accordance with the provisions of Standing Order 42A(5) and (6), I wish to convey that the Cabinet Secretary for Energy is scheduled to appear before ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill and commend the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing for the work they have done and their perseverance. I know it has gone through headwinds and it is not the first time it is being tried. It started in 2017 and got lost in mediation. I hope this time round, we will go the whole hog. The bottom line is amending the qualifications of the director-general and the term limit. We did the Roads Act in 2007 and I remember this very well because I was ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: I believe in respecting professions. As an accountant, I know there are things that are best done by accountants much as most accountants have their basic background even in engineering, law and other disciplines. Initially, I had been convinced that we should open up the qualifications to anyone who can manage the sector, but I have listened to the engineers and different stakeholders and I am convinced that we give them this time round and review the situation as we move on. However, that should not be a basis for saying that a director-general for a hospital must be a ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: I would like to see the engineers who get into this position prove to Kenyans that the roads sector is better managed because they understand the core business of roads. Unfortunately, that has not been quite demonstrated. The cost per kilometre is still very high in this country whether we are talking about murram or tarmac roads. These are some of the things we need to keep interrogating and I am sure the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing will help us interrogate why we have roads in other countries being done at a fraction ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: On moving from the three-year to a five-year term, I am not sure what the obsession with three years was. It was three years renewable adding up to six years, hoping that if one does not deliver, they are removed. We have gone for five years, but there are provisos. If one does not deliver, there is a mechanism for removal. It is not automatic that one will serve the entire five years, but it gives a certain predictability in terms of what one wants to achieve, namely, some visioning. That way, one can be held to account for a ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: The other thing is alignment of the language with the Constitution. It is a straightforward Bill and I do not want to discuss much about roads in my area because there will be another day for that. Let us get the management structures right in the road boards and after that, we can challenge them to show us the equity, and answer questions I heard Members asking like why we do not do roads where they are most productive. How do we unlock the potential? How do we support job creation by supporting farmers with good roads, so that they ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: members of county assemblies (MCAs) have more money to transfer their children from public schools to private schools. That is how the wheel of development moves. It is not through concentration, but through devolving development and resources. I hope the director-generals in the roads sector are listening to us and will rise to the occasion to show how they have interconnected the entire Kenya, so that there are economic hubs in every place and people do not have to migrate. It pains me to see youngsters abandoning their houses and small shambas in the rural areas to come and look ... view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of the Community Groups Registration Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 20 of 2021) and its approval thereof with amendments. view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Indeed, the original wording of the Bill and which is consistent with what we have been doing in other Bills was, ‘The Chief Justice may make regulations’. So, it is not mandatory to make regulations because if they are not needed, he/she does not need to make them. It is obvious that some regulations will be required for this law. I am persuaded by Hon. Oundo and from his experience that if he then makes it mandatory, let us also be reasonable with the time. So, I am actually persuaded and I would like to persuade the Chairperson of the ... view