Amos Kimunya

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• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Like I said, this is really our moment to regularize what has been happening in terms of the legal framework for our community groups. This country is based on that social structure called the Ubuntu—I am because we are. It has been demonstrated by people coming together on every issue, be it social or economic, and pulling together. The fact that we have operated so far without a legal framework is because of the trust within the groups, the peer pressure within the groups. Now, with the added issues of putting things into a legal framework, they can only get ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move: THAT, the Asian Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions (Repeal) Bill, be now read a Second Time. This Bill was published in June 2021 and it is one of those Bills that emanate from the need to clean up our laws. I know it has been committed to the Departmental Committee on Finance and Planning. They have looked at it, what I am not sure is whether we have a report on it. It was advertised for public participation in September. I doubt if anyone made any views to it. I have actually not ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: This Bill basically seeks to repeal one of these colonial legislation which was last amended, in 2012. However, the Act dates back to those colonial days when Kenya used to have different sets of laws for the Africans, for the Europeans and for the Asians, in terms of how the issues to 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
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: do with pensions were going to the administered. So, basically it was addressing the issue of creating a pension scheme mainly for the Asian community that had been brought to Kenya by the colonial masters as they were then to work within the colonial government, to help also the implementation of the English laws. They started in India as they came in to do the railway and also for those that were lawyers. We borrowed quite a bit from the Indians as the Chair of Committee on Implementation might guide us further. We have all those Indian Properties Act and ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: The substance of this Act was to create the Asians Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund to which contributions were to be made by eligible agents. view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Under Section 5, the Act had further set out guidelines on eligibility; who was to make contributions, who was prohibited from contributing, the rates of contribution, the manner of contribution and the management of the Fund. view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as Members are aware, following the passage of the 2010 Constitution, all matters of pensions were placed under the purview of the Public Finance and Management (PFM) Act of 2012. This has revolutionised and led to a repeal of all those other laws that were dealing with pension matters before, including this one which has obviously been overtaken by events. Within the PFM, the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Planning, with the approval of Parliament, is empowered to do away with any Fund whose objectives have been met or whose objectives are no longer ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Section 24 of the same PFM Act also manages the administration of the Fund within one year to ensure that all payments due or owed to third parties are paid. Any payments due to the Fund or the Government through the Fund are remitted to the Fund after which they are remitted to the Consolidated Fund. This repeal Bill is basically creating that mechanism. First, to repeal this anti-equated law. Secondly, to create a mechanism for transition in terms of how any amounts in the Fund will be sorted out or how any monies due to the Fund will be ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is a two-page Bill that basically sets out the repeal. Section 4 of the Bill states that the Cabinet Secretary shall, before winding up, ascertain the status of the claims against the Fund and ensure that they are settled within one year and the proceeds are paid in the Consolidated Fund. It further states that the term of the Members of the Board of the Fund shall continue until the claims are paid hence creating that transition mechanism. It also states the Cabinet Secretary shall, within one year of coming into operation of the Act, ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Therefore, there is a very clear mechanism of how the Fund will be liquidated. There is a mechanism of sorting out any dues to any of the widows, orphans or Asians who are not covered by any other Fund. As it has been said, this law is one of those that borders on discrimination on 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