Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: I know you have been mentioned, which is fine. We can mention anyone. view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I believe you have really helped Hon. Sankok to understand what he actually just did. I believe the spirit of creating employment through infrastructure projects does not mean it is a choice between housing and the Express Way. Both are necessary. The housing programme was targeted to create over half a million units, but it was not expected that the units would be done overnight. It is a process. As of now, for example, we know 2,500 units have been completed and have been handed over to buyers. Just this week, there are The electronic ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: another 1,242 units that have been contracted to be constructed. Across the entire country, housing units are being constructed and employment is being created. So, it is not one or the other. All these projects should be going on in tandem. That is why I am saying let us not tell the youth out there that they lack employment because the Express Way is being constructed. The Express Way is a public-private partnership. It has nothing to do with Government funds. Hence we want to encourage many more of such projects, including construction of housing units in each county. That ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: The sure way to help the youth is to commit things to policy and laws and not the empty sloganeering that we hear in political rallies. The youth are being incited they will be given money. We should tell them to apply for the Kenya Youth Empowerment and Opportunities Programme (KYEOP), which is now at cycle 7D for youth between 18 and 29 years who never passed through O level of education. They are entitled. Once they compete, they could access up to Kshs40,000 of Government grants plus training. You still hear the youth saying they do not want that. ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Government is on autopilot and we are here as part of that Government, then it changes the perception out there that perhaps we are not doing what we are supposed to be doing. I am aware that the Cabinet meets. I am aware that the Executive works. If some members of the Cabinet, who are paid for being in Cabinet and live in Government residences, choose not to participate in the Government, it does not mean that the rest of the Government is not working or functioning. I do not know whether the Member is speaking on behalf of the ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, some actions are not defensible because what does it mean when someone goes to the public and starts saying that the Government is not doing this-and-that yet they are in the Government? It basically shows that either you do not know you are in the Government or you do not know what the Government is because you are not privy to it. You could as well have abandoned your job! Therefore, some things are very self-evident and I do not have to give names. It is not necessarily one person because there are several people who ... view
• 29 Sep 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
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for that protection because we need some decorum in the House. I am saying that we need to internalise that fact. I think Dr. Mutunga may have confused about what was happening before and what is happening now. When we work together in a bi-partisan manner in processing business in this House, it does not mean that the Government is in the opposition or the opposition is in the Government. In Parliament, we have a majority and a minority party and we are supposed to work together for the common good of the society ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: I want to appreciate the comments by Hon. Ochieng’ and, indeed, the Leader of the Minority Party. Perhaps, if we remind ourselves, we used to have the Interpretation of Statutes Act (Cap. 2), which basically had all these definitions. But after the new Constitution, I do recall a lot of discussion proposing that any new law coming up should adopt the new nomenclature. Because we are at a point where we are reviewing a specific Act, we must clean it up. Because some Acts talk of minister and they have not been amended does not mean that people do not ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: I want to appreciate the comments by Hon. Ochieng’ and, indeed, the Leader of the Minority Party. Perhaps, if we remind ourselves, we used to have the Interpretation of Statutes Act (Cap. 2), which basically had all these definitions. But after the new Constitution, I do recall a lot of discussion proposing that any new law coming up should adopt the new nomenclature. Because we are at a point where we are reviewing a specific Act, we must clean it up. Because some Acts talk of Minister and they have not been amended, it does not mean that people do ... view