Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: but are losing even all the property they have as they try to pay the bills. With this Bill that this National Assembly has passed and with the cooperation of the Senate, we hope that we will see the end of that misery that we are seeing occasioned by illness. With those remarks, I beg to move and request the Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah to second. view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Landlord and Tenant Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 3 of 2021) be read a Second Time. This Bill seeks to consolidate several laws that relate to renting of premises for both business and residential use. It is driven by the need to balance interests of landlords and tenants. Members will know that currently there are three pieces of legislation that regulate the relationship between landlords and tenants: the Rent Restriction Act (Cap. 296), the Distress for Rent Act (Cap. 293) and the Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: party wants the best facilities at the lowest cost, the other one wants the best rent irrespective, and will obviously want to invest the least amount of money. If they invest heavily, they want to get fair return on their investment. When you get these two extremes, unless the law comes in to mediate, you will continue having the same problems where landlords who feel that tenants have refused to pay for a certain period choose to break doors or remove the roof to frustrate the tenants to move out so they can admit a new tenant. The protection within ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: One of the provisions that is coming in this Bill is that landlords are required to give a written notice of at least 90 days prior to the intention to increase rent which would then render the rent increase invalid. At the same time, if the tenant does not object to this written 90 days’ notice, within 30 days of receipt of that notice, then they are deemed to have accepted the increase. This again shields the predictability and surprises that may be sprung on the tenant by the landlord or also the feeling that a tenant who receives notice ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: that we will get some vibrant debate on this matter because we owe it to both tenants and landlord to protect them. I did mention that this notice can be given in the period that has been proposed for terminating a tenancy in good faith, when a landlord requires possession of the premises for personal use. It has now been reduced from 12 months to 60 days. Obviously, it is one thing for a landlord to rent out his premises and another to repossess them for personal use. When a tenant needs to move into his premises for personal use, ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Government leases it and provides services so that all the money goes towards paying doctors, rent, providing medicines and we make progress. Right now we end up using a lot of money and hence we end up borrowing heavily to meet our capital expenditure, which should have been provided by people whose core business is to provide premises. We have seen a shift in roads. I am very happy with what is happening with the expressway on Mombasa Road and many other Public Private Partnerships (PPP) projects that will come. I hope this Bill will encourage landlords in the future ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Landlord and Tenant Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 3 of 2021) be read a Second Time. This Bill seeks to consolidate several laws that relate to renting of premises for both business and residential use. It is driven by the need to balance interests of landlords and tenants. Members will know that currently there are three pieces of legislation that regulate the relationship between landlords and tenants: the Rent Restriction Act (Cap. 296), the Distress for Rent Act (Cap. 293) and the Landlords and Tenants (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: refused to pay for a certain period choose to break doors or remove the roof to frustrate the tenants to move out so they can admit a new tenant. The protection within the law has not been helpful. One of the complaints by landlords is that when tenants fail to pay, they go to the Rent Restriction Tribunal and they are told to stop paying until the matter is heard. The landlord has a mortgage to pay and other costs but then they do not receive any income, hence the frustration that you see being executed through extra-judicial methods. Similarly, ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: notice, within 30 days of receipt of that notice, then they are deemed to have accepted the increase. This again shields the predictability and surprises that may be sprung on the tenant by the landlord or also the feeling that a tenant who receives notice keeps quiet and is hoping that after 90 days he would then start challenging that rent. Therefore, it gives a window of at least 60 days for them to negotiate. One of the other features of this Bill is that the landlord may increase the rent once every 12 months in case of residential premises ... view
• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: personal use. It has now been reduced from 12 months to 60 days. Obviously, it is one thing for a landlord to rent out his premises and another to repossess them for personal use. When a tenant needs to move into his premises for personal use, he is told he has to wait for 12 months. So, this period has been reduced to 60 days. Similarly, additional obligation to obtain the consent of a tribunal, if the landlord wishes to rent the premises within 18 months after the date when possession was actualised, it has also been removed. So, there ... view