Amos Muhinga Kimunya

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.28 on the Calendar of National Assembly (Regular Sessions) this House adjourns Sine Die. Let me take this opportunity to thank the leadership of this House for the guidance that it...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you. In honour of our two former presidents, I ask that we rise again for a minute to honour these long-serving Members of Parliament who went all the way to be Presidents. (Hon. Members observed a moment of silence) May their souls rest in...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the County Allocation of Revenue (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.1 of 2022) and approved the same without amendments. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Christopher Omulele) : Mover.

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP)Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The import of this amendment is to specifically limit the service of the current commissioners, the Commissioner-General and members of the board to only the unexpired term. Thereafter, they will not be eligible. This is such a fundamental alteration of...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair, while I agree with the need for protection, I want to inform the Members that I had already provided for that in the Bill. Clause 5 basically protects any person who held office as a member of the board, or as...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The issue goes beyond what is on paper. When you see a toad jumping during the day, something is chasing it. The current Commissioner-General and the commissioners of KRA have been under constant attack by a certain group of...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. I request Hon. Waihenya to second the Motion for agreement with the Report of the Committee of the whole House.

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the County Allocation of Revenue Bill which was passed in the Senate yesterday, after a lot of deliberation, notwithstanding the fact that the figures are the same as last year’s. I want to thank the Senate...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House today, Thursday, 9th June, 2022: The Judicial Service Tribunal to inquire into the conduct of Justice Said Juma Chitembwe; Rules and Procedures 2022 published as Gazette Notice No. 6608 of...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Information Communication Technology Practitioners Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 38 of 2020) and approved the same with amendments.

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Higher Education Loans Board (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly No.37 of 2020) , and approved the same with amendments.

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Insurance Professionals Registration Bill (National Assembly Bill No.25 of 2020) and approved the same with amendments.

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Appropriation Bill (National Assembly Bill No.31 of 2022) , and approved the same with amendments.

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Kenya Revenue Authority (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.24 of 2022) be now read a Second Time. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as Members would be aware, during the budget highlights, the Cabinet Secretary for the...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Supreme Court (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.15 of 2022) be now read the Third Time. Let me take this opportunity to thank the Members who did it. This is a Bill that we only introduced into...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Speaker, I have heard the comments that have been made by Members on the purported constitutional issues. I will leave that to you to guide. But from what I have heard, the issues seem to be, first on the issues of the students being...

Hon Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 30 (3) (a) , this House orders that should the time appointed for adjournment of the House be reached before conclusion of business appearing under...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, 2012, this House approves the Ratification of the Defence Co- operation between the Kingdom of Denmark and...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to report that a Committee of the whole House has considered the Supplementary Appropriation (No.2) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.33 of 2022) and approved the same with amendments. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Soipan Tuya) : I call...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This was a good day. I want to congratulate the Chair of the Committee and the House for processing this Bill. In addition, I request you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker; that, pursuant to Standing Order 53, even at the...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Motion is self-evident and its importance is straight forward. We had an agreement that worked very well and lapsed and it is being renewed. All we are being called upon to do is to officially ratify it. I...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As I was indicating, this Bill is very straightforward. It basically seeks to change the name of the Kenya Revenue Authority to the Kenya Revenue Service (KRS) . This is to emphasise the core objective of the revenue body,...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am happy that so many Members have contributed to this Bill. It looks so simplistic that we are just June 8, 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 67 Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP)changing a name but obviously, as Members have...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to second. June 7, 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 58 Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP)I thank Hon. Kamket and his Committee on Delegated Legislation for bringing this amendment. It is a timely amendment to the National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA)....

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP)Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, on behalf of the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, I beg to move:THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 2. This is for tiding up because this Bill attempts to define what is already defined...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: African Union (AU) Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation (Niamey Convention) and its explanatory Memorandum. The Legal Notice No.92 of 2022 relating to the Public Service Commission (County Appeals) Procedures...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 50 (2) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012, this House approves the Public Finance Management (National Government) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 published as Legal Notice No.89 of 26th May 2022,...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a very important Motion. I am very happy because Members have ventilated and put on record some of the sentiments which I do not doubt that the administration which will come will follow them. For the record, it is...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Report of the Committee and thank it for working on it. It is really difficult to raise quorum of a committee June 7, 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 50 Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP)at this time of...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) He was here for some time, and then he was here in spirit. (Laughter)

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP)

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have listened very carefully. We are looking at Article 154 of the Constitution and, as the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs respond, he should consider taking this into account. There was a substantive Secretary to...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Finance Bill of 2022. From the outset, I recognise that Finance Bills are usually very complex. Very few people are able to go through it and understand because it is talking of amending some...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) I am not digressing. Any utterances or statements we make on the Floor of this House, we are not talking to ourselves but to the world and downgrading the preparedness of Kenya to hold a credible election on 9th August. Obviously, every Member is at...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) So, there are so many situations that may not have been anticipated in this Constitution but can occur. We can have a person properly appointed as the Secretary to the Cabinet who has started doing the duties of the Chairman of the Assumption of the...

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP)

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to thank Hon. Chair for that. I also want to thank Hon. Rasso for alerting us. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move;- THAT, Clause 6 of the Bill be amended—

Hon. Amos Kimunya (Kipipiri, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I was following the amendment proposed by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations from the Order Paper. The amendment he is proposing is actually to delete sub-clauses 6 (a) , (b) and (c) which is part...