{"id":10055,"date":"2020-06-23T17:10:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T17:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=10055"},"modified":"2020-06-23T17:10:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T17:10:57","slug":"the-return-of-amos-kimunya-and-why-he-carried-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/the-return-of-amos-kimunya-and-why-he-carried-the-day","title":{"rendered":"The return of Amos Kimunya and why he carried the day"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Seniority and experience in House leadership worked to the advantage of Kipipiri MP Amos Kimunya, who was appointed National Assembly Majority Leader yesterday.<\/p>\n

Sources said having served as deputy leader of government business in Parliament and as a minister in President Mwai Kibaki\u2019s government, including in the plum finance docket, Kimunya was considered as fitting the bill as Garissa Township MP Aden Duale\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n

Kimunya was also serving in the House Business Committee (HBC) alongside Duale.Yesterday, Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju confirmed that seniority influenced Kimunya\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe party and party leader has full confidence in Kimunya. He has the capacity to deliver having been a minister before and elected MP numerous times. This means he is not a small timer,\u201d said Tuju.\u201cHolding these high profile positions in the past demonstrates that he has learnt the ropes and is equal to the task,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Making a comeback<\/strong><\/p>\n

Until yesterday, Kimunya was the secretary of the Jubilee Coalition Joint Parliamentary Group (PG), a position that went to Eldas MP Adan Keynan in what appears to be an attempt to appease Northern Kenya region following Duale\u2019s ouster.Kimunya has found a place in the top leadership of the Jubilee government, which came to power in 2013 when he lost the Kipipiri parliamentary seat before recapturing it in 2017.<\/p>\n

For a man who was censured by the House in 2009 as a Cabinet minister during proceedings in which not a single MP rose to his defence, Kimunya is now expected to lead the ruling coalition\u2019s troops in the National Assembly.Kimunya\u2019s censure motion was moved by then Ikolomani MP Bony Khalwale.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, it emerged that Kimunya, who is also the vice chair of the House education committee, had initially been touted to replace Duale during the first PG meeting on June 2 at State House, chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta, but the matter was put in abeyance.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmos Kimunya has been serving in HBC, so he\u2019s got the experience,\u201d said Borabu MP Ben Momanyi.Kimunya promised to unite all Jubilee MPs and push the government agenda in the House.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no rebels in the Jubilee party. We do not have Jubilee \u201cA\u201d or \u201cB\u201d. I intend to cultivate one Jubilee driving one agenda,\u201d he said yesterday, downplaying the open revolt in the ruling party pitting Uhuru\u2019s allies against those of his deputy, William Ruto.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Uhuru unveiled Kimunya at the Jubilee Coalition National Assembly PG meeting that he chaired in his role as the party leader, at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi.Uhuru took the opportunity to remind the legislators to focus on the coalition\u2019s development agenda and advised them against engaging in divisive politics.<\/p>\n

Top on the agenda of yesterday\u2019s meeting was a petition made to Uhuru regarding the coalition\u2019s National Assembly leadership, one which prompted the change of guard at the office of the Majority Leader.The PG meeting was attended by Dr Ruto, Tuju and 174 Jubilee Coalition MPs.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, another highly placed Jubilee official within the circles of the president, said Kimunya won the day for his vast experience in government and that his competence was vital in the post-Covid-19 recovery process.\u201cKimunya was originally the choice to replace Duale. What happened yesterday was long overdue. He is the senior-most in the House and experienced. He served as deputy leader of government business when Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper party leader) was vice president,\u201d said the official.<\/p>\n

\u201dHis past experience as finance minister will help in engaging Treasury on the recovery of the economy through negotiations with different arms of government. As a representative of the executive, his experience will help a lot,\u201d said the official.<\/p>\n

The leadership is reported to have settled on Kimunya for the delicate job, arguing that, like Duale, he was a safe pair of hands.\u201cIn the current political landscape, he was the right person to replace Duale,\u201d said another party official.<\/p>\n

However, some MPs immediately expressed apprehension with Uhuru\u2019s choice of Kimunya, citing his past record in the House.But Tuju was quick to dismiss such assertions, saying Jubilee did not need a \u2018public relations consultant\u2019 for the job.\u201cIf we want a consultant in Parliament, we could have placed an advert in the papers. We believe in Kimunya\u2019s leadership and he will deliver,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kimunya\u2019s star is once again shining after he failed to secure one of the most powerful committee seats in the House after the 2017 polls.In three weeks, Kimunya has risen from the newly created Secretary of the JP Coalition to the powerful post of the majority leader, equivalent to the official leader of government business.<\/p>\n

During his tenure in the current parliament, the former finance minister has remained solid in legislative matters but kept a low profile in party affairs.In an interview with a local TV station on June 8, Kimunya said his predecessor, Duale, had lost the confidence of the majority of the ruling party\u2019s lawmakers after failing to unite his political troops for a common cause.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe title is the leader of the majority party, not a manager leader. One of the things a leader is expected to do is bring everyone together, build consensus, harness synergies of different members,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He argued that Duale\u2019s continued stay in Majority Leader position would work against Uhuru\u2019s development agenda at the National Assembly.\u201cWe are 216 members of the Jubilee Coalition. Out of 216, if 126 are saying \u2018we don\u2019t want you as our leader, we\u2019ve lost our trust,\u2019 then you are left with 90 which is a minority,\u201d he said then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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