Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1031 to 1040 of 2469.

• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The biggest problem with pyramid schemes is that the Government never investigated the issue. The Government failed to implement the Nyenze Report and never investigated the people who stole money from Kenyans. The Anti Banking Fraud Unit did make some recommendations, but the irony is that the Government never followed the owners of those schemes; the people who looted billions of money. So, the last time the Minister responded he said that he was going to tell us the status of the investigations by the Government. If there is no investigation ... view
• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Indeed, there is collective responsibility. All I want to know is: If, indeed, the matter has been taken to the Attorney General’s Office, when will he table the list of the pyramid schemes which are under investigation by the Government? view
• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I sit on the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) with hon. Odhiambo- Mabona and we have made it very clear that the Government should give priority to these very crucial Bills. For your information, we have also said we have no intention of extending sitting hours, because there is no reason why the Government cannot use the time it has. So, the Government should forget the business of extra sitting days or hours, because it has not been busy giving us Bills. They have been busy going out there to campaign. view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports:- (a) whether he could provide the names of all the youth groups from Yatta Constituency that have benefited from the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) channeled through various banks and financial institutions; and, (b) what mechanisms the Government is putting in place to ensure that more young people benefit from the said Fund? view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the list provided has 21 names which are combined for two constituencies. My Question was for Yatta only, but he has given names for two constituencies. I have no problem with that, but this Fund has been in existence for over three years and only 21 groups in two constituencies have benefited while the money which is being held by the Ministry officer has been given to more than 100 youth groups in Yatta without taking care of Masinga--- view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Members are consulting loudly and the Minister cannot hear. Please, protect me. view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Youth Officer has given money to over 100 groups. This is the money that goes directly through the Ministry. The money which is being held by banks has only been given to 21 groups in two constituencies. Could the Government consider stop using banks to give the money to the youth and reverse this money to other channels, specifically through the Ministry or SACCOs? view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister has admitted that the money which has been given to the banks has not achieved the intended goal. Now that we are in a new financial year and the money has not been spent, could the Government consider withdrawing the money from the banks and channel it directly through the Ministries? view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to support this Motion. Democracy is defined as follows: Government of the people for the people by the people. We need to ask ourselves whether this Government fits into that description. Is this Government a Government of the people? Is this Government a Government for the people? Is this Government a Government by the people? It fails the test because this is a Government of a few politicians who are busy campaigning to see who is going to be the next President. If they were not busy campaigning for that, they would ... view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you remember this matter came to Parliament and the Minister was asked to declare famine a national disaster. Hon. Esther Murugi said it was not a national disaster and that was it. It was four months ago. Do you know the irony of the Government Spokesman? He advertised on one page in the newspaper which costs Kshs300,000 to say that, indeed, there is no famine when the Government is finding it very difficult to transport food. The Government has no idea how to move that food from the NCPB to people who are dying in Turkana ... view