Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. There has been a ruling from the Chair that Ministers should not be informing their colleagues here. They have better forums where they can do that. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Barely a year ago, the Ministry of Education and that of Finance stated that they were going to start a national school in every constituency and through the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) allocated them Kshs30 million. I am talking about the centres of excellence and they were targeted to be the national schools. Has the policy changed from the national schools which were to be centres of excellence to now only two national schools per county? view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You have promised this House that one of these afternoons, you will discipline a Minister for interrogating another Minister. This being a very good afternoon, I suggest that you take that opportunity and discipline only one Minister. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I ask a supplementary question, I want to declare my interest in this matter, having been a shareholder of this company and having lost a lot of money, I believe, along with many other Kenyans, because nobody has ever benefitted from this deal. view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to refresh your memory, when there was a censure Motion on the then Minister for Finance, hon. Khalwale had the following to say from the Floor of this House:- “To address Kenyans who were conned into buying shares in the Initial Public Offer (IPO) of Safaricom, the then Minister must go.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, those words have come to be true. Safaricom is over 50 per cent Kenyan. It is a Kenyan multi-national corporation with over 750,000 local shareholding and 35 per cent Government shareholding. The Permanent Secretary (PS) in the same Ministry had ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, initially I had declined to buy shares from Safaricom until I heard the Prime Minister encouraging Kenyans. I then went ahead and bought. So, when this matter comes here, it is not a matter of fighting price wars. There are Kenyans who were advised by the Government, including the Prime Minister, that this is a good investment. It is very serious. I am wondering whether the Government coned its own citizens, because they bought shares which were offloaded by the same Government. So, this clearly amounts to the Government coning its own citizens by abandoning them ... view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Is the Government prepared to compensate the shareholders, because what the Government promised has turned out not to be true? view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to evade the question? There has been a practice by Ministers to side step that list of consultancy firms and appoint persons who have not been interviewed. This has happened at the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) where somebody who had not been shortlisted for interview was appointed to be the MD. It has happened with the Director of Medical Training College; it has happened at the Kenya Ports Authority--- view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: In any case, you can talk to me outside Parliament! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Minister in order to avoid answering the question? Could he assure the House that he is going to stick to the three names that that have been shortlisted by the professionals? view
• 16 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to say that he can only recruit a CEO from a milk-producing area? In other sectors, for example, football, we all know that the best footballers come from western and Nyanza and the coaches come from Ukambani! So, is he in order to imply that we can only get a CEO from the milk-producing areas when there could be a qualified Kenyan from any part of this country? Is he in order? view