Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Assistant Minister is very notorious. Only last week, we were dealing with a case of his Ministry refusing to follow a court order in Thika. view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not worth responding to anyway. The court order here reads as follows:- “It is hereby ordered: (a) The plaintiffs who are employees of the Municipal Council of Naivasha currently on suspension for alleged gross misconduct be paid their half salaries due to them by the fourth defendant pending hearing and final determination of this suit.” Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has now become a judge on a matter which is in court. He says he can only pay two employees and that he cannot pay the other four employees because ... view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to stand on a point of order Under Standing Order No.183 (1) and (2). On 18th November, 2010, this House received a Report by the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information on the matter of appointment of the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Board of Directors. In the same month, this House adopted and passed a resolution, and approved the Report by the Committee. view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: In brief, the Committee recommended and the House supported the resolution of the Committee that the Minister moves with speed to reconstitute the Board to ensure that appointments comply with the provisions of the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Act. view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to date, the Minister has not acted to implement that resolution. Standing Order No.183 (1) states:- “Within 60 days of a resolution of the House or adoption of any report of a select committee, the Minister under whose portfolio the matter raised in the report or contained in the assurances or resolution fall, shall provide a report to the House”. It is now going to three months. It goes on to state:- “A Minister who fails to submit a report under this Standing Order shall be deemed to be disorderly within Standing Order No.97”. That ... view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do kindly request the Chair that you find this Minister disorderly within the meaning of Standing Order No.97 and that you rule that this matter be referred to the Committee on Implementation. view
• 15 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Standing Order No.196 reads as follows:- “The Committee on Implementation shall scrutinize the resolutions of the House, including adopted Committee reports, petitions and undertakings given by the Government on the Floor of the House and examine whether or not such decisions and undertakings have been implemented and where implemented, to the extent to which they have been implemented; and whether such implementation has taken place within the minimum time necessary”. To date as we talk, the Board has not been constituted or reconstituted. I wish to ask that you find the Minister totally disorderly and that the matter be referred ... view
• 10 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Information and Communications the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Could the Minister indicate the amount of taxes paid by the four major mobile companies/operators over the last five years and state how much money in taxes the Government is losing due to the current “price wars”? (b) What action is the Government taking to protect the 750,000 local shareholders and erosion of the value of Government shareholding in Safaricom Limited from the imminent decline due to the “price wars”? (c) What measures is the Minister taking to ensure that ... view
• 10 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am surprised that this Question was forwarded to the Ministry of Information and Communications. I had requested for this Question to be sent to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance for very obvious reasons. One of the reasons is the issue of price wars. There is a difference of opinion between the Permanent Secretary and the Minister himself. The shareholders are of the opinion that they can never get justice from the Ministry of Information and Communications. It is for that reason that I thought it necessary that this Question be ... view
• 10 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I said is the difference of opinion in as far as price wars are concerned. I have personally---- view