Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, he mentioned two categories of people. He said: “other Members of Parliament” and secondly, he mentioned a wife of somebody out there. I am very concerned about Members here. These allegations of drug trafficking are very serious and rather than the Government dealing with the issue of drug trafficking and arresting a Member who is dealing with it, it has now become a political weapon. We keep on saying “so and so are dealing with drugs” rather than arresting these people and locking them up. My case is very simple. He has said that there are other ... view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise on a different issue. I rise on a point of order to seek the Chair’s guidance on the issue of the funding of the National Assembly by foreign countries and in particular the United States of America. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the United States of America (USA) has been funding Parliament through the State University of New York (SUNY), and hon. Members have been raising their discomfort on this matter privately. My concern is the statements by the American Ambassador to the effect that he is in control of ... view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We appreciate that our good sister has gone through a lot of evolution. When she was the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs she devoted most of her working time dealing with ambassadors starting with the British High Commissioner. So, I am just curious whether she is evolving as a human being or what is happening. view
• 21 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead this House that there was not adequate security while, when dispersing my good friend Mr. Eugene Wamalwa, he had over 400 police officers? Why could he not use those police officers to provide security instead of chasing this handsome looking presidential candidate? view
• 16 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This Motion was indeed approved by the Speaker and the House Business Committee. So the Members who are objecting to it are actually questioning your decision. They are also putting forward very good cases of argument which they can use to shoot it down. So this Motion has been approved by the Speaker and the Speaker has a lot of wisdom which clearly most of us do not have. Members who are against it have the opportunity to shoot it down and that opportunity is now and not tomorrow. view
• 16 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to second this Motion. I want to remind hon. Members that the Kenyan Government is a regional power, which should not just sit back and watch the neighbours having trouble and use the old policy of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which said that even if your neighours are killing each other, you should not interfere. Times have changed. This is a global village. Only the other day, the President of Sudan, Al Bashir was here. Some of us said that he had come, but we were not going to listen to too ... view
• 16 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Once more I want to appeal to the Chair. It appears there is a tendency by hon. Members that once a Motion is brought, they want to bring up certain issues. The procedure before is that you raise the matter directly with the Speaker but you do not ambush the Chair. I am concerned with the issue of procedure because it appears that this is now a practice. When a Motion is put in the Order Paper, rather than objecting in writing to the Speaker, we ambush the Chair and then ... view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. This Question was actually answered and the Assistant Minister is expected to give the formular which favoured one particular area against other areas. view
• 14 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Standing Orders are very clear that a Minister is a Minister. So, I do not understand what the Assistant Minister means when she says she has problems with another Minister. Is she in order? view
• 9 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. I brought this petition some months back on behalf of depositors purely because it had become very difficult for the depositors to access their funds. There appeared to have been a stalemate in this matter. Allow me to refer to an opinion which was given by the Senior Deputy Solicitor- General, a one Muthoni Kimani, regarding the matter of Charterhouse Bank. This was a legal opinion which had been forwarded to the Attorney-General and the Government. The issues in question were whether the decision to appoint the Statutory Manager was ... view