Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1421 to 1430 of 2469.

• 2 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, earlier, I rose on a point of order that they misled the House by saying that radio communication is a rare profession in this country, while we have not less than four institutes and a university offering this specific profession. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Information and Communications the following Question by Private Notice. Why, in appointing the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation’s Board, did the Minister fail to comply with the provisions of Section 4 (1) of the KBC Act (Cap. 221) of the laws of Kenya? view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think this matter is getting more serious than we anticipated. I am curious. If they are now waiting for the members of the Board to prepare their CVs, how were they appointed in the first place without the CVs? view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know any institution which employs people without CVs. It is after we asked for the CVs that the Board members were told to prepare their CVs. I have no problem. I will wait until Tuesday, next week. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to second this Motion, that this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the Procurement, Disposal and Construction of Properties of Kenya’s Diplomatic Missions in Egypt, Japan, Nigeria, Belgium and Pakistan laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 12th October, 2010. I wish to prove to this House - from what the Committee did - ten reasons why, in particular, the Tokyo transaction was unusual, irregular, fraudulent and outright theft. I would also like to bring out issues that were brought up by the ... view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also wish to bring out the issues brought up by the Controller and Auditor-General in his report of 2008/2009. At the same time, I would also like to deal with the issue of the report done by the Internal Audit Department, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance. If this is anything to go by, then we as Kenyans, have all course to worry. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: When we invited the Minister and his team to appear before us, he asked the following question:- “Did the public get value for money? The answer is a resounding “Yes”. The decision to purchase the property in the manner that the Ministry did was wise, prudent and long overdue.” Those were the words of our Minister for Foreign Affairs. Allow me to refer and let you know what happened in Japan. Our mission in Japan, through a Mr. John Njeru, did request assistance from our good neighbours, the United Republic of Tanzania to give them a reference of a good ... view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, the price is wrong. The price of Japanese Yen 1.75 billion is wrong. From the words of this lawyer among the other lawyers that I will refer to later on, he says:- “The price that was offered and agreed is extremely higher than the true values of the properties. One of our brief research indicates that the reasonable price of the property is Japanese Yen one billion.” view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: He continued to say that Mr. Kuriama, indeed, knows the true price of the properties. He cautioned us that to deal with such a person, the Government should negotiate with him with certificate of values which is currently issued. In Japan, the government issues certificate of values or alternatively, you can source for a valuer to give you one. That is what the lawyer said. view
• 26 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: The embassy overtime has been dealing with an estate agent called “Coral Corporation”. He is not a valuer but an estate agent practicing in Tokyo. That estate agent, as late as October 2010, gave a figure of Japanese Yen 1.09 billion as a true value based on his opinion and experience as an estate agent. There is also another lawyer by the name Yanagawa. This lawyer gives the value as Japanese Yen 1.089 billion. There is an architect in the documents which were submitted by the Minister, who also cautioned the Ministry on the price. We do also have a ... view