Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1451 to 1460 of 2469.

• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that five years is a long time. Every year, there is a budget and yet no funds were allocated. We are talking about a distance of about 30 kilometers. In his answer, the Assistant Minister has said that they will carry out design work at the Kaseve-Masii section in the 2011/2012 Financial Year. That is just the design. That means that since we cannot provide money to a road which does not have a design, we will have to wait until 2012/2013. They are saying that it will take seven years ... view
• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am a little bit concerned that the Minister has said that the Ministry does not concern itself with issues of relationships. Nobody is saying those who are serving are not qualified. However, this House needs to know that nepotism is not, in any way, being encouraged within the Government system, whether in the diplomatic service or other quarters. So, when he says that he does not concern himself with relationships, is this a way of trying to cover up something? He would have comfortably said these officers are related to so and so. If they ... view
• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not know whether you heard the hon. Minister mislead the House that he has no means of draining water into people’s farms. This House has enacted very many laws and that is why we have things called way-leaves and easements which you can easily use to drain that water. Is the Minister in order to tell the House that the Government has no option if the farmers or people along the road refuse to let water be drained through their farms? view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance why the Central Bank of Kenya has granted the US Government, through USAID, full and unfettered access to all physical and research data records of all commercial banks in the country from 2004 to date? view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to table documents here which show very clearly that the Government of Kenya through the CBK, did grant full access and unloading of data bank to the US through USAID. I have a letter here by the Governor of CBK then, addressed to the then Minister for Finance in 2004. I wish to quote the specific relevant section. It says: view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: “The Central Bank of Kenya will provide full and unfettered access to all commercial banks, bank records and bank management, office space, telecommunication equipment, computers and full physical and electronic access to worldwide relevant research data and materials.” view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: The United States of America through USAID was to provide two officers; one a legal professional with expertise in commercial law. The other one was a professional with expertise in bank restructuring. This took a period six months. view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to table another letter by the then Minister for Finance to the Governor, authorizing this to be done. view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have asked this because when the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission (KACC) wants to access data from these banks, the CBK will quote Section 32 of the Act and, therefore, they are denied that access. So, to find that the CBK had given access to USAID is in contravention of the law. Section 31(3) of the Act is very clear. With your permission, I wish to quote. view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: “The CBK may disclose any information required in Section (2) above to any monetary authority or financial regulatory authority within or without Kenya, where such information is reasonably required for the proper discharge of functions.” view