Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has been in this House on another case in Mombasa where hotels were discharging raw sewage into the ocean. He answered the Question in the same way. When he finally went there to verify the facts, he had to come here and apologise, because he confirmed that it was, indeed, true. He has said that what is being treated is basically a small amount – what he is calling “skeleton”. So, in a sense, much of the raw sewage is going into the lake. What we are asking him is to basically assure ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister has said that they have advised the company to take a loan from a bank. If the company applies but is not given the loan, what will happen? Why can the Government not take this matter seriously? Is he in order to take this matter lightly? view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs aware that the recent wave of armed robbery within Matuu Town has been due to the recent release of hardcore criminals from prisons through a Presidential Pardon? (b) Could he indicate the criteria used to identify the beneficiaries of the Presidential Pardon? (c) What measures is the Government taking to ensure that only petty offenders benefit from Presidential Pardon? view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology:- (a) whether he could indicate the total number of scholarships that have been extended to the country for the last three years; and, (b) whether he could also indicate the countries that have extended the scholarships, the beneficiaries, their constituencies and the criteria used by the Ministry in selecting the beneficiaries. view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said that most scholarships end up in districts which have Ministers as Members of Parliament. I know that the Minister is very new in this Ministry. Nevertheless, he has given a longer list of provinces. You know very well that when someone is applying, he has to use an identity card. The identity card does not talk about your province. It talks about your district of birth, home district and division. I would like to request the Minister, unless he wants to tell us that when people are applying for scholarships, they do not need to ... view
• 24 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, demand for university education in this country is very high. However, the facilities that the Government has offered in terms of universities are very limited. What is the Government doing to ensure that more universities are put up and university education is accessible and affordable to the Kenyan youth? view
• 19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The frequent rate at which Ministers are not in the House to answer Questions is very alarming. I know that the Chair has enough powers. However, it appears that the Government has run out of ideas. My suggestion for the Government is the following: We should have multi-purpose Assistant Ministers who can answer all cross-cutting questions from all the Ministries to save the time of this House? view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we keep on seeing policemen arresting brewers of those illicit brews. But going by the figures which have been given by the Assistant Minister, for example, Nairobi Area Province, there have been 35 deaths. But how many people have been prosecuted? Nil! Eastern Province has had 71 deaths emanating from the consumption of those illicit brews. How many people are being prosecuted? Imagine, it is only one! We keep on seeing policemen arresting those brewers. In Rift Valley Province, where there have only been 14 deaths, 29,452 cases have been prosecuted. So, my big question to ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is very clear that in the Rift Valley Province, the police are doing their work. A total of 29,452 cases have already been prosecuted. But in Eastern Province, there is only one case. He cannot possibly tell us that it is only the police and the courts in the Rift Valley Province that view