Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yesterday I tabled very many documents. This was an employee who worked with the Kenya Post and Telecommunications Corporation (KPTC). I tabled a document dated 7th July, 1993 when he was employed as a casual. I also further tabled very many letters which he has been writing asking to be employed as a permanent employee. I also tabled two letters from the then Minister for Foreign Affairs and also Minister for Education, none other than the current Vice-President, writing to the then Managing Director of Telkom Kenya in September, 1999 on the same issue. This Mr. ... view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to refer the Assistant Minister to a letter which was written by Mr. Gedion Kuva, himself, to the Managing Director on 25th June, 2005. For the benefit of this House, I want to read through the first two paragraphs to show clearly that the Assistant Minister is misleading the House. Mr. Kuva says:- “I joined Telkom Kenya Limited, the then KPTC, in July 1993 as a casual laborer vide a memo which I have given in.” He further says that on joining Telkom Kenya, he was put in as a barman at the Ngong ... view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this particular letter, which is dated June, 2005, he says that since he joined Telkom Kenya, it is now 12 years. If we add another five years, that gives us 17 years. There is enough correspondence addressed to him by Telkom Kenya, using Telkom letterheads, referring to him as the Manager, Telkom Club. The Assistant Minister has that document and I laid it on the Table yesterday. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I laid them on the Table and the Assistant Minister is holding them right now as we talk. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead the House that Mr. Kuva is a volunteer? He has written more than 10 letters over the last 10 years and Telkom Kenya has never bothered to respond to those letters. The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, himself, when he was the Minister for Foreign Affairs, also wrote to Telkom Kenya. But Telkom Kenya did not respond. Is the Assistant Minister in order to purport that Mr. Kuva is a volunteer? view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead the House? One of the letters that I tabled yesterday is from the Kenya College of Communications Technology (KCCT) addressed to the Managing Director, Telkom (K), with a reference: Cutting of grass at Telkom House. On the second paragraph, KCCT says: “We are advised by the club Manager, Mr. Kuva, to obtain a written authority from your office”. This refers to the Telkom (K) office”. If, indeed, it was his property, he would not have needed any authority. He would have given authority ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.205 with regard to a petition to the National Assembly of Kenya. The petition calls on Parliament to take all appropriate action to require the bringing to an end of the continued suffering brought upon the depositors of the Charter House Bank without any reasonable justification from 23rd June, 2006 to date. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as required by the Standing Orders, I have the requisite signatories. I have 35 of them although the Standing Orders require 20 signatories. The reasons underlying the request for intervention are as follows:- On 21st June, ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will go straight to the prayers. The petitioners pray that this House resolves that the implementation of the resolution of the National Assembly on Charter House Bank Limited be implemented immediately. The other prayers are that Parliament carries out investigations to establish whether Charter House Bank Limited was at the time involved in money laundering or tax evasion. It should also establish further if any of the directors, shareholders, depositors, customers and associates were involved in trafficking. Finally, the petitioners will ever pray that if there is no genuine and justifiable reason to continue causing petitioners ... view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in Yatta Constituency, the officer from your Ministry has done a very good job. The challenge out there is that nobody wants to access the money from the banks for the same programme, because there is a phobia for taking loans from banks in Ukambani region. People there feel that they will eventually be auctioned. That is what has happened with some other micro-finance institutions, which were very active during the dry spell, auctioning sufurias and whatever else those women owned. What are you doing, as Government, to ensure these financial institutions lend out these funds ... view
• 6 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very clear that this is not a Government for farmers. This is because these problems started with the dairy sub-sector, maize, coffee and now it is wheat. This is a Government of middlemen. The Government’s interest is on a few importers. If, indeed, Kenya is the biggest and, probably the only country growing wheat, what policies has the Government put in place to ensure that decisions made by the East African Community (EAC) do not kill all the sectors in this country? view