Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise on a point of order. The Standing Orders are very clear that we are not supposed to negatively mention countries which are friendly to this country, but we might refer to them indirectly. Despite the fact that what she is saying is true, is the Hon. Member in order to mention what is happening in Uganda on the Floor of this House? view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank all those Members who have supported and those who would have wanted to support, but did not get the opportunity. As a Member of the Committee, we noticed that the picture in Africa is not improving despite 34 countries having signed this Charter on Democracy and 46 having ratified it. We realised that it is one thing for a country to sign and ratify the Charter and it is another to put it in practice. We have seen countries sign, ratify and then throw charters to the dogs. If you look at ... view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: rejecting unconstitutional changes of Governments. However, it is a very sad picture when you look at the member states. So, as we would want countries which have signed to adhere to these principles, the days when a country would sit back and not bother at what is happening are gone. The purpose of this Charter is, therefore, to make member States to make it our business to know what is happening in our neighbours across Africa. Without mentioning countries, in the last two elections and there is also an election which is coming in a neighbouring country... Some of them ... view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was saying, we have seen what is happening in one of the countries which is about to have elections. A presidential candidate had to suspend his campaigns because he is always being harassed by the police and being arrested. We have seen another one which just concluded an election. They have a constitution which is outdated, whereby if you win an election as a president, nobody can petition you and yet those countries have signed this Charter. We have also seen countries where there is no freedom. They have an election going on ... view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: This Charter says that it does not support unconstitutional means of change of governments. But let us look very carefully in some regimes where government or the political class has hijacked its own constitution. We saw a good case in another country further north of South Sudan where there was an uprising by the citizens of that country and the military had no choice but to join them and remove that regime. Yet, that country had signed into this Charter. view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: What I am trying to put through is that 34 countries have signed and 46 have ratified, but very few are doing anything about implementing the principles of this Charter. It is very saddening to see another country one of our neighbours, where a presidential candidate was shot and obviously it was political. He spent so much time in Nairobi hospital and finally went back to that country to run for elections. We all saw what happened; those were not elections. view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: All is not lost. We also saw in Malawi where elections were stolen by the then government. The court seemed to have worked and a petition was filed. The siting president lost the election. They went back to election and a new President was elected. That is what we want to see. As I move, it is true that Kenya signed into this. I am not saying we are perfect, but as a Committee when we went through what we have done, we saw we have established institutions which seem to be working. Even where they fail, it is not ... view
• 3 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: I wish to reply. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 5 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise under Standing Order No.95. In view of the fact that there have been many contributions, all in support, I move that the Mover be called to reply. view
• 5 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to second. As I second, as my Chairperson has said, the Committee was very keen on one particular seat. We all recall that recently Kenya was elected to the position of Non-Permanent Member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. So, we were very keen. We wanted to know who has been nominated for that position. For the benefit of the Members present, the appointing authority rose to the occasion and nominated one Amb. Martin Kimani to the UN, New York. Amb. Martin Kimani is a holder of Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from ... view