Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. As much as I appreciate the good work the Minister is doing, is he giving an undertaking that come July, this group will be eligible for commuter allowance or is he trying to say if funds are available? view
• 8 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to seek direction and ruling from your Chair concerning inconveniences of the House; inconveniences of the citizens of this country by State guests. If you have noticed, Parliament has been sealed off for the most part of the day, making it very hard for us to access Parliament and making it very hard for citizens to access their places of work. What I am asking the Chair to do is unusual but practicable! view
• 8 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Totally different, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 8 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, back to my issue. On many occasions when there are State guests, we find hon. Members--- view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know the issue of land does not fall under the Assistant Minister’s docket. In my home location, people have been in occupation as squatters for more than 45 years and now the Government is issuing titles to absentee landlords who come with the police to evict those who have been in occupation for 45 years. How do you expect any person or leader to support the Government in evicting their constituents? Definitely they will not. What has the Government done to address the cause of the problem? view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a member of the Committee, I wish to support this Motion. I was part of the delegation. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, let me say that we are aware and also appreciate whatever the Ministry is doing. Our findings on several occasions during our tour left us wondering whether the Minister has full power to run the Ministry, or there could be interference from a higher office. One good case, we would have really wanted to know is whether there is no criteria for opening up new missions and embassies. We visited Turkey. The Turkish Government has had an embassy here for over the last 20 years. However, we do not have a representation in ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: We have a country which closed down its mission here more than 25 years ago and they have no intention of reopening, yet, we opened a mission there. When we visited London, we found out that the same staff in London is busy going on almost daily to carry out activities which are supposed to be done by the new mission in the Republic of Ireland. We are talking about two countries which are considered in the region as one country. You do not need a visa to travel from the Republic of Ireland to London. It is like a ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of salaries among the staff in the missions came out very well. There appears to be some disparities. This has brought a lot of discontent within the embassies. We want the Ministry to look into these issues, particularly within the missions in Europe and Asia compared to those in America. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what was most shocking during our visit was the High Commission in London. We found out that Kenyans in London have forgotten about that High Commission. In particular, the conduct of the then High Commissioner, Ambassador Joseph Muchemi was shocking. This was a rogue ambassador. This was an Ambassador who could not take orders from his own Permanent Secretary and Minister. He only knew authorities from a higher office. view