Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1601 to 1610 of 2469.

• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will give the House only two examples to demonstrate this issue. An officer within the embassy by the name Mr. Fred Odiek wrote a letter of introduction, introducing the Deputy High Commissioner to their bank to open an account. This was on 27th November. The Ambassador was not in office. He wrote a letter on 2nd December to the bank. I want to quote what the Ambassador wrote to the bank. This letter was addressed to the Branch Manager, HSBC Bank, 117 Great Portland Street, London. It was reference letter of introduction: Mr. Anderson ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: “This is to inform you that the officer who signed the letter on my behalf was not authorised to do so. This was a breach of administrative procedures and regulations, as my office has no knowledge and does not know the officer introduced to open a personal account with your bank.” view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: He is talking about his deputy. He says he does not know that officer and the officer was already in the office. He goes on to say and these shows how rogue this Ambassador was: He says:- view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: “With the current financial crunch, it is your interest and mine, to safeguard the bank from dealing with customers who are not known to us and purporting to be from our mission”. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: His interest has moved from that of representing Kenya. He disowned his own junior officer; Fred Ondiek, the Deputy High Commissioner in his office. He says, “to protect interest of the bank”. You can imagine that is our Ambassador. You can imagine the fellow in the bank reading this letter. I would imagine him asking what is wrong with these fellows. He goes on: view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: “In this regard, I am requesting the bank to treat the letter of introduction by Mr. Fred Ondiek signed on my behalf as null and void”. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that was not enough. That is just one evidence. Another case, the PS, when the term of one Mr. William Chege expired, he rightly recalled him to Nairobi. The Ambassador took upon himself to oppose the recall. On the many letters, where the Ministry said they were going to take disciplinary action on this officer, the Ambassador wrote the following letter to the P.S. It is addressed to the PS, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It says down there. This about an officer called William Chege who has been recalled after his term expired. The Ministry ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: “Mr. Chege is not in London illegally. He is performing functions as Transport Officer and some protocol duties under my supervision”. view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: This is a case where you create a monster. You appoint a humble person, he gets into an office and becomes a monster. When he finishes his letter he says: “You cannot discipline an officer under my charge.” I think after dining with the Queen, this man thought he had gone to heaven. He says: “These fellows at the Ministry here, who do they think they are?” He says: “I have given him instructions to stay and he will and, of course, he will remain until I release him. I believe you understand this under the normal working of Government”. ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think my uncle was busy laughing but he missed what I said. He was being referred to as a boy by the then High Commissioner. We want to show you where we found the Ministry had failed to act. You do not employ somebody and he becomes your boss. That cannot be allowed! That was the highest level of impunity by a civil servant. The fact that the appointment came from the Head of State, it is only a procedure. We say appointments under the law be made by the Head of State. That ... view