Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1771 to 1780 of 2469.

• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: This particular Ministry and, indeed, the country, are faced with three major challenges. The first challenge is the destruction of our water catchment areas or our forests. The second challenge is the pollution of our environment and water resources. The third challenge is the climate change. Finally, the Ministry has the challenge of having very limited resources to deal with the three major challenges. view
• 5 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we, as Kenyans, time has come when we must not put the blame on the Government. We should not be blaming the Government for everything. The issue of water catchment areas has been spoken about day after day, be it the Mau Forest, the Cherengany Hills or many others; but what are we doing? This time round, the Government needs to appear to be a Government. A government is supposed to make decisions that are not necessarily popular. We want to hear that the Mau Forest has been repossessed, whether you compensate the evictees or ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. If you do recall, this particular Ministry and more so the particular Assistant Minister, whenever Questions come to the House, he says that the matter is in court. You do recall the issue of Kenol/Kobil where he said the matter was in court and you did ask him to bring the court ruling but he has never done so. He is doing the same thing today. I ask the Chair to rule that he goes back and brings the actual court rulings and court file numbers so that we can know how ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The issue of Mau Forest has taken too long to deal with. This House is disappointed. We expect the Government to act. We should not wait for a task force report on Mau for Parliament to approve and the Government to act! view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: We do not even need to see it! All we need is to save the Mau Forest! view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if I need to remind the Government; this Government has been known to criticize the former Head of State. We had Kyulu Hills in the Tsavo National Park where we had so many squatters settling there. We had people in the Aberdares. There was no task force report done to evict those people! view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Government, during the day, talks about compensating and at night, it talks about eviction. The Government does not know how to deal with the Mau Forest issue. All this House wants to know is: Is this Government committed? We are not only talking about the Mau Forest. We want the Government to deal with all the cases where forests are involved? We have the Aberdares. There are some people still living in some parts of that forest. We have the Mt. Kenya Forest where some people are still farming inside! view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my question is very simple: When will the Government act? We do not want any task force report brought to this House! We want to hear that the Government has acted! view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the first place, a task force report was not required. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the first one is: When will the Government act? Secondly, does the Government have a policy on mountains and hills? For example, we have Mbooni Hills – people should not settle on some parts of these hills. In Machakos we have Kiima Kimwi Hill. Also, the boundaries of the Aberdares need to be extended. When will the Government act on these matters? view