Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1981 to 1990 of 2469.

• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to rise on a point of order. The tradition of this House is that it is only the Chair who decides who should participate in any debate or during Question Time. The House has installed some microphones which have taken the powers of the Chair. For one person to talk on this side, the other one has to put it off. So, a rogue Member of Parliament might decide not to put this gadget off and therefore, deny the other side the chance to speak. At the same time, if the gadget is ... view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the case for teachers in this country in connection with salaries is as old as I can remember. In 2002, the current President, in a meeting of teachers in Nyeri Town promised them that they had negotiated phases of salary increment. If he was elected, he was going to implement them in 100 days. We remember the other 100 days we were view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: 4340 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES January 21, 2009 view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: promised. So, all the teachers joined the then NARC Party and voted it to power. But the teachers realised that the forest may be different, but the monkey was still the same. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: They used to negotiate with KANU before. Today, it is still KANU. The Head of State has been in KANU for as long as I can remember. The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs has been in KANU for as long as I can remember. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: My friend, for your information--- view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the information of the Minister, I have only joined one party and that was the party which brought me to Parliament the first time. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have had the opportunity to meet with some of the officials of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT). What is most annoying is that the Government, this time round, took off from the negotiating table. The KNUT said very clearly that they are ready for negotiation any time, day and night. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: If you look at the demands from KNUT, they have given in virtually to everything but one item. They are even willing to negotiate on that one item. But when they were busy waiting to negotiate with the Minister, he took off and went to the Industrial Court. If the Prime Minister himself refused to go to court, how can you expect the teachers to go to court? There will be no justice for these teachers in the Industrial Court, because that Industrial Court, in as far as the teachers are concerned, will still act for the Government. view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I want the Minister to go back to the negotiating table. These fellows are willing to negotiate with you, but they do not want to do it in court. They are willing to meet you and negotiate. In fact, when I met them, they were surprised that the Government took off. Even those phases that they are talking about, they have agreed on the amount. view