Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I am in support of the amendment. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to second those two amendments as they appear in the proposed Motion. As I do so, because this mater came up yesterday, this Committee does not only need to respond to petitions or Questions from Hon. Members, it can act on its own. We all know that the Government has been doing the fencing project in the border between Kenya and Somalia. We felt that it is necessary that I state it because the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party did raise the issue and said no question was put forward. The ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: which is not good. So, we needed to know the justification, why we must have a wall on the Kenya-Somalia side and not on the side of Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda or Tanzania. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: When we met the various ministries, it was made very clear to us that it is not that they want war, but it was for purposes of security. It was necessary to deal with issues of terrorism. The Committee held meetings with the CS, Defence, Ministry of Public Service and Ministry of Youth on the same issue. Later on, the Committee visited and had meetings with the public in Mandera and at no time did the Committee get any objection whether from MPs of that region or the public. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Members were also very concerned that it would be very expensive to do a wall all the way from the border. We were told that it is still in design stage. In some areas, they will use technology rather than do physical barriers. That aside, after the visit... I saw today the media was giving a wrong impression of what is happening. I want to be very clear and for the benefit of Hon. Members, we need to know what is being done on the ground. It is not just about the wall and the fence. ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on page 33, the figures involved are alarming, but for a good purpose. There is going to be construction of border command headquarters in Wajir and works are ongoing. There is going to be construction of another command headquarters and forward operating bays in Wajir, operation cells in Mandera, rehabilitation of Liboi and Hulugo airstrips, fabrication of fencing materials are ongoing, sinking of boreholes and so on. There will be many activities which are involved. The Committee felt that for a project of this nature, it is only fair that this House is put in the ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: However, on the visit to Mandera, one issue came up which has been noted by our Committee. We noted among all observations that there is need for the Government to open up the Kenya-Somalia border. This will lead to an improvement in revenue collection when the movement of people and goods is regulated. On that basis, our Committee recommended that the border should be reopened. That is in recommendation number two. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I second those amendments view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. For once, at least, there is something good coming from the Cabinet Secretary National Treasury, Mr. Henry Rotich. When smaller communities are given slots, Members from big communities should not complain in all fairness because when these communities’ members’ names are brought here, the small communities do not complain. Let us be fair. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: We need a very strong board. I say so because I served in the Select Committee of Parliament on NG-CDF for 10 years. When we formed the first committee, we had big challenges. We have very many enemies. Let me take you down memory lane, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Our enemy number one were the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). You would imagine that under the old Act, where we had even left a slot for the NGOs in the board, they declined it and went to court because they thought the NG-CDF would get them out of business, which in reality ... view