Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am only stating a fact. My last question is: How much money has the Ministry recommended to be included in this year's Budget? view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Education:- (a) whether he is aware that Kalyambeu Primary School, Account No.166124382, has not received money under the Free Primary Education Programme (FPEP) amounting to Kshs163,540; and, (b) what action he is taking to ensure that those funds are disbursed to the school account. view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Questions of this nature have been brought to this House on very many occasions. What is the problem? Is the Ministry lacking officers who can pursue those payments or must a Question be brought to this House for the Minister to instruct his officers to release those funds to the schools? view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in some cases, it takes over one year, when there is a problem, for this money to reach the schools. Could the Assistant Minister put measures in place to ensure that the maximum time, when there is a problem, for a school to receive money is not more than two months? view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me thank my colleague for having brought this important Motion to the House. I, personally, look forward to the day when this country will be able to introduce free secondary education. Yesterday was Labour Day and the President, in his Speech, mentioned that the Government was going to scrap tuition fees in secondary education. I know that there has been a lot of excitement about this matter. However, we need to know exactly the true implication of this. The President said that tuition fees in secondary schools will be abolished from January, ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it forms 50 per cent of fees paid in a day school. Not a boarding school. We are talking about approximately a million students. Take an average of Kshs9,000 to be the fees paid in a day school. To comfortably offer free secondary education, we require Kshs9 billion. The deficit is Kshs4.7 billion. If we go back to the number of students, it means we will require Kshs4,700 per student in a day school. This still implies that many poor parents will not afford to pay for secondary education. We have been giving students bursaries ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: 1052 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 2, 2007 In that way, a poor person in the village will understand when we say the economy has grown. However, as we are today, you cannot convince anybody that the economy has grown. We need to see direct benefits to the citizens. One easy way of making everyone understand that the economy has grown is by introducing free secondary education. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second. view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister of State For Defence the following Question:- (a) whether he is aware that Mr. Kivuthu Kyule Uvatha, Force/Pension No.DPN/P 13829, ID No.3549915, who retired from the Kings African Rifles in 1954, on medical grounds, has not been paid pension from 1998 to date; (b) whether he is further aware that the said Mr. Uvatha, who is 79 years old, is now stressed as a result; and, (c) what he is doing to ensure that Mr. Uvatha receives his pension which is in arrears of over seven years. view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in part "b" of my Question, I asked whether the Assistant Minister knows that due to Mr. Uvutha not getting his money, suffered stress as a result although the Assistant Minister says he is not aware. Mr. Uvutha has since passed away. I have been trying to chase for this payment for the last three years, but his file cannot be traced. Why are there difficulties with people collecting pensions from the Ministry? Is it because the Ministry is not computerised? view