Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, obviously, the Government is comfortable dealing with postmortem reports every now and then. When it comes to the public taking the law into their own hands and lynching the so-called members of MRC, where is the Government, always? view
• 9 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am seeking a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Agriculture on the failure to appoint a Managing Director for Kenya Tea Zone Development Corporation. In the statement the Minister should clarify the following: 1. To confirm if due process was followed in the recruitment of the Managing Director and, if so, to provide more details. 2. Why has the Government failed to gazette the newly recruited Managing Director appointed by the Board despite notification on 26th June, 2012. 3. Could the Minister confirm that the Managing Director will be gazetted without undue delay? view
• 4 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, we need to be very sober. In the first place, we are saying that a public entity shall open and operate bank accounts only in a bank or financial institution where Government has a shareholding. We only have three such banks in this country. Look at the kind of businesses that some public entities are doing. The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) is borrowing Kshs56 billion not from a local bank like Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB). The KAA must have an account with the bank they are going to borrow from. So, on that basis alone, ... view
• 4 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I withdraw, but somebody gave that impression. He actually referred to Equity Bank. The other reason I am giving is that some public entities have already taken loans from private banks, because they are offering better terms than even the Government banks. Should I continue, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir? view
• 4 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I respect the law. I withdraw and apologise. view
• 4 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, there are some public entities which have already taken loans, which are even cheaper than what Government banks can offer. So, are we saying that all those loans will be cancelled and taken over by Government owned banks? Fourthly, these banks are already owned by shareholders. Suppose tomorrow we cap the interest rates? The consequence is that all the shareholders will sell their shares and move out. view
• 4 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- view
• 3 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of information Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The hon. Member should accept that indeed, we are dealing with a very lazy Government. This matter has been discussed so many times. So, the Government is still asleep. These Ministers will start showing up an hour later. So, as the Member says, we are in a crisis because we are dealing with a very lazy Government. view
• 3 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when it comes to issues of land, this Government is known as “government of the rich by the rich for the rich”. There is a case in my own constituency which the Assistant Minister is aware of. The rich are using the court process to evict people who have been in occupation of land for more than 40 years. The same Government is now hiding behind court orders. So, could he come out very clearly? Is the Government able to deal with the issue of squatters in Masinga or is it not? view
• 3 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said that the Government can come up with a policy on re-settlement of squatters. What justification is there in evicting people from land they have been occupying for more than 40 years, which is the case in Yatta and Masinga constituencies? If you are genuine, get land elsewhere and settle these people. view