Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 401 to 410 of 2469.

• 20 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, you asked me to state. I asked, are we having double standards? We can do this in Parliament. We can have seminars, but we are not allowing other sectors to have seminars and workshops. That is not being irrelevant. view
• 20 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. Because of the good mood in the House, I will request the Chair perhaps to allow us to congratulate hon. Ababu Namwamba for his new achievement especially after being appointed the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) when the Government will formulate and present before the House the Root and Tuber Crops Policy; (b) what the benefits of the proposed policy are; and, (c) which other country in Africa has a similar policy. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, part “a” of the Question is very specific. The Question is: When will the Government formulate and present before the House the Root and Tuber Crops Policy? The Assistant Minister has not stated when. I am aware that this matter has been in Government offices for the last three or four years. Could the Assistant Minister be specific? view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry has not been kind to farmers and the reason I have asked about the issue of cassava is because the Government promoted farmers in drier parts of this country to grow cotton. This Ministry has reneged on its promise to cotton farmers. Even the Permanent Secretary has told cotton farmers, the stakeholders, that if cotton is not making money, they should look for another alternative. Now the Government is promoting cassava and the Kenya Agricultural Institute (KARI), the Red Cross and other players are doing a good job. He has said that is ... view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to refer to Cabinet documents as being of value when the same Government refers to titles as pieces of paper and it does not respect court orders? This is a character that we know of the Government and that is why the Government cannot respect its own agreement to pay teachers. Is he in order to mislead the House on the good character of the Government which we know does not exist? view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am surprised that this Government does not know where the Government is. In as much as I know that the Minister has an official function in my constituency, the Assistant Minister who has been very able in answering Questions--- It cannot escape the attention of the Minister that there is an Assistant Minister unless of course, as usual, he has been arrested by the same Government for fighting for his own people. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I think I am in agreement. I presented an amendment in the morning at the Clerk’s office, at 10.00 a.m. and to my surprise, the amendment is not in the list among the proposed ones. I view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I presented amendments to the office of the Clerk at 10.00 a.m. They are not among the listed proposed amendments. I approached Mr. Deputy Speaker who said he needed more time. So I am saying that I am in agreement with my colleague that this matter cannot be prosecuted by the Chair if some amendments--- view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, with your permission, I wish--- view