Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you for the donation; thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir for allowing it. view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: I think the question here is about integration. If it is only about national schools and provincial schools or county schools, it is not good enough. The problem is that you will find people who went to school with members of their community from Form I to Form VI. This makes people to be very tribal. That is why you find some Ministers, when they are told to make appointments the only thing they can think about is their own community. The question here is: What is the Assistant Minister doing, other than the use of national and provincial schools, ... view
• 15 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to purport that an Act of Parliament is superior to the Constitution? Only the other day, Parliament almost capped interest rates. Now, the Minister wants to tell this House that we shall never know the evil deeds that are being done by banks and that, that information is only available to the CBK as the regulator. We know that these banks have been looting from innocent bankers who want to take legal recourse but this information is not available to them courtesy of the CBK. Is ... view
• 15 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to seek guidance from the Chair. On two previous occasions, one on Committee of Finance the Minister provided a list of violations up to the year 2006. Two, during the sitting of the Select Committee on the depreciation of the Kenya Shillings, the Governor provided a list of those banks which had violated the Prudential Guidelines. Is it in order for the Minister to come here and purport that, indeed, he cannot provide that information to the House, which is superior to the Committees? view
• 15 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is still related. Because of what has happened this afternoon, we would have wanted an assurance. There are people who were covered this morning and now they are not covered because this universal health care has been suspended. Without discussing the issues which Dr. Khalwale raised, I would have pleaded that you allow the Minister to assure this House the Government is going to ensure that the people who were covered under this universal health care are covered by tomorrow morning. This is only to that extent, so that we can interrogate the Minister to ... view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of information to the Assistant Minister, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to purport that because of the population of 40 million people in this country they are not able to provide security? In India and China the population is in billions and there is security. Even more serious, his own Minister is never in the office because I understand that he imagines that he can be the President of this country and is busy campaigning. Is this Assistant Minister in order to waste the time of this House by purporting that this Ministry is providing ... view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to support the President’s Speech but with some reservations. When the President was contributing, and I will quote what he said on page 9:- “I thank the Kenyan people for paying their taxes thus making it possible to transform our country into a working and caring nation.” The intention of the President was to have this country as a working and caring nation but now let us look at the intention of his Ministers. view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, without mentioning names, there is this one notorious Minister who practices tribalism day and night. In his Ministry, virtually all departmental heads are his tribesmen. The same applies to parastatals under his Ministry. Just the other day, in the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Board, he appointed 70 per cent of its members from his tribe. Is this Minister a caring Minister? Is he a working Minister? I think he is not. We expect the Head of State to replace such people like yesterday. They are a bad example for the young generation of this country. view
• 9 May 2012 in National Assembly: The issue of insecurity was not adequately addressed and I say so because I have been a victim of insecurity. In the last Parliament I was carjacked. Last year, my office was robbed two times. The water company was robbed three times. The hospital was robbed twice. This year alone, three watchmen have been killed in one location in my constituency and yet the Government tells me that there is security. As far as I am concerned, more needs to be done. More reforms in the police sector need to be effected. view