Charles Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 761 to 770 of 2469.

• 28 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the CIOC was handling this matter we would not be having this problem. When the County Government Bill was on the Floor of this House last week and there was a proposed amendment which touches on this Report, the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee Members never showed up in the House. The only Member who showed up was Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona and she could not even dare speak. So, this Parliament discussing those two reports would be discussing a matter which has been overtaken by events. The Bill on County Governments has put the limit of ... view
• 28 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the honorable Member tempting us or pleading with us to take further action on the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs? He should come out very clear. And it is him in particular who is the biggest problem. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister in order to keep on avoiding answering the Question? When you ration water, you ration it because there is a shortage. When Ndakaini Dam was constructed, the amount of water flowing downstream on Thika River was substantially reduced. What the Government is doing now is to construct what is known as “Yatta Dam”. What the hon. Member is asking the Assistant Minister is; can the Government consider putting up more dams downstream so that the shortage of water is contained? view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Speaker was courteous enough to make an announcement from the Chair of a proposed Motion that was to appear this morning and to inform hon. Members of the importance of them to be here. It has, however, come to our knowledge that the Government is against this Motion and it is playing dirty tricks. For that reason, we do not have any of the two joint whips here. We do not have the Leader of Government Business here and neither do we have his Deputy here. We do not even ... view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is very apparent that we are not going anywhere with this Motion, purely because it appears hon. Members have either been dewhipped by the Government or otherwise. As a member of this committee, I would wish to ask that we consider withdrawing the Motion purely because the numbers do not allow and we will be wasting the time of this House if we continue debating this Motion for the next one hour or so. We would rather move on now to the Bills because it is very obvious we will ... view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to inform hon. Samoei that there is no commitment on the part of the Government in implementing this Constitution. That is why this Parliament wants us to stay at home. When we put pressure on the Government to come to the House, they do not want to come and they stay in their offices. My colleague should be informed that there is no commitment by the Government. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to show that the Government is against this Motion, they are not willing - even one Member from the Government - to contribute on this Motion. It is very clear that the Government is officially de-whipping. In the morning, none of the Members came. Only two Ministers showed up and this afternoon, they have done the same. I support. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Before we adjourn, I wish to request you to give direction, if not a warning, to the Government to take matters of the Constitution seriously. As of today, it is evident that they are not doing so. Were hon. Orengo not the Minister for Lands, obviously, he would not have been in the House. So, it is a plea for the sake of this country that the Government considers matters of the Constitution seriously. We would want to see that effective from this afternoon. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to plead with my good friend the bullfighter that I actually notice his concern. Perhaps, in the Zambian system we have a system where Members of Parliament do sit within the local authorities. Maybe this situation is provided for in the Constitution. I think that was never provided for here. It is a good idea which is ten years ahead of its time. view