Charles Kilonzo

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• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. For the last six months a Question on pyramid schemes has been outstanding here. Three weeks ago, the Chair ruled that the new Attorney-General should come and respond in two weeks’ time. Hon. Muigai undertook to do that, but it appears he got a “virus” from that office of some nature, because now he is also evading answering this Question on pyramid schemes. The Question was very simple: Why did the Government not investigate the owners of these pyramid schemes? So, as you make your ruling, could I know the fate of ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not know whether you heard the Assistant Minister say that the stretchers are convertible. Can you visualize a stretcher being converted? What is it converted to? Is the Assistant Minister in order not to respond to this question? Perhaps, he has never entered a chopper. Perhaps, we should allow him to enter into a helicopter so that he can understand what we are asking him. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not know whether you heard what the Assistant Minister said. He has said that the Ministry cannot dictate the rate at which the banks can lend the money. When the Government was starting the programme initially, it said that it will ensure that the money given by the Government to the banks will be land at reasonable rates to the beneficiaries. Has the Government position changed since it made the same Statement here? For your information, I brought a similar Question and there was an assurance from the Government ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I said that I had brought a similar Question here. In my Question, I had asked the Government to give a comparison of what is being borrowed from the banks and what is being borrowed through Ministries. The trend has been that people have been getting money directly from Ministries. It is cheaper and they have shunned taking loans from banks because the rates are not reasonable. If you can get 6 per cent from the Government, why would you get it at 14 per cent or 16 per cent from ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. When this Question was answered here, the Government said that it had stopped giving more money to banks. The Government had agreed that it did not make any sense to give banks money anymore. So, is the Assistant Minister in order to contradict his own Government’s position and give his personal position or does he have a bank? view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the number of children who are affected after consuming this unimix food is not 60,000 but 274,375. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I stand to support my colleagues, I wish that the Chair directs that the Government has to act as a matter of urgency, and, if possible, today, because the number of kids who are affected is close to 300,000. They might not get sick now, but we need action to be taken to ensure that remedial measures are taken to ensure that they get proper treatment. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the whistle blower on this matter was none other than the Kenya Red Cross, and for the Government to keep ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The directors of the company involved in this matter, Proctor and Allan, are very influential people. Just a few minutes before we came to this order, the Assistant Minister walked out. Therefore, it cannot be that the Government is not aware. It is a deliberate move because the names which are involved here are big names. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, these are names like Charles Nyachae, Eddy Njoroge and many others. So when you see companies with big names and then the Government avoiding the issue deliberately, we know obviously they ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is unfortunate that people are bringing politics in a very important issue. That project was commissioned in, among other places, in Yatta Constituency and Kajiado. We had the opportunity to host both the Rt. hon. Prime Minister, the President, the Vice-President, Ministry of Water and Irrigation and many other Ministries. People had high hopes and we still have high hopes. So, we should keep politics aside and deal with real issues. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been a witness to two projects under the Kazi Kwa Vijana (KKV) projects. The initial ones were a failure because ... view