Mutula Kilonzo Jnr

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: At that material time, we were saying: “Do not remove the jurisdiction of the Senate with regards to boundaries of wards and constituencies.” We refused to follow that process, and it will haunt us very soon when the delimitation of boundaries comes. This is--- view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: The majority voted for an amendment to give the National Assembly an opportunity to deal with delimitation of wards and constituencies, which we objected to and I filed an amendment. I was talking about the majority, and at that time, Sen. Murkomen was not the Senate Majority Leader. However, let me finish. My colleagues Senators, what is the problem with telling the national Treasury to amend this gazette notice to bring a different ceiling as proposed by the Parliamentary Budget Office, who are our advisors, and in that ceiling, we should put caveats for them to borrow here or there? ... view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: satisfy this nation that now that we are in debt and a crisis, we are able to pay in the new ceiling. Our largest external debt is to the Chinese on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). We were warned about this SGR, but we refused to listen. It is three times the cost, and if you doubt it, look for the article written by David Ndii. Look at what would have been a better option of rehabilitating the old railway lines or doing a different railway line. It would have cost us less. Mr. Speaker Sir, will we be able ... view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: It is okay. view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: That information was absolutely not useful. Since when did the Council of Governors (CoG) become an authority for anything? I know how the CoG ended up into the lure of this trap. They have been informed that out of the Kshs7 trillion, there is a figure of about Kshs970 billion that will cater for guarantees to counties and parastatals. It is a lie. If it was true, the National Treasury would have submitted it for us to look at it for purposes of the audit. What is the great difficulty in following Article 211 of the Constitution? Under Article 211, ... view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: The problem with these points of objection is that they assume that they will derail what I am going to say. It is not that I have not read. I am glad that Senior Counsel has read that clause, because it was a shallow trap for anybody who thinks that I have not read it. I am simply saying that the time to then include that condition is now, because it does not exist in the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: We know what we are talking about. I am not standing here out of idleness; I have read this document. From 2014, we have questioned severally how we are managing our debts in the Committee on Finance and Budget. I was talking about counties before I was interrupted. Our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and revenue have reduced. Our revenue is at Kshs1.9 trillion against a borrowing of Kshs9 trillion. The National Treasury must find oversight in this Senate, otherwise, there is no difference between this Senate and the National Assembly. We must distinguish ourselves. I am standing here to say ... view
• 5 Nov 2019 in Senate: What are the solutions? The solutions are simple. This is a gazette notice. The Public Finance Management Act is one of the laws. I am strongly against what the national Treasury does. Why is it that the beneficiaries of Uwezo Fund have not received the funds? Do they know the reason as to why? It is because the Uwezo Fund regulations were published and put in the Kenya Gazette. When they came to us, we made recommendations but the national Treasury refused to do anything. Why is it that Taita Taveta County, represented by Sen. Mwaruma, is quarrelling about its ... view