Mutula Kilonzo Jnr

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: There is a 5 per cent levy that is used for administration. You do not want to even do the calculation of 5 per cent of the billions of shillings that are in the retirement benefits schemes, both in Local Authorities Provident Fund (LAPFUND) and Local Authorities Pensions Trust (LAPTRUST). Those people are like cartels or mafia. They are even prepared to pay bribes so that these Bills do not go through because they get money. We must get to the bottom of this Bill and this Bill must see the light of day. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: In conclusion, as I support the framework, Members of this Senate must interrogate why the National Assembly is interested in this Bill to the extent of coming up with The County Governments Retirement Scheme Bill (National Assembly Bills No.10 of 2018). That is a contradiction and dereliction of Article 96 of the Constitution of Kenya because this is our work and jurisdiction and this Bill should have originated here. Madam Temporary Speaker, we should not have agreed to those Motions and the people who thought that the National Assembly should have had sway in a Bill that we had debated, ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: I support. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. It now occurs to me that we have a crisis that my good brother, Sen. Sakaja, has not addressed himself to. The fact that this Bill has originated from the National Assembly means that we have no control over it. Therefore, in prioritizing it in the pretext that it is a Government Bill, once we pass it, it will go to them, and we have no guarantee that they will pass it. Meanwhile, assuming that we disagree with its content---- view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: .: Madam Temporary Speaker, the veto power of the Bill will be moved from the Senate to the National Assembly if we pass it the way it is. Now, assuming that what Sen. Sakaja, the Chairperson is saying is correct, that the Bill which they are discussing is still pending, Sen. Halake has brought an interesting question; what will happen when we pass their Bill before we pass ours? Will we hold on to ours or theirs or pass both and send to them? That direction is important. As the Senate Minority Whip, I will seriously whip Members, unless direction ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: to ensure that we have this confusion about these Bills so that they never see the light of day? That assurance is important because if it does not happen, the cartels that I have spoken about are having a field day clapping as they watch us in this confusion. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: I am on a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. What we are doing is called tautology; it amounts to nothing; it is the same. If we have debated this Bill and it is similar to our previous Bill, I would propose that we move our Bill with it is amendments; include our amendments on this Bill and then forward it at Third Reading. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: Otherwise, what we are debating now, we have already debated without a good reason why we are regurgitating our debate. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: Therefore, if we have own amendments and we are of the view that ours is superior, it is time to play hard ball and show Kenyans that we will not play to something that is akin to kindergarten games. Bring our Bill with its amendments at Third Reading, and pass it. Include our amendments on the Bill filed by the National Assembly and then return it to sender. When it arrives at the National Assembly, they have the Bill by the Senate and the Bill by the National Assembly. view
• 19 Feb 2019 in Senate: What the Senate Majority Leader has done in this Bill is to reverse this thing to the extent that Sen. Sakaja, the minute you finish this Bill, you will not be able to bring back your Bill by the Committee. You cannot put this Senate to that sort of work. Otherwise then, we are going to waste taxpayers’ money by sitting here to do something that we have already done. view