Mutula Kilonzo Jnr

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Mar 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to move that the County Boundaries Bill (Senate Bills No. 11 of 2017) be now read a Second Time. This is a very important Bill and I will explain briefly. In 2015, I moved a Motion that the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights considers drafting a Bill that would anchor our counties in law. My dear colleagues, the counties are specifically provided for both in the Schedule and Article 6 of the Constitution of Kenya. For the avoidance of doubt, the Committee of Experts stated the following with regard to counties:- “For the ... view
• 1 Mar 2018 in Senate: .: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I was in Clause 17 where the President may approve a period which we have given the discretion for extension. It is from the report on the degistration of counties that we realised that we do not want to be put in a cold sack simply because there is no timeline; the President cannot receive the report and we cannot act. Madam Temporary Speaker, I had gone through Part Four on the alteration of county boundaries. However, I would like to note that Clause 18 states the qualifications of the person who will bring ... view
• 28 Feb 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr Speaker, Sir. As a Member of the Committee, I request that you give me an extra two minutes because there are several issues I want to bring to the attention of my dear colleagues here. I am glad there are two commissioners here present. These are our representatives in the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). I urge them to read our report. The Committee on Finance and Budget has looked at the Senate budget. It is apparent that our budget has been reduced by Ksh1.4 billion. They will fail us if we do not get that Ksh1.4 billion ... view
• 28 Feb 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I should have said; “point of information”. Hon. Senators, including Sen. Mugo, the point is that by the time we do the Division of Revenue Bill, the first consideration will be public debt. My dear Senators, at some point, even if we pass the County Revenue Allocation, there will be no money because half of it will go to debt. About 66 per cent of Kenyan debt is to China. I call it the road to Shanghai. It is a problem. If we do not talk about it, nobody will talk about it. That has been said ... view
• 28 Feb 2018 in Senate: Thank you. We have proposed to amend the BPS on two accounts:- (i) Our health workers in your counties through the Kenya Medical Dentist Practitioners Board (KMDPB) and the nurses have accumulated arears of Ksh11.6billion since 2013. That money has not been included in the BPS. We have proposed to amend this. (ii) The medical equipment sum of Kshs4.5billlion was to run for seven years. However, Treasury amended it to Kshs6.1billion in the 2016/2017 Financial Year. This was not in the County Division of Revenue Bill and a sum of Kshs9.4billion for the following year. We did not know where ... view
• 28 Feb 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with the Senate Minority Leader. Perhaps, this is something that we ought to discuss in the Senate Business Committee (SBC). Although it is possible that we are trying to generate work on the Floor of the House, it is important that we do not ignore the public. When Bills are completed and before Division and the Mover being called to reply, you should either give a committee a week or less to give a report, so that when the Mover is making their reply, they can reply to the contributions of the Senators and those ... view
• 28 Feb 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary speaker, Sir, I rise to support the National Slum Upgrading and Prevention Policy, 2016. I have a few points. First, I agree with my colleagues who say that this is late, but welcome. The unfortunate bit is that all slums, particularly in Nairobi, happen to be next to very opulent neighbourhoods. Githogoro slum is next to Runda, Kibera slum is next to Lang’ata, Mathare is next to Pangani and others; I cannot remember all of them. The people who live in slums serve the people who live in upmarket areas or what we call the urban suburbs. The ... view
• 22 Feb 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the people of Makueni County and the Senate, I welcome the Members of West Pokot County Assembly. I have three things to say. First, your governor sat with us in the Committee on Finance and Budget. In that Committee we ensured all assemblies have autonomy; managing their own accounts. Previously, the accounts were signed by the executive. Your Governor, Prof. Lonyangapuo, was responsible for ensuring that you have independence. Secondly, Gov. (Prof.) Longangapuo was also responsible for ensuring that you do not overspend by participating in the legislation on the recurrent expense; the ceilings. ... view
• 22 Feb 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to ask a supplementary question. In fact, I had sought a similar statement earlier, but I was told that my Chairman had a statement similar to mine. view
• 22 Feb 2018 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate view