Mutula Kilonzo Jnr

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2821 to 2830 of 3800.

• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, talking to birds is a phrase in English where you are talking to nobody. It is like playing a guitar to a goat. It does not make any sense. It is phraseology. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: .: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. With your permission, I will seek just one clarification. Following what Sen. Kagwe has said, what exactly is this money supposed to do? Each of the 18 old national schools was allocated Kshs48 million and the newly elevated ones got Kshs25 million. I am asking this because in the case of Makueni County, Mbooni Girls High School does not have water. They have been calling all of us for fundraising to build laboratories and dormitories. So, what exactly was this money supposed to do if at all it was ever ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: .: Thank you for the compliment. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the question of expense is not a question of an opinion. Maybe that is where Sen. Kagwe is coming from. We cannot say, logically, that it makes sense when it does not when the criteria is not there. It is a technical question. It can only be answered by technical expertise. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, but even then my additional question was; even the Kshs0 to Kshs18 million is a figure. It is a well calculated budget whether it is Kshs18, 25 or 48 million, there is a criterion. That criterion cannot be based on an opinion that is so general because a school in Mbooni is not the same as a school in Mwea. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am concerned that the national Government has published in the dailies what they call public participation on this. The Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget has raised serious concerns about this Fund. One of the concerns is that 10 per cent of the money that the Chairperson has mentioned will go to administration. That is why they can splash headlines and spend Kshs1 million on advertisements, yet the Fund is supposed to be used for needy courses. Is the Chairperson satisfied that the proposals that we made as a Committee to the Senate were not ... view
• 29 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the recruitment of staff; although it appears to have been excused, it is a pretext that it is under the Public Service Commission Act. The truth of the matter is that the Health Bill that was amended in this Senate gives the powers of how the Ministry of Health in collaboration with counties would recruit staff. Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Chairman aware of the status of the Health Bill that would give the position that he stated here? The Public Service Commission Act does not give such mandate under the new Constitution. view
• 23 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have listened to your directions and the first direction is that the Delegated Legislation Committee will have 21 days under Standing Order No. 215 to report to the Senate whether they agree or disagree with the resolution of the National Assembly. I do not expect the Delegated Legislation Committee of the Senate to disagree with themselves about their recommendations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is my proposal; you have given them 21 days which goes beyond the period within which we will be sitting as a Senate. I thought you would use your Standing Order No. 1 ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 23 Nov 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in view of the numbers that we have, I propose, under Standing Order No.39, that you order that we do the six divisions before Senators leave. I have done a rough calculation and established that we have numbers. view