Mutula Kilonzo Jnr

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy that the information is out in the public. I had a letter on WhatsApp which I circulated to the CORD Senators even before it was reported. That shows the manner in which we have treated this issue casually because I had the information. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also had the letter that was written to the University of Nairobi regarding security way before the Garissa attack. It is a good thing that we are debating this issue. Whether the young man is guilty or not, the fact is that there is smoke; ... view
• 9 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will not repeat what everybody else has said. However, once again, we find ourselves in another predicament where we are arguing about the provisions of the Constitution on what is sharable revenue under Article 202 on revenue raised nationally and revenue that is supposed to be divided between county governments and the national Government under Article 203(2) and (3). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, once again, I repeat what I said last year. We must insist to have audited accounts that are up to date so that we do not end up in the sort of ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in Senate: Just in support, Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir. The amendment in Clause 7, as stated by the Chair, was to have detailed criteria that we would use in so far as public institutions are concerned. In Clause 8, we added the word “accountability” because the word “transparency” appears there. We just wanted it to be uniform with the Constitution. In the Constitution where the word “transparency” is, “accountability” follows. So, we wanted to marry the two. In Clause 13, the amendment is to ensure that, first, there is a time--- view
• 1 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, the amendment in Clause 15 is meant to have an incentive for public servants who have excelled in various fields to be rewarded. We thought that the drafters of the original Section had included a subjective concept called “satisfaction” which in our view as the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, thought would be below what the intention of Article 232 of the Constitution required. We have deleted the word “satisfactory” which in our view was subjective and put the word “exemplary.” We agree that, that view is correct, legal and objective. Thank you. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I have to take you back to Clause 20 (g) the new proposed subsection which states, “ One person who has demonstrated competence in environmental matters, nominated by the Council of County Governors”. Under the Inter- Governmental Relations Act, the body is called “Council of Governor”. So, I think we should delete the word “County” view
• 31 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to address a couple of things. I will begin with corruption. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I watched your speech when you were in Murang’a. We should reiterate that this list, particularly on county governments, is not exhaustive. I am convinced, because I have read it, that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has not referred to any audit report on any county government. The reports here appear to be reports received maybe from anonymous people or from whatever source. We, as Senate, must state that we have not received reports on governors. So, governors ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I watched the race and the accolades for this particular campaign must be given to where it is due, and it is to the First Lady. It has to take the First Lady to walk and rally the private sector to demonstrate that public servants are not doing their job. The First lady has reminded the Cabinet Secretary (CS) that he has not taken any particular subject like this one seriously. As we discuss here and as the private sector is supporting the Beyond Zero Campaign, the cancer machines in Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) are ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Please, allow us to lead you. The Standing Orders state as follows:- “A Senator who has used exceptionable words and declines to explain or retract the words or to offer apologies for the use of the words to the satisfaction of the Speaker, shall be deemed to be disorderly and shall be dealt with in accordance with the rules pertaining to disorderly conduct.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you have to make a ruling that there are exception words used before the Senate Minority Leader is called to retract or explain. Therefore, ... view
• 19 Mar 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have listened to the arguments here and it appears that Senators have not read the ruling of Justice Lenaola. I urge them to read it so that we educate this country and for us to also appear learned. The questions raised by Sen. Omar and Sen. Murkomen have been answered by the Judge. The fact is that the Judge said: - “The Act is in place and that is the law.” As far as he is concerned, the question of ceilings was overtaken by events and was, therefore, not an issue. But for clarification, ... view
• 19 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, so that we do not create a false impression, could he, please, clarify to the nation that in the recommendation number four that the Committee has made, the counties are not going to revise their budgets, to the extent that the budgets of the county assemblies; the ones that have agreed on the ceilings, would then increase by lowering the budgets of any other entity, so that we are not misquoted? Lastly, the reason I said that Senators should read this is because the court was very concerned that the county executives and county assemblies have ... view