Mutula Kilonzo Jnr

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in support of what my fellow Senators have said, I just want to suggest to my senior, Sen. Musila that under Article 125 of the Constitution, the Senate has got powers to call the attendance of witnesses, summon for evidence, call for production of documents and issue any commission to any person. Therefore, the fact that there is a gag order against governors does not stop the Senate from calling for evidence from any other person. The Senate should not look as if we have been rendered impotent by virtue of that court order. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have only three things to say. From a reading of this letter, I recall that we have a famous saying that goes: “He who represents himself has a fool for a client.” Sen. Hassan Omar is a good lawyer. However, in making this request, he was very polite. I will request you to use your official letterhead to protect this Senate by stating clearly that no investigations should be conducted on Mugo wa Wairimu and Willy Omosa because an offence has already been disclosed in these postings. Therefore, these people should be charged in ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in Senate: .: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to thank Sen. Billow for this Motion. Many things that we will contribute on this Motion, we said them yesterday in no uncertain terms. As I second this Motion, allow me to express my disappointment. The issue about the security of our people in the national Government and counties is something we have raised severally. This is an issue that is on top of everybody’s agenda. We are asking ourselves whether or not the Government is doing enough to take action to prevent the activities of terrorists to ensure that Kenyans ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, for some strange reasons, they cannot find my card today. Pursuant to your Communication, I am wondering whether our intention to go to the Supreme Court has now been overtaken by events. Secondly, in my own reading, the fact that, that Bill is now at the Senate, we have cured the obvious problem that was there. The Bill should have come before you, the Speaker of the Senate and the Speaker of the National Assembly, before it was debated. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Nov 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we ought to say it the way it is. The responsibility of security is not a shared responsibility between the Opposition and the Government. The Government is solely responsible. No Member of the Opposition sits in any security committee or gives any command to any person in the security organ. Therefore, the Government is responsible today, tomorrow and the day after. The Government must take responsibility. The Government is obviously again going to pay lip service. The last time there was a tragedy like this or any other, I remember that in Makueni when people died, ... view
• 19 Nov 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. On behalf of myself, my family, Makueni County and the people who love Sen. Kajwang, I wish to pass my condolences to his family and his constituents and people who liked him and many others who most likely, in his life, did not like his comments but are now celebrating him. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, standing here today, I know the pain that the family is going through, having lost my father just about a year ago in similar circumstances. Therefore, I know the confusion they are going through. view
• 19 Nov 2014 in Senate: As we condole him, we must remember that the hole left in that family is difficult to fill. I do not want to repeat what everybody has said about his contribution. Yesterday he made a very robust constitution and what the drafters intended particularly when it came to the Administration Police or the police generally. Every time, he stood up to speak, that was the punch line. Therefore, to honour him, Senators should stick to the letter and spirit of the Constitution the way it is. I also want to say that we speak very passionately about people when they ... view
• 18 Nov 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Amendment Bill. After reading it carefully, I think that Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo has done it very intelligently. It is a very well crafted Amendment Bill so that it complies. Somebody is whispering to me that he is a very intelligent professor and I agree. We cannot talk about this country in the same sentence with the word security. We have had so much insecurity in the recent past than we have ever had since Independence. Sometimes you wonder whether you will wake up and find gangsters just running around ... view
• 11 Nov 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion in its entirety. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not wish to repeat what the Senate Majority Leader and Senate Minority Leader have said. Out of the questions that we will present to the Supreme Court, the answer to the question as to the constitutional status of the Acts of Parliament which have been passed without your concurrence is that the Acts of Parliament are unconstitutional. I heard the Senate Majority Leader suggesting that, in fact, when there is no concurrence, there ought to be a mediation. The drafters of ... view