Mutula Kilonzo Jnr

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• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I hope I can take a shorter period. Now that most Senators have spoken to the Bill and the contents of the Bill, I will skip that. Let me start by saying that I am not sure, but I am surprised that we are dealing with this now. We should have done it a little earlier. This is so urgent and important that I am tempted to say it is the solution to the so-called bottom-up approach, the contraption that I am so against. I see it with some political party. This is actually the ... view
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• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: A young man walked into my office today. He is running a bureau that exports house helps in Saudi Arabia. That is the best we can do for the country. It is a tragedy. The ambassador then shared with me a long list of workers required in Dubai. That was about 1,000 of all cadres of technical skills that are required in Dubai, including something that we do not think is important called washing of planes, and yet it is such a well-paying job that half of the people who are sitting on desks in Nairobi are not paid as ... view
• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I was privileged to be introduced to a certain young man by Sen. Cheruiyot. This young man went to Japan as an architect and is now married to a Japanese and speaks fluent Japanese. He is now in charge of disaster management in so far as buildings that are earthquake compliant are concerned in Japan. He is a Kenyan. It is unbelievable, but possible. This is one of those methods where we can give hope. Our education has failed because we have trained people to think that when you get a degree, you must get job as ... view
• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: This is the solution to some of the problems we are having with the youth. Recently, one of our colleagues complained that we have so many architects who do not have jobs. There are places where they are expanding left, right and centre and I think this forms a solution. view
• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: Let me mention something I have found interesting that even we in the legal profession hope we can train our lawyers. Part I, Clause 3(c) says: “Every person shall, in the exercise of powers and performance of functions under this Act, be guided by the following principles – (c) promotion of innovativeness, technology transfer and an entrepreneurial culture.” That is what is missing in all our professions. We are training lawyers and bankers, but we never train them to be entrepreneurs. We are bringing the Chinese here to build the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and there is no technology transfer. ... view
• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I can tell you the technology for the construction of this nice road that I admire every time I drive to Makueni County, will not be transferred to Kenyans. It is a mistake. When we visited Thwake Dam, we bothered to show the Head of State a very interesting bridge across Athi River. It is a very simple bridge, but carries heavy load of concrete and stones. Ordinarily, if a Kenyan engineer was asked to construct that bridge that we have been unable to do since 1963, it would cost Kshs1 billion. The top is wooden. That ... view
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• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: I am concerned about examination standards in Clause 4. This is what is ailing the Kenyan education system. Everything is about examination. Let us walk away from examination standards and find something else more useful. As I finish, I would like to urge you to visit that college in Mbooni Constituency. I propose that we have the same standards found there all over the country. Konza Techno City will have the Kenya Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), which will teach innovation. It is what you want to do here. In doing vocational education, we must also include innovation. ... view
• 14 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As I support the Statement, let me correct something that Sen. Wetangula and Sen. Cheruiyot have said. When we crafted the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Bill in the Committee on Information and Technology, the National Assembly plagiarized and said it was not a matter concerning counties. So, it actually never came here. view