Mutula Kilonzo Jnr

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 May 2021 in Senate: We must be responsible for the statements we make. The statement Sen. Kibiru has made has no basis. I will explain so that if he can substantiate then he can bring that on record. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: I have in my office here a record from the National Police Service (NPS) indicating that no Senator sent a pin to be arrested. We know where that pin was sent from. Can you substantiate which Senator stage-managed his arrest and give us evidence because we have the record? view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: Bi Spika, mimi pia nataka kukubaliana na Sen. Madzayo kwamba hiyo sio hoja ya nidhamu. Huyu mwenzetu kama ana maswala ambayo anataka kuyapinga kulingana na ufasaha au kulingana na maneno ambayo yanasemwa na Sen. Kwamboka, anaweza kusubiri nafasi yake. Mambo anayosema ni wasia wake kikatiba na katika Standing Orders zetu, ana haki ya kufanya hivyo. Asante, Bi Naibu Spika. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. I must say that this amendment to the Constitution is a unique moment for this country. It is a unique moment to reflect on this Constitution and amend those places that we think would help in the cause of progressing what the founders of the Constitution and the people who brought about the 2010 Constitution had in mind. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: I want to remind this House about the Okoa Kenya Initiative. When the Coalition of Reforms and Democracy (CORD) tried to have an Okoa Kenya Initiative, the Jubilee Government made sure that they drew monsters, rhinos and things in our books, and we stalled. I was the Vice Chairperson of a Select Committee that was led by Sen. Murkomen and this House attempted a similar amendment, which is nearly on all fours with Okoa Kenya Initiative draft and this constitutional amendment. What was the result? This side of the divide then said, ‘you are perpetrating a CORD initiative,’ and it ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: end of the matter. This is a popular initiative. We have read this Report and found it as such. We have very good lawyers in that Committee. This country will miss my late father. The 2010 Constitution was not easy. When I get the opportunity to write the memoirs of my late father, I will state the sort of roadblocks that were put in place by cabals of people who did not want the 2010 Constitution. This is yet another opportunity to face the cabals and say “no” to those people who look at every good initiative as a political ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: It is called dispersal of power. That is why they were opposing it. What did they do? They put in 15 percent to go to counties. You must follow and listen to the people who negotiated for this Constitution. First, the proposal was to have 14 counties. They thought: “No. Do not make them 14. Make them 47 but give them 15 percent so that they fail.” That was their idea. My dear colleagues and Senators, somebody has collected signatures for us. Somebody has gone out of their way and promoted this Constitution and they have now proposed 35 percent. ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: National Assembly you have got to have some element of climate control in the Senate, they refused. I am going to point to a few weak clauses in this. I want to tell the principals that there are people even within the handshake who are responsible for creating this mess and the anomalies in this draft. They are the ones. The sabotage is within you. Small little typographical errors that even a first year student would not make. How do we end up with typographical errors in a document that has come from the highest possible place? It is an ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: The schedule. The schedule on the constituencies, my dear colleagues whether you like it or you do not like it, strictly speaking, if it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, it is a duck. This one is a duck. It is unconstitutional and let me explain. A person who is aggrieved under 89 is supposed to go to court and say: “Why did you set up a constituency in Naivasha where Sen. Kihika comes from without consulting me? That is what the Constitution says. With this Schedule you cannot do anything. There is nothing you can do with ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: We have a window of opportunity. Unlike the rest, I think the IEBC can be given opportunity to go and collect views of Kenyans, which can be challenged in court under Article 89. This is because we have said that the 70 constituencies are constitutional. The Schedule is unconstitutional because we do not know what to do with it. I will say this because I am on oath: Those of you who need one constituency for Kitui, Nyamira or Kisii can find your method in the 70 to negotiate because this Constitution is about negotiation. We have failed as a ... view