Mutula Kilonzo

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• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: First, Articles 218 and 221 are the ones which provide for Budget making in Kenya and that responsibility rests in this House. When I was appearing before the Departmental Committee and in this House fighting for the Budget of the Ministry including the money to recruit more teachers, not a single Member of Parliament, not even the Committee raised the question of increasing the money in respect of the 1997 agreement. That is a fact! view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Fact No.2 is that unless the country follows Articles 218 and 221 and gives me money, it is not fair to bash the Government; to bash the Minister because I have no access to the country’s resources except through Parliament. That is a fact! view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: This House enacted the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Bill and it was assented to on 24th August, 2012 and the commencement date was 31st August, 2012. This Act has a procedure--- view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to say that I called a meeting of all the interested parties including the unions for three o’clock this afternoon, so that we could negotiate as we are required to do. I am very disappointed that the union walked out because they are taking advantage of the misinterpretation of the facts on the table. I called that meeting out of the realization that the country needs negotiations and discussions, which I have encouraged. In addition, I have already presented to the Cabinet Office a Cabinet memorandum requesting that the Cabinet considers some of these ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: I am waiting for the Cabinet to meet to discuss these matters. If they agree with me, then I will come and present these matters to the House and if you give me money, I will pay it. So, you should look at me as a man who loves teachers and so long as you give me money, I will pay them. If you give me 300 per cent, I will pay them. If you give me 500 per cent, I will pay the, but I will not pay a penny until you give me the money. view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Idavaga Muslim Secondary School in Vihiga District, which I have personally visited, has a land feud with the family of Mzee Zubedi which has affected the expansion of the school programmes. (b) In realization of that problem, following my visit to the school on the invitation of the hon. Member, I have now sent a team of my officers to the ground to get more information regarding the matter and particularly the nature of the dispute so as to enable me to make appropriate decision in order to ... view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue has actually dragged for a very long time. The information I have and that is what I want verified by the team, is that Mzee Zubedi sold the land to the Muslim community in 1961 even before Independence. The Muslim community later gave the land to the Idavaga Primary School, who are bona fide land title holders at this moment. Unfortunately, Mzee Zubedi requested to continue staying on the land and upon his death, the land was to revert to the school. After the death of Mr. Zubedi, some two granddaughters later refused to vacate ... view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in addition to being a trained lawyer, I am also trained not to succumb to blackmail. That is why I want time to determine whether the request for Kshs1.6 million is warranted. I opened by saying that the grandfather of these two Kenyan ladies sold the land to the school, and the school has a title deed. Therefore, I do not want to jump the gun and start agreeing to payment when it has already been made. I must admit that when I went to the school, I met with the Imam who impressed me as an ... view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: I want to thank the hon. Member for that suggestion, but my visit to the site demonstrated a heavily populated area. Therefore, to be able to get the sort of land that would satisfy the needs of the school - it is already structured in a particular manner - might not be possible. We might not be able to get contiguous land next to this school. I have also been struggling with the idea of recommending going upwards because the sky is the limit. We can have double storey buildings and structures. Again, the reason why I do not want ... view
• 30 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, having the benefit of having been there myself, and even praying with the children, I have already recommended that they give me a request for infrastructure support. The request that I have received is for a library, and I am looking at it with a very keen and nice eye with a view to a favourable consideration. If the school was to consider developing a plan without prejudice to their right to continue claiming the land owned by this family, I have no doubt in my mind that we would definitely consider support upward development as opposed ... view