Mutula Kilonzo

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• 22 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to respond. I would like to pay tribute to those who have contributed to this very important Motion. I would like to take this opportunity to assure the House, and the country, that the days of Parliamentary Reports, like the one before the House, not being implemented are gone. If there are any left, they are going to be very few. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it will be recalled that shortly this House will be asked to debate amendments to Standing Orders. The proposals that we have put forward for the country regarding ... view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to attempt to persuade my colleagues who are opposed to this Procedural Motion to kindly reconsider their positions and support it and pass it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do not live in normal times. I think it is fair that this House takes account of the recent history of this country. Let us appreciate that it is not only amazing, but also lucky that the first Bill to be presented to this House has something to do with accountants. It is an extremely important profession for this country and its future. ... view
• 25 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for casting your eye on me. First of all, I want to acknowledge that, like my colleagues, I have received an invitation for a seminar on Thursday. I want to thank you very much for this organisation of this seminar for Members of Parliament, so that we can go and continue to bond together. My only regret is that, in the programme, no item has been put there for a briefing of this honourable House by the negotiating team, so that Members of Parliament can come to terms with the legislative instruments expected ... view
• 18 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very crucial Bill in the history of our country. First of all, I want to join my colleagues in paying special tribute to His Excellency Kofi Annan and the Team of Eminent Persons who have helped this country to come to terms with the problems that we have faced in the last two months. I would also like to take this opportunity to pay special tribute to His Excellency the President and Mr. Odinga, the Prime Minister-designate, for offering leadership at a time when it was ... view
• 18 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I would like to draw the attention of the House to page 11, Clause 9. This is an extremely unusual situation. I would like to urge the House to take account of the circumstances surrounding this Bill. You will find that in Clause 9, we have put in what we are calling an interpretation clause. Unusually for an Act of Parliament, we have gone on to re-produce the actual Accord between the principals. So, I would like to beg and plead with the learned professor, please, accept the circumstances surrounding the drafting of ... view
• 12 Mar 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the country and indeed, the world is holding their breath to see whether this House would rise to the occasion in order to legislate the solutions that are so urgently needed to the problems that this country faced following the December, 2007 General Elections. I would like to salute and join my colleagues hon. Orengo and hon. Karua, in supporting this Motion. I stand to support it. Not enough can be said about the need to merely reduce the publication period of these Bills from 14 days to six days in order to enable the country to ... view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Clerk, please, allow me! My name is Mutula Kilonzo. I would like to make a little contribution. I would like to remind this House that on 27th December last year, all of us, as a matter of fact, went to the ballot box. view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: All of us, please, hear me out. All of us had agents. In fact, each one of us had two agents. In fact, when you went to vote, you did not even show your agent how you voted, leave alone a stranger. view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: I want to mention something else, Mr. Clerk. Allow me to make this point because it is important for the country. view
• 15 Jan 2008 in National Assembly: In fact, after I go there and vote, I should come out empty- handed, other than after putting it inside there. This is the country's tradition, going back to the Lancaster House Conference, and practised over the last 45 years. I would like to say, without fear of contradiction, that the fact that the Standing Orders say that one person will be given one ballot paper, means that the person who knows how he has voted is one. My concluding remark is simple: The man we are going to elect here must be impartial and he must not know who ... view