Mutula Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is a privilege for you to call upon me to reply to this fundamental law that is going to bring forth true reforms in the teaching profession. I have listened to all the hon. Members and I want to assure them that I am going to do polishing of the Bill during Third Reading. I would like to request the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Education, Science and Technology, hon. Koech, that if there are amendments that have not been given to him--- Any hon. Member with a proposal for enriching this Bill, kindly ... view
• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank hon. Members for taking such serious interest in this particular law. I am going to address issues like reinstatement and particularly to hon. Martha Karua, a self-sustaining Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is going to be my goal – to develop policies that I will be tabling in this House any time now. For hon. Wetangula - too much discretion to the TSC on discipline - indeed, I agree with him and, therefore, I will be asking hon. Members to join me in the Third Reading to make sure that we qualify all ... view
• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to thank the Chair and this House so that I can say through a Personal Statement that in the course of this afternoon - and that is why I was delayed in coming in - I have received two messages threatening my life, the lives of my family and threatening my home. Those who are sending these messages are telling me - if I may just say a bit because in some of it, they are even claiming responsibility for terrorist activities in Kenya - Minister Mutula Kilonzo, be ready to die. view
• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to say that as a Christian, I am always ready to die. I expect to die. I am ready for death but it should not come at the hands of criminals and crooks that are undermining the safety and security of our country. This is really a frightening afternoon and I have already sent these messages to the Director of National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS). He has acknowledged them and he says that he is working on them. These people are even sending me the numbers they are using, the telephone numbers of their ... view
• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: I would like to request that I be given security such as the NSIS and the police because from this statement, I intend to walk to the police to record a statement so that I can give them this information so that they can be able to follow the culprits who are behind it. Time has come for the fools who have these habits to know that people like I do not do things to please them or to please anyone else. I only do what is right and I only do what is right correctly. view
• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, so, I want to thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. I have been threatened before but I never bothered your office. But after receiving two messages 30 minutes apart from two different numbers saying that: “Be ready to die” as though they are God, I thought that this is something I should share with my country and hon. colleagues so that should anything happen to me, you will know that I told you so. If they are threatening me because of my work, they are in for a rude shock because I have ... view
• 26 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore, thank you very much. view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, thank you for noticing me. I saw that my student/pupil here was having a very hard time. I think I should support him. Mr. Chairman, Sir, I think we are making an error in this situation. We are forgetting that a political party is defined by Article 260 of the Constitution. Those who are introducing this amendment are forgetting that they are now interfering with the Constitution itself. The definition of a political party is – for the first time in the history of this country, it has found itself defined; it is an association that meets ... view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that the official Government vehicle, GKA 977R, assigned to the District Education Officer (D.E.O), Garbatulla District, has been unserviceable for quite sometime. (b) The Ministry arranged for inspection of the vehicle by the Chief Mechanical and Transport Engineer at the Ministry of Roads and took it to the agent, CMC, Nairobi, for repair. The vehicle is currently undergoing such repair, which involves overhaul of the engine, among other works. It is expected to be completed in a month’s time and handed over to the D.E.O immediately. view
• 21 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I share the concerns of the hon. Member in this House because it is really unfair for a vehicle to take two years to repair. My investigation of this matter has demonstrated a problem, not with the personnel, but with our procurement systems. I am happy to inform the hon. Member that since the quotation for repair was Kshs747,000, this required approval by the Ministerial Tender Committee under the procurement regulations. I have been aware for sometime of the shortcomings of these regulations and law and it is not fair at this point to assign responsibility to ... view