Mutula Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very fundamental issue and I want to salute my future fellow senator for raising it because we have an obligation to defend devolution and, therefore, kindly listen to what I am about to say before you make your ruling. view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, as hon. Mututho has shown you, Section 21of Part II of Schedule Four shows that the national Government has the functions of planning, co-ordination and so on and he has also shown you Clause 22 which is also very important on the issues of fishing, hunting, gathering and even protection of animals. But what he did not show you and what I am going to show you is Section 29. If you look at Section 29, the national Government has the function of agricultural policy and that is so fundamental to keep ... view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Now, if you go to Part 2 with the county Government, and I want the House to keep in mind the word “policy”, there is veterinary policy and agricultural policy. But when you go to the county function at Section 1, they do not use “agricultural” or anything. They say the county as is responsible for agriculture and as it is known. If you look at the map of this country, each county is actually different. The agriculture in every county is different and the rainfall patterns, what people grow and the livestock they keep changes from one county to ... view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: No, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. For the time being, allow me to just finish this because it is important. I want to take you back, if I may say so, to Article 186(2), so that you can see that the constitutionality here can only arise section by section, clause by clause, but not the entire Bill. You cannot lock the country out of the entire Bill. What you can do is lock out particular clauses. Article 186(2), and this is very important, says that:- “A function or power that is conferred on more than one level of government is ... view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: You cannot lock out the county. We will develop the laws for agriculture when we have the county, but for the time being, please, the role of the governor now will be--- view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you see, hon. Odhiambo-Mabona was my student. She is still my student and so, I like responding to her like all good teachers. So forgive me, I will direct the points through you. The point in reading Article 186 suggests to you, and since you are the Chair and you will make a determination, that at this point you cannot lock out this law on constitutionality. But if you find a particular clause is interfering with Section 1 of Part II of Schedule Four, then you can say that this clause has overreached itself. Then ... view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Basic Educati ` on Bill, Bill No.46 of 2012 be now read the Third Time. view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development Bill (Bill No.64 of 2012) be now read a Second Time. Allow me, first of all, to thank this House and the country for embracing the reforms in education that have been more or less concluded. Only this afternoon the Basic Education Bill passed through the Third Reading and I want to thank hon. Members. This institute otherwise known as the Kenya Institute of Education (KIE) was established in 1976. However, it has had a very unstable legal framework as you can see by ... view
• 11 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: It has been like a motherless child. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, some of the legal notices such as Legal Notice No.126 remove the responsibility of recruitment from the institute to other bodies; consequently creating an enormous problem in the institute. Therefore, it is fair that this country, having embraced reforms in education, also agrees to reform this very important institute. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have to over-emphasize that curricula determines the quality of a country’s human resource, the national values and ethos. Therefore, the Kenya Constitution, 2010, recognizes curriculum development as a function of the ... view