Mutula Kilonzo

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• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy, Speaker, I rise to oppose that Motion. A tradition has developed in this House where highly important and highly technical Bills are left to a few hon. Members. I say so with confidence because this House was nearly full barely half an hour ago, and this particular Order is very clear. What the hon. Member is suggesting is that we have to put a tether on the necks of hon. Members to sit in this House and contribute, even when they are showing no interest. They walked out on their own! Sometimes, I think the importance of ... view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to react to the question you have posed to me as to the status of the Bill that the House passed last week. The position is that the Bill has reached His Excellency the President; the President has sent a memorandum recommending certain things and that memorandum will be coming to the House any time because it is already here. Therefore, that is not a law yet until it is assented to. Let me just make the point because it is straight forward. The fact of the matter is that until you reject the ... view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am close to many things but not demolitions. view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will certainly do that. I am aware. view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my good learned friend, hon. James Orengo, is a very humble and self-depreciating person. If we were in a rally, I would have asked that he be clapped for because this is a truly phenomenon achievement for any Kenyan. I hope that when we come to discuss issues about heroes, hon. Orengo will be there. I am surprised that the country had to wait for him and me - we were the same year at the university - to come and do these things together. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this law that hon. James Orengo with ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: The other one is what is called definition of public purposes. For the first time again, this country will have a law where you are not guessing what are public purposes. You find that at page 188 of the Bill. It is clearly defined that “public purposes” means purposes for transportation including roads. You see the word “including” meaning that it is not exhaustive. These include public buildings and public utilities for water. You will remember that we happen to be the only city where we had to invent the public toilet and take pride in it because public toilets ... view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: The other one that I want to draw your attention to, so that the country can appreciate how important this is, is overriding interests. If you look at Clause 29, you begin to realize just how fundamental this Bill is. It is at page 204 of the Bill. We have said that unless the contrary is expressed in the register, all registered land shall be subject to the following overriding interests as may for the time being subsist and affect the same without their being noted on the register: view
• 22 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: “(a) spousal rights over matrimonial property; (b) trusts including customary trust.” Those lawyers who are sitting here including hon. Orengo, because we have practiced this law over a long time, you will remember that when an African man owns land and then he passes away and he had five children, if it happens that the title is registered in the name of the children to the exclusion of the others, all these children have been disposed. You will have to go to court to get an order that the first born who owns family land is holding it in trust ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me at the very outset to congratulate the hon. Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Local Government for a phenomenal piece of work; this as well as the other two Bills already passed, reflect the spirit of the new Constitution. You, among other Kenyans, have been in the forefront in fighting for a new constitutional order. A new constitutional order will not be realized until we have a fully functional devolution in the country in all the counties and everything. Therefore, in addition to congratulating the hon. Minister and the Ministry, allow me ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it will be recalled that at the very initial stages, the discussions in these task forces had isolated close to eight Bills that required to be enacted in order to bring into force the function of devolution; but thanks to listening to the rest of the country and consultations. They recommended only these three Bills at this particular time. I think it is something that must be said at this time, long before this House considers the debate that is emerging for extension of time. Every day that you spent before passing this legislation exposes ... view