Mutula Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 591 to 600 of 1275.

• 24 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing that global competition looks for apart from legal infrastructure is governance. Since 27th August, last year, this country has shown the world that it can produce international best practice governance. Therefore, I think the timing of the presentation of this Bill is now. view
• 24 May 2011 in National Assembly: I have heard some murmurs from hon. Members, who are already criticizing the Limited Liability Partnership Bill that we passed in Second Reading only recently. I want to tell and persuade them very humbly that they are making a mistake. This is because to commence blocking the Limited Liability Partnership Bill is to commence telling this country that notwithstanding the fact that we have a new Constitution and governance, nevertheless, we want to proceed and continue managing partnerships in the old way, which has given way to many challenges. I would rather recommend to hon. Members who have any questions ... view
• 24 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you gave the English the English Companies Act of 1948 that the hon. Attorney-General has referred to today, they will reject it because it is archaic law. They revised it in 1970. They have revised it even further since the establishment of the European Union. Therefore, our time has come. My only disappointment is that it has taken so long to bring it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me without anticipating debate, to recommend very seriously the next Bill which will be the insolvency law because they go together. Can you imagine, over ... view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am very grateful for your guidance and I accept it. view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have just put yourself in the history books. This is such a fundamental law for this country. People can easily think that merely because in this House we are debating as usual, and exchanging views as usual--- One may easily forget that quite apart from the Constitution that His Excellency the President promulgated last year on the 27th of August there is a law that is yet to come, the Supreme Court law; I am happy to say that it is now on its way to the Cabinet, probably next week. This is one ... view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Article 250 (6) (a) at page 161. It is such an important provision. I am a little disappointed that many hon. Members who raised this issue are not here to hear me, but I am sure they will read the HANSARD. It says that “a member of the committee, or holder of an independent office, unless ex-officio shall be appointed for a single term of six years and will not be eligible for reappointment.” That means if you do not stagger their appointment all of them, because they are going to be appointed this year--- I will show you the ... view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. I am very grateful, Sir. I was not joking when I said you will go into the history books. This is a turning point. When we consider Article 251 and we read it together with Article 250(6), it is clear that once a Commissioner is appointed, he cannot be reappointed, and he can only serve a continuous term of six years. Once you consider that, the minimum that they must be is three. Then it gave us problems in drafting to determine how best to ensure that in 2017, because nobody in Kenya today knows who ... view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, many Members have talked about part time and full time. I want to say, again, without fear, because I am a student of constitutional law and constitutional practice and I have checked the practice in all Commonwealth countries, the best example of how to manage elections professionally is India. In fact, the Constitution only appoints one Commissioner. The others are appointed ad hoc, if and when needed, as time goes on. Some of them are appointed during the actual elections. This matter was discussed at the Cabinet and sub-committee levels. I am not disclosing any ... view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me, because I know the Constitution is in front of you to show you Article 250(12), on page 161. This is very deliberate. I want to remind hon. Members that the country gave itself this provision. It says:- view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: “There shall be a Secretary to each Commission, who shall be appointed by the Commission and the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission”. So, the actual day to day management, executive authority by the will of the Kenya people, is vested in the Secretary who will be in charge of the Secretariat. He will be appointed by the Commission. You notice that the Constitution does not require that this man comes here to be approved by the House. It is deliberate. I was in all this debate from Bomas. It is deliberate because you do not want to elevate the ... view