Mutula Kilonzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 861 to 870 of 1275.

• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution Bill be now read a Third Time. I want to congratulate this hon. House for crossing a rubicon. This is a historical moment for the country to know that we now have the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution as the people said “yes” so loudly on 4th August, 2010. view
• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Commission for Implementation of the Constitution Bill (Bill No.15) be now read a Second Time. view
• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me at the very outset to congratulate this House and your office for the historic moment that you are presiding over this afternoon. It will be recalled that in the course of this year, the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) in a period of only 45 days managed to register 12.6 million voters in this country. Following that successful exercise, on 4th August this year, 72 per cent of those people who registered to vote actually turned out to vote in a historic referendum. Out of that 72 per cent, 69 per cent voted for ... view
• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Kenyan population, in giving themselves this new gift, took every precautionary step in approving that the key to unlock the implementation of the Constitution be not left in the hands of any one organization or unit. They said they will have two institutions to oversee implementation. The first institution is the Parliamentary Oversight Committee. Again, I wish to salute this House; that has already been established and the officers appointed. view
• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: In fact, I am told that they are holding a retreat towards the end of this week and early next week. The second key for unlocking the implementation of our Constitution was left in the hands of the institution otherwise known as the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution and hence this very important Bill. Therefore, this is the second step that this honourable House will take this afternoon in saying “yes” to Kenyans. That is; you said “yes” to a new Constitution, we, as a Parliament, are also saying “yes” to its implementation. Therefore, I want to remind ... view
• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: “My heart turns to and fro in thinking what will the people say; they who shall see my monument in after years and shall speak of what I have done”. view
• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is our moment. This is a moment for this House. This is a moment for this country for saying we will implement the Constitution. view
• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to be very brief because the House is well aware of the objectives of this Commission. It will be recalled that the primary objective of the Commission, including this one, is already laid out in our Constitution. Allow me to read it loudly because it is very important under this Article 249(1). It says:- “The objects of the commissions and the independent offices are to— (a) protect the sovereignty of the people; (b) secure the observance by all State organs of democratic values and principles; and, (c) promote constitutionalism”. view
• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in fact, that Article goes further and I think as soon as we finish this exercise, Parliament shall seize the moment because under sub- article 3, Parliament is required to allocate adequate funds to enable each Commission and Independent Office to perform its functions and the Budget of each Commission and Independent Office shall be as a separate vote. Therefore, that is the objective of this Commission and I want to emphasize promotion of constitutionalism and also the observance of national values. The source of this Bill that I am proudly presenting this afternoon is, in ... view
• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 14 provides for the appointment of the Secretary to the Commission and requires that secretary to be appointed competitively and, hence, the urgency. We have already consumed nearly a month-and-a-half of the time from promulgation of the Constitution. So, we have a very short time left, even if we were to accept that the Commission can wait for the 90 days, which I do not think is my position. My position is that the sooner we appoint it, the better. view