Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 8051 to 8054 of 8054.

• 23 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to start by declaring that I believe that, as I sit here, I am not sitting in a 23 March, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 75 satanic place. I believe, as a Christian, that I am sitting in a very holy place and, therefore, I would like to exonerate only one symbol whose meaning I understand that is out there. There is a symbol of a bull there and in my culture, a bull is not Satanic. Therefore, the preachers should not condemn my bull. I would also like to pass my condolences to the ... view
• 23 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to congratulate the President for the excellent Speech that he treated us to. I also want to say the same about the short speech by the Speaker of the National Assembly. The issue of the economy, as evidenced in the President's Speech, captured my imagination. For the economy of Kenya, over a very short period of three years, to grow from negative to 2.8 per cent in 2003 to 4.3 per cent in 2004 and finally, to 5 per cent in 2005, is not a mean achievement. However, I believe that we can ... view
• 23 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to exhaust my time without commenting on the issue of corruption. This is not a joke! Where we have reached, we have forgotten that corruption is not a political game. It hurts the poor who vote for us to come here; the poor whom we represent. Corruption denies the poor people access to medicine, food and education. We must condemn corruption. We cannot honestly pretend that we want to condemn corruption if we do not want to lead by example. Leading by example means that all those who are adversely mentioned in ... view
• 22 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am wondering whether the Chair could help us on this issue. I believe what is going to give us the way forward is the respect for traditions of this House. This is not the first time this is happening! Could you guide us on what happened in the Eighth Parliament when Mr. Raila was a Member of the House Business Committee and in the Opposition as NDP? When he moved, did he move with that position? view