Dr. Bonny Khalwale

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• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: accordance with the Standing Orders while keeping with the tradition and practice of this House. Since we promulgated the Constitution in 2010, it has been a practice that the President addresses a joint sitting of the two Houses in February or March. There is wisdom to that because that is at the beginning of the Session. Therefore, the President sets his agenda in the Address, which may inform debate and prepare the Houses on how the President wants to guide the development agenda of the country. Unfortunately, the last Address was done in November, which was towards the tail end ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is what I am doing. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand guided. I would like to take this opportunity to invite the distinguished Senator for Tana River to second the Motion. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: Senator, if you could yield. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.105. The Senator is articulating a very important issue. He has told us that if the police refuse to arrest them, we arrest them ourselves. Could he substantiate, so that we understand what he means? Is it that the Serjeant-at-Arms or Members of the Committee or their Chairman will go and arrest? We want to be clear as we support you because we need these people to come before us. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to reply and thank all colleagues for the issues they have raised. Of greatest interest is what was brought up by the Senator for Tana River County, who first proposed the need for us to make this debate on the Presidential speech inclusive, to the extent that the President should be requested to sit in during the debate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this quickly invites you and the House to think about changing the Standing Orders. If we changed the Standing Orders to allow the Cabinet Secretaries to come to the House, then we ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this amendment Bill strongly. I know what the Chairperson of the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee is facing, like the Chairs of all oversight committees. There is a lot of frustration when witnesses are invited by committees and they do not appear. As I support the amendment Bill, I would like to remind colleagues that one of the biggest frustrations is for us to legislate, the President gives assent, and when the Act is challenged in a court of law, it is declared unconstitutional. Be careful about this amendment. Sen. Osotsi, ... view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 14 Feb 2024 in Senate: I am drawing your attention to this because several Members have proposed that we establish a Parliamentary Police Force like the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU). That will fall in the High Court because the Constitution does not anticipate that we can form a parallel police force in this Parliament. In our Standing Orders, you can request the Inspector General to deploy police officers here. However, we cannot command them. That is in the Constitution. Sen. Osotsi, you expect us to support you, but we will be embarrassed in court. We shall be reminded that we have no power to establish ... view