Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. It is a great honour for me to be allowed to, not only acknowledge their presence, but also to reassure them that--- view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to assure them that we appreciate the role they play in the transport sector of this country. We are aware that these young people work under difficult circumstances, both environmental, law and social. We appreciate the role the boda boda play in getting all of us elected. I hope the young people will take this message back home. More importantly, I assure them that we will recognize boda bodas in Kenyan laws. The journey for making a law for boda bodas in this country started yesterday. There is a Bill, which I have brought ... view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the opinion of Sen. Omogeni, remembering that he is a Senior Counsel and his experience in this House, forces me to refer to the constitutionality of what he has said. Article 204 of the Constitution provides as follows- ‘‘(1) There is established an Equalisation Fund into which shall be paid one half per cent of all the revenue collected by the national government each year calculated on the basis of the most recent audited accounts of revenue received, as approved by the National Assembly.’’ ‘‘(2) The national government shall use the Equalisation Fund only to provide basic ... view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, it does not matter which school you went to--- view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: I am now encouraging him that there were areas in this country called counties that had been marginalised. It was agreed that there was poverty in many parts of Kenya. However, the poverty in these areas was as a result---. view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: I am informing him that the Equalisation Fund was to manage marginalisation and not poverty. So, CRA made a mistake by basing it on pockets of poverty rather than marginalisation. view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Sen. Omogeni is right. In fact, tunamsherehekea. view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to reply. I thank all my colleagues for the support that they have shown for this very important Bill. We have noted their comments, especially on the unfairness of the formula that was developed by CRA. The only thing we can assure them is that now, the ball is in our court. A few years from now, they will be coming before us, for us to approve a new version of that formula, and at that time, we will all bring your views on board. However, I want to agree on one thing, ... view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I thank Sen. Omogeni for giving me the honour to second this very important Motion. When this Committee was constituted, there was a lot of suspicion and bad blood between the two sides at the dialogue. With time, things have normalized and therefore, it gives me a lot of pleasure to be seconding a Motion that gives them an opportunity to conclude, make the product hygienic and even better. Madam Temporary Speaker, I will not dwell too much on it because of the interest of time. I want to give five minutes to Sen. Cherarkey ... view
• 18 Oct 2023 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