Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Jul 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am so impressed by Sen. Mariam Omar. She is new in the Senate, and unlike many of our colleagues on the Minority side, she seems to have grasped her role of being a Senator and a representative of the people. view
• 25 Jul 2023 in Senate: I am surprised that the Senator for Bungoma County is finding it difficult to see the nexus between the need for Members of the Opposition to be in this House and this Bill. They should forever be encouraged to come to the House so that we can discuss 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
• 25 Jul 2023 in Senate: taxation on this platform of Parliament, instead of them discussing taxation disguised as an attempt to lower the cost of living from the streets. view
• 25 Jul 2023 in Senate: The youth who are in the streets attempting to discuss taxation do not have this platform. I would not mind if members of the public were doing their thing; activists, in the streets, the so-called maandamano, while their representatives are here debating with us. I laud the Senator because having gone through this Bill, I realised that it is a clear attempt to strengthen devolution. view
• 25 Jul 2023 in Senate: Through this Bill, it is clear that if we enact it into law, then county governments will raise their own revenue without necessarily over-relying on sharable revenue from the national Government. Through this Bill, which I support, we will be helping counties to contribute to the growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of this country. The more a county grows her own source revenue, the more it discovers ways and means of unlocking the economic potential in respective counties, so that it goes towards growing the GDP. view
• 25 Jul 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, many years ago, around about 2002 or 2005 and subsequently up to the time we enacted and promulgated this Constitution, the hope was that the economy of this country would grow faster if we devolved. I, therefore, conclude my appreciation by acknowledging that central to this Bill is an attempt to fight corruption by many agents that benefit from it. view
• 25 Jul 2023 in Senate: If this Bill becomes law, people like police traffic officers who capitalise on various deferring licenses--- Traders who do not know where the border of this county starts, ends and joins the other one are then harassed by traffic police officers. This Bill will make it easier for police on the issue of taxation. view
• 25 Jul 2023 in Senate: In a nutshell, the Mover of the Motion hopes that we will establish a standard and uniform procedure for licensing by county governments and any other connected purposes. This is very important because listening to her, the Bill seeks to propose and establish uniform procedures for licensing to ensure certainty in the process and ultimately in private sector players to do business in our counties. view
• 25 Jul 2023 in Senate: A small illustration of how the lack of this law increases poverty in Kakamega County and how it discourages business people from Kakamega County in participating in business. Look at this young businessman, who gets money for a start-up and he wants to engage in the business of import and export. So, he pays the necessary licenses up to and including import licensing; pays all he pays in Japan, then imports whatever goods he wants. The goods come and land in Mombasa County. This young businessperson has no idea that he would have to speak to the issue of licensing ... view
• 25 Jul 2023 in Senate: One, the businessman will meet people in the County Government of Mombasa. The moment he satisfies them and their conditions, he has to move from Mombasa 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