Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Apr 2025 in Senate: when I was insisting that the Governor of Kakamega, Fernandes Barasa, should not be allowed to have a budget for his wife. Due to bureaucracy in legislation and the way business is transacted, the first so- called lady of Kakamega is still enjoying a budget. Theft! Theft of public funds! As if I were being prophetic, probably out of that budget of the office of the first lady, two weeks ago, the Governor of Kakamega bought a bulletproof Lexus worth Kshs54 million--- view
• 1 Apr 2025 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to thank the Chairperson of the Committee. He has already moved and called the Governor of Nyamira. They are coming next week. view
• 1 Apr 2025 in Senate: I want to appeal that his appearance should not be just in the Committee. It should be the Committee of the Whole. We want to be there and pin him down. Pin him down, Madam Temporary Speaker. I saw him rudely dismiss a distinguished scholar, a Senior Counsel (SC), when he was before the Committee. These kinds of jokes--- Governors, even when you come this way, we--- view
• 1 Apr 2025 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I hate to interrupt the Leader of the Majority. Standing Order No. 105 of this House knows our leader of majority as somebody with very good command of English. He is actually educated, trained, examined and qualified in communication. Could he explain what he means by the so-called NADCO Report or could he be quietly communicating something to the House, so that I can whip the House to help him achieve the desired result? view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Debates keep on raging in this country on who is the actual enemy of devolution. It is not too clear, but I am starting to think that Senators, governors and Members of the National Assembly are actually enemies of devolution. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Members of the National Assembly are enemies of devolution, including myself. I say this with maximum respect because the object of this Bill is a simple thing - to provide a tool to transfer additional funds from the national Government to the devolved governments in accordance with the recommendation of the Constitution. ... view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: The donors must be thinking we are mad people. What has happened is that the borrowed money has left the respective banks of those countries. The money is with the National Treasury. Those countries are already charging interest. However, the money is at the National Treasury because Senators and Members of the National Assembly cannot agree; and governors and Members of the National Assembly are quarrelling. Do we really want devolution to succeed? Sen. Osotsi is here, he is in this House. We were at an informal but important meeting yesterday. It brought together Senators, Members of the National Assembly, ... view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: any mention of that thing, Road Maintenance Levy Fund; it is a debate that cannot end. We have removed it completely from the Bill until the courts have made a decision. This is because, if you do anything here, it brings in the long story of sub judice and so on. So, we have put it aside completely, and then we have remained with those three schedules. So, these are the three schedules that I want to speak to for you to appreciate and pass it quickly this morning. In the First Schedule, the Kshs7.54 billion will go towards the ... view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: I, therefore, want to conclude in seconding this Motion by thanking the stakeholders and colleagues who enabled us to come up with this very comprehensive Report. We have tried to do a good job. In fact, today, we started at 7.00 a.m., we have just finished. We have done a good job. Where your county does not seem to be getting the best, please, just agree with us so that we can make progress. I thank all of you. With those remarks, I second. view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, very quickly. This is a place we find ourselves because of the court ruling, therefore, it is extraordinary. I want to beseech you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, and colleagues, that we treat these as Procedural Motions, so that it is Moved, responded to and we put the question. Then next time, we shall be better prepared. I can assure you, as one of the leaders in the House, that it will not be easy to have quorum for us to go to division if we stretch up to 6:00 p.m. view
• 20 Mar 2025 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I understand the import of the Statement by the Hon. Sen. Methu and the difficulty you would have if you were to accept my request, being that, given who J.M. was, and given that this is 50 years later, and given that J.M. spoke in this House, could you please allow us to say one word to comfort the family and encourage them that J.M. will never die? view