Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to second this Motion as moved. view
• 14 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this proposed Bill. I want to use my time to convince the Mover of the Bill that it is a good idea, but we can make it better. This Bill must be read with the Constitution of Kenya which has already indicated that the function of agriculture is domiciled in counties. Therefore, Senator, when you propose a Bill with 33 Clauses, and only one Clause 26 speaks to counties, it means this Bill will once again give the national Government and opportunity to frustrate devolution. view
• 14 Jun 2023 in Senate: I request the Member, while working with the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC), to consider naming this Bill, the County Agricultural and Livestock Extension Services Bill. view
• 14 Jun 2023 in Senate: That being the case, I want to convince most politely the Mover of the Bill, that in Clause 8 where you are giving the functions of the board, any mention of the word, national, Cabinet Secretary and Principal Secretary should immediately be substituted in this Bill with the word ‘County Executive Committee Member (CECM)’ to replace the Cabinet Secretary; Chief Officer who is the equivalent of the Principal Secretary at the county. In this Bill, the Mover is trying to give qualifications, to two people. The first is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). It is all very well when you ... view
• 14 Jun 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 14 Jun 2023 in Senate: Wambua. We should ease it down and put the requirement of at least a diploma, so that we can attract the people who live in the rural areas to sit on these boards. The board created in the Bill is supposed to be domiciled in Nairobi. Why would a board presiding over matters affecting countryside be in Nairobi? Let me give the Mover of the Bill our experience as the people from the sugar sector. The Kenya Sugar Board which was disbanded, was domiciled in Kabete, Nairobi. The management had no idea what our farmers were going through. We were ... view
• 14 Jun 2023 in Senate: I wanted to make my contribution pointed and short. In conclusion, I would like to make a rider. In the spirit of the Constitution, there is a county administrator, subcounty administrator, a ward administrator and a village administrator. Governors have complied and employed people who have become a militia. All those people are doing administrative services. If you go to a village and you are sitting in a funeral, they introduce the Assistant Chief and the Ward Administrator who say the same things. We should align this Bill, so that the roles are domiciled in the village, ward, sub county ... view
• 14 Jun 2023 in Senate: I am a farmer and I know there is money in farming. I hardly spend five days without seeing my dairy cows. If somebody who has got little time like me, is wasting his time to go look at his animals because he is trying to be a good example of the Ikolomani dairy farmers cooperative society. I am leading them by example. If there was an extension officer doing the civic education that I am doing by setting an example, then I would do more useful work in Nairobi. If need be, I would employ people on my dairy ... view
• 14 Jun 2023 in Senate: Oh! Shilling. I was speaking the white man’s language. I can bet my last shilling that my younger sister Sen. Mumma’s five children have never thought about farming. Sen. Mungatana is even worse. They have never thought about fishing or hunting crocodiles. I see my children – and I have quite a number of them – hovering in cities doing funny jobs. None of them has tried to understand what causes the farmer to go home not less than five days in a week. We must change this mindset because children are visiting us in this House and reading more ... view
• 14 Jun 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view