Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to strongly support this Motion. This Motion touches on one of the national values. It is enshrined in Article 10 of the Constitution. I want to congratulate the Senator of Kiambu County. Senator of Kiambu County, look at Article 10(2). It says: “The national values and principles of governance include- b) human dignity, equity, social justice, inclusiveness, equality.” In reference to human dignity, when you deny a child an opportunity to go to school because they come from challenged families, you are not affording them human dignity. To expound on equity, when you ... view
• 31 Oct 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate. view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to ask Question No.035 on the Order Paper. (a) How much money did the Ministry of Education set aside for learner capitation grants in the academic years 2023 and 2024, and could the Cabinet Secretary state the proportion that has so far been disbursed for each of the years? (b) What measures has the Government put in place to ensure timely disbursement of the capitation? view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, I thank the Cabinet Secretary for this detailed response and tell him that the situation on the report is acceptable, but on the ground, where the rubber meets the road, the situation is different. In Kakamega and many other counties, all the heads of schools are waiting for money, which is not forthcoming. They are unable to fund the activities in the school and children end up being at home because of those delays. My first question. Cabinet Secretary, please, go to page 2 of your response and look at bullet 4 on the actual termly disbursements. What ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to ask Question No.064. (a) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide a list of the learners who lost their lives in the stampede that occurred at Kakamega Primary School on Monday, 3rd February, 2020? (b) When will the families of the deceased learners receive the compensation awarded to them by the courts, and could the Cabinet Secretary indicate the amount due to each family? (c) Could the Cabinet Secretary also indicate when the families of the three students and a teacher, who died from water poisoning in Mukumu Girls’ High School in Kakamega County, ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this was a very sad case in Kakamega. We are talking about 2020, four years ago. Purely on humanitarian grounds, would the Cabinet Secretary assure me, so that I go and tell the parents that he will expedite it so that they are paid? Losing a child and the Government giving them Kshs400,000 is nothing. When you delay it, you make the mourning to continue. When will you settle it? The case of the children at Mukumu Girls is unique because the Principal Secretary is an alumnus of that school. They are very hopeful that Hon. ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I would like the Cabinet Secretary to: (a) Confirm whether 36,505 teachers were promoted following the recent countrywide interviews and if so, provide a breakdown of their distribution per county. (b) Could he provide a list of all the promoted teachers indicating their respective ethnicities and counties of origin? (c) Finally, how many of these teachers were interviewed for promotion and could he explain any measures put in place to ensure that the outcome met the constitutional requirement for regional and ethnic balance? Thank you. view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, allow me to thank the Cabinet Secretary. In many years, I have hardly gotten such a comprehensive answer. You have given me an annexure of all the people who participated in the interview. I want you to take administrative action against the person in charge of Communication and Public Relations (PR) in your Ministry because these are the people who are making the Government unpopular. If you had publicised this, the noise about recruitment that it favoured Kikuyus and Kalenjins would not have been there. According to this list, the distribution has met the standard of ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: I need a clarification on two areas. The first one is that you appear to promote some teachers based on the contribution they bring in drama, but that is not the only co-curriculum activity. Could you also extend that to soccer? We have teachers, particularly in Kakamega High School and Musingu High School who all the time have been doing well. They should also benefit from this, together with many other schools, although there is no soccer in Murang’a County. Finally, it is not clear why--- view