Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is indeed very nice to have the delegation before us. Allow me to request them to convey to the United Kingdom (UK) our congratulations for the recently concluded elections which freed Britain from a coalition Government which they borrowed from us. view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. At the end of this exercise, I hope that the Committee will come up with firm recommendations especially on two issues. One is the secrecy surrounding budgets in county governments. MCAs and members of the public have no idea of what budgets are passed by their respective assemblies. If they were allowed to participate, you would not have found items like pornography in the budget of Bungoma County, entertainment in Bomet County and Kakamega County where money is voted for carrying a chair for the Governor to sit from the headquarters to funerals. It would ... view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of this Senate today Tuesday, 30th June, 2015:- Report of the Auditor-General on the financial operations of Lamu County Assembly for the period 1st July, 2013 to 30th June, 2014. Report of the Auditor-General on the financial operations of Siaya County Executive for the period 1st July, 2013 to 30th June, 2014. Report of the Auditor-General on the financial operations of Homa Bay County Assembly for the period 1st July, 2013 to 30th June, 2014. Report of the Auditor-General on the financial statements of Kisii County ... view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, they are eight reports in the sense that they are reports on five counties, but in some of the counties, there are two different reports on the assembly and the executive. view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The reports started coming in from last week and so we are hopeful that the reports will continue coming in. view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I expect that by the end of this week, I should have laid all of them. If that does not happen, then we will have to push the Auditor-General. He had earlier on committed himself that he was going to bring them all at once and so we are equally surprised that they have not all come at once. view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: So far, we have not been in the loop of communication with him, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have heard you and my colleagues. I want to confirm to you that even before you raised the issue, I shared the same concerns with you. So far, I have confronted the Auditor-General. I was completely shocked when he told me that the reports are ready. He said that he would send them directly to county assemblies and the National Assembly and that they would be copied to the Senate. A red light flashed in my mind and I told him that, “Mr. Auditor-General, please, go and look at the provisions of the Constitution. When ... view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I request that as I go tomorrow, the Clerk’s Office makes available this HANSARD record. I would like to carry it with me as I go to see the Auditor-General. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, equally important, our fear is that upon the completion of the field work as put by the Senator for Mandera County, the process has taken too long at the Auditor-General’s Office. That concerns me because when you allow field reports to sit for that long in Nairobi without them coming here, you give room for interference on the qualified aspects ... view
• 30 Jun 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. While you weigh the options on whether to drop the requisition for a statement or not, allow me to remind you of the bad old days when Members would sometimes raise issues and then run away from receiving an answer. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Statement interrogates the performance of the Jubilee Government. I have no reason to doubt the integrity of the Senator. However, the Senator being a Member of the Jubilee Government, she might have been put under pressure not to be here. Could you allow the response to ... view