Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5121 to 5130 of 9741.

• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to support this Motion. May I use this opportunity to thank you for convening this sitting this afternoon; and also thank my colleagues, hon. Senators of this Senate, for finding time to come here full House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are those who have been of the opinion that Members of the National Assembly (MPs) were fighting devolution. The action taken by the MPs confirms that the 290 elected Members of the National Assembly support devolution and that is why they never amended the substance of the Bill that we took to ... view
• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was continuing; it was my second phase. view
• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Vice Chairperson will have time to make his contribution if he can allow me to contribute in peace. view
• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is amazing that the points of order being raised are raised by some of the youngest Senators in this House. One would have thought that they would have been aware that amongst the elected MPs in the National Assembly, we have those women who were elected by just as many people as we are elected in this House. When I raise the issue of election, I include also those ones. What is more important, for the benefit of the country, even the so-called Nominated MPs are actually elected especially in accordance with this Constitution. ... view
• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was very busy with the proceedings of our Committee and, therefore, I will be excused if I was not alive to the sort of quorum in the National Assembly when this matter was being deliberated on. But be that as it may, I stand guided. Mr. Speaker, Sir, while we were on recess, we have had a very pleasant experience which my Committee would like to share with this House. Following the Motion that sounded punitive by this House against the County Governments of Murang’a, Kiambu, Kisumu and Bomet, the Governor of Murang’a, has since appeared ... view
• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not attempting to mislead the House. The records of this House will bear us witness. As Prof. Arthur Obel taught us in Medicine, one cannot hide the facts of life forever. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this new clause--- view
• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, pictures have a way of misleading people. It is said that a picture is equivalent to a thousand words. So, when we see you in the same picture with those who are saying at that particular moment--- view
• 2 Sep 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was just concluding because I am sure members of the public using their access to the website of the Senate have accessed this Bill. When I commented on the new clause, I was just saying that most of the leaders of this country must humble themselves. This afternoon before we came here, I ran into a huge Committee of Speakers of the county assemblies of Kenya. I will not tell you which offices they entered, but they were coming to lobby that we make sure that we remove ceilings. They entered into those offices and when ... view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose the report of this committee in its conclusion. I would like to share a word of caution that I have given myself, namely, that we should not lose the fact that the deputy governors, in all our 47 counties, have no jobs prescribed to them. The governor might very well visit injustice to the deputy governor. I have also cautioned myself that if we do not navigate this case very well, and treat it casually, we should not be surprised, in the hot politics of Kenya, if in the fullness of time, the ... view
• 15 Aug 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose the report of this committee in its conclusion. I would like to share a word of caution that I have given myself, namely, that we should not lose the fact that the deputy governors, in all our 47 counties, have no jobs prescribed to them. The governor might very well visit injustice to the deputy governor. I have also cautioned myself that if we do not navigate this case very well, and treat it casually, we should not be surprised, in the hot politics of Kenya, if in the fullness of time, the ... view