Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you. It is true what the late former Vice-President of Kenya, Michael Kijana Wamalwa, told the country; that The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: even in the best of ideas, there is always time and room for those ideas to yield ground to better ideas. I, therefore, support these amendments and insist that, never should we allow the outcome of any election in this country to be decided by the people who count votes and announce the results. The outcome must be decided by the people who vote. I can speak with a degree of authority. I was looking at the book by the Hon. Millie Odhiambo about rigging or being rigged out, and in a way, I was thinking about myself because I ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: So, you will find counting has been done, and the election officials in the polling station will keep on sitting there until 1.00 a.m., 2.00 a.m., or 3.00 a.m. By that time, all agents have become fatigued, they are asleep and now the people who count the votes start deciding the outcome. I want to find an innovative way where we can demand, by law, that announcement by a presiding officer should be within a particular time frame. At the county election, I normally get my results after four days. So, when you ask the county returning officer, he tells ... view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: We should make it impossible for IEBC to postpone any election for any reason, unless it is a question of disaster. If it is a disaster, how can a disaster affect only one election out of six? If there is a storm, it should affect all the six. There is also this offence of a presiding officer or an official wilfully rejecting or refusing to count any ballot paper, which they know or have reasonable cause to believe is validly cast or any candidate in accordance with the provisions of such written law. This one is curing something, which actually ... view
• 8 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for indulging me. It has become a tradition of hearings of impeachment to be done in the period that you have guided the House. However, we have also learned that we normally create too much pressure on the witnesses, the parties and Members of this House in those two days. I would like to appeal to you purely on matters of natural justice. The tension and pressure that we create, especially to the parties should be reviewed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, since the window is 10 days, what is wrong with you opening up your ruling, ... view
• 8 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Chairperson. I beg to move – THAT Clause 6 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by deleting the words “planning services” appearing after the word “family” in paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the words “health education”. Madam Temporary Chairperson, the intention of this amendment is that we are speaking to family planning services. The intention of changing to family health education is so that we do not limit this civic education to only the number of children you get at what intervals, but you make it broader by giving family health education, which is ... view
• 8 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Chairperson. I beg to move- THAT, Clause 9 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new subclause immediately after subclause (2)— (2A) The Cabinet Secretary shall put in place mechanisms to ensure that adolescents undergoing postpartum care receive counselling services to encourage them to maintain and care for their children. Madam Temporary Chairperson, this amendment is critical. In my long journey in practice, we have young mothers who the moment the child pops out, they say, “Sitaki mtoto”. However, if they had been counselled, they would accept to go home with the child. I ... view
• 8 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Chairperson. I beg to move- THAT, Clause 11 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (c)— (ca) counselling services for pregnant women who intend or are considering not carrying their pregnancies to term; (cb) post abortion health care services; Madam Temporary Chairperson, the import of this amendment is that after a woman has gone through an abortion, it is usually very traumatic, therefore, they require both medical and social care. (cc) counselling services for adolescents undergoing postpartum care to encourage them to maintain and care for their children. view
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• 8 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move- THAT, Clause 13 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b)— (ba) maternal and neonatal deaths recorded in each county. Madam Temporary Chairperson, the importance of this statistic is that it will contribute to how much money will be shared in the revenue sharing formula because it tracks the quality of healthcare, which is a health indicator. view