Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, earlier on in the afternoon, you allowed me to seek a Statement the Chairperson of the Committee on National Security on the issue of Tullow Oil Company. It has now come to pass, that as we were transacting business here, two local Members of Parliament have been arrested in connection with the same matter. They are being held at the police station. This completely changes the statement to the extent that maybe, the Chair should guide us on whether we should not be asking the Majority Leader to come here with a comprehensive statement to the extent ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe that this is important, it should be cleared up. We cannot have a situation where a Government arrests Members of Parliament who are speaking and advancing the interests of their people. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to thank you because I wanted, if possible, to speak fairly early in the debate so that many contributions do not confuse me. Having read this Bill and understood it, I want to request colleagues that this is a very critical amendment and we must approach it very carefully, keenly and make time to consult the client; the consumer. The consumer in this case is the governor. All the counties – I agree with Sen. Billow - are not at the same level. So, if particular counties have challenges, it should not ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, secondly, let it not be lost to all of us that up to 30th September, 2013, all governors in the country were not in control whatsoever of the county treasury. It is only after the expiry of this Act on 30th September, 2013 that governors and their executive committees started spending. I am giving you a real life experience from Kakamega County. In Kakamega County, my Governor, Mr. Oparanya, was completely unable to spend. He has only started spending and cash is flowing as we speak now. In fact, I have rang him barely 25 minutes ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 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
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I must thank Sen. Billow. The difficulty was that he did not know if to rise on a point of order or a point of information. Sen. Billow has attempted to inform me. But the truth is: I have had the privilege of having sat up to midnight, unlike Sen. Billow, when we were debating this particular one. Let me take you, Sen. Billow, to Clause 18 that you have talked about. The establishment he is talking about is not contrary to Clause 5. It is Clause 5 which establishes. Clause 18 refers to the established ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this debate is not a shouting match. As time goes on, we are debating and hope that we will find a middle ground. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: As I was saying, the wisdom of bringing these two teams together --- view
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: I beg that the Chairman of the Committee continues to listen to me like he has been doing. The wisdom is that there will be no crisis. There are some counties - I do not want to say their names because it can become an emotive comment - which have got such serious challenges that if left the way the Chairman of the committee is proposing, they would literally behave like headless chicken. That is why we support the TA to that extent. I would prefer an amendment whereby even as the TA goes on, it does so, in partnership ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will not oppose the Bill as such, but I will call for careful consideration in the Committee Stage. If we allow it to be extended, we will then make the county governments fully participatory. view