Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with all due respect to Sen. Karaba, is he in order to mislead the House by giving the impression that a decision was made to choose and land on Turkana when the truth is that a complaint was raised by the Speaker of the County Assembly of Turkana – and a copy of that letter is contained in this report – and it is on the strength of that particular complaint that the Office of the Controller of Budget then decided to investigate Turkana County? Could he declare whether he has read the report or not ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the amended Motion. Allow me to draw the attention of the House to a quote from the letter that was written by Hon. Geoffrey Iyanae Kaituko, Member of the County Assembly of Turkana and Speaker of that Assembly to the Controller of Budget. He says:- “Finally, Members of the Turkana County Assembly, if necessary, are prepared to pursue all possible avenues which include, but are not limited to, litigation in ensuring that only the approved budget estimates which were done in accordance with the law are funded”. If this is ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in Senate: May I rephrase and say that regarding the suggestion by a contributor earlier that Sen. Munyes should have known this, we should all know that probably what has happened there could as well be happening in our counties. Maybe our speakers could be colluding with the governors. I want to ask President Uhuru’s Government to make sure that they fund the Office of the Auditor-General. He should be given equipment, human resources and money to make sure that he audits the 47 counties thoroughly so that this information can then come to us. I want to urge the Speaker of ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Sen. G. G. Kariuki who is my senior, knows very well that a committee is controlled by the Chair through a vote. So, if it is true that in this report, they were left with no choice but to bring it here, could he substantiate, whose decision it was for this report to come here if it was not the Chair? I can see that the report is signed by the Chair. Could he substantiate? view
• 1 Oct 2013 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 1 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, I understand why the Senate Leader of the Majority is very excited to bring up this matter. Apparently, things have worked so well, in their favour. As you well know, the seat of the Senator for Bungoma County is not vacant as far as this House is concerned. That is a rumour in the newspapers. There is a way in which the Speaker will be served and after he is served, he will tell us that: “Hon. Wetangula is no longer a member of this House.” For your information, I have just talked to Sen. ... view
• 1 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, you are right. But my mind is also clear that until the Office of the Speaker is served--- view
• 1 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the point I am making is that the Senate Leader of the Majority is misleading the House that there is a vacancy in the Office of the Senate Leader of the Minority. Even if there was, there is a deputy who automatically would sit there. Is he in order to mislead the House? view
• 1 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Motion and remember that if there is one indicator that should remind Kenyans why we wanted devolution, it should be the roads sector. Even the so-called classification of roads; A, B, C, D and E was for convenience because it was done arbitrarily. When you say, for example, that Class A roads are the transnational highways; who does not know that we have a transnational highway that runs from Nairobi to Garissa and to Mandera which connects us with Ethiopia and yet the Government has not bothered to tarmac ... view
• 1 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. They have started constructing the road between Kisumu, Kakamega, Webuye and Kitale. We should move away from this arbitrary stuff. I will be requesting that we move an amendment Motion so that we reclassify the roads. We should ask ourselves which road deserves to be called a county road and which one is under the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA). The big dollar money will be going to the transnational highways that are being managed by the national Governments. We will be scrambling for little money as counties when the national Government has enough ... view