Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 May 2025 in Senate: I was just appealing, so that I conclude this very important point. view
• 27 May 2025 in Senate: Thank you. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand by that statement because I have been tear gassed several times in Kakamega as the Senator for Kakamega and the Senate Majority Whip. I was tear gassed when we were fighting the police to protect Shanta Gold from the Chinese. As I speak, the Chinese have finished eating all our dogs. I arrested one of them two weeks ago--- view
• 27 May 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to make a disclosure. The disclosure is that I come from Kakamega County and just the other day, when I was old enough to see with my eyes, there was no place called Vihiga in Kakamega. Vihiga was just one of the divisions in Kakamega. It then became a district and then a county. We were all happy, but today, we realise the folly of separating Vihiga from Kakamega. This is because it has been left with no opportunity to access development funds, which is exactly what is being pushed by Sen. ... view
• 27 May 2025 in Senate: If you allow me, I want to suggest that we stand down this debate and consult further. I will say something that has run through my mind for a while. It is true that the formula must confine to the Constitution; the Constitution speaks to equity and not equality. The only way to bring up the 11 other counties that are affected adversely by the formula is increasing the equal share. If you increase it too much, then you will have negated the Constitution, which speaks to equity and not equality amongst counties. view
• 27 May 2025 in Senate: We always divide money between counties in the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (CARA). If by happenstance, we allow this formula or some other improved formula to go through, we should remember that we have got 11 counties that require to be supported when legislating CARA. That is my proposal of how to unlock this discomfort. 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
• 27 May 2025 in Senate: What do I mean by that Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir? If the shareable revenue will be Kshs465 billion, nothing stops us from pulling out and ring-fencing Kshs11 billion. With that, we can have Kshs1 billion for each of those 11 counties. They will then all start above Kshs6 billion then we share. It is doable through legislation. If we go through the formula, we will be challenged in court because we shall have attacked the principle of equity, which is not equality. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 20 May 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Before I support this Motion, allow me to acknowledge the advice you have given me, that I partake of this. While you are saying it, a youth has sent me a message, quickly, real time, we are being followed, that I ask you, if that juice have any aphrodisiac capabilities. Mr. Speaker, just for the sake of the youth who has asked. view
• 20 May 2025 in Senate: If next time I am found with Sen. Karen in Nairobi, please make sure that you explain to the husband, Mr. Samido, that it was with your permission. Otherwise, I will not go out with her. I rise to support this Bill. It is a Bill that one cannot oppose because we want to share revenue between the two levels of Government. In supporting it, you spot the things that are not relevant or necessary so that we make it better. For this reason, I support and propose that this House does so, but with the amendments. The key amendment ... view
• 20 May 2025 in Senate: Reading through the Bill, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the National Assembly tends to overemphasize what the Government has called national interest. On another day, I will challenge either the Deputy President, because he was the first to speak to it, and these MPs, to tell Kenyans what exactly they mean by national interest. Are you saying that some of the functions done in county governments do not carry national interest with them? Really? Agriculture that feeds the Republic is a function of grave national interest. Therefore, counties should not be denied money on the assumption that there is a greater ... view
• 20 May 2025 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we expect a dual courage from Nairobi to Nakuru and to the Mau Summit. At that point, we expect that dual carriage to go into two branches. One branch to go to Kericho, then to Kisumu and from Kisumu to Kakamega. From Kakamega, it should join the other branch at Kaburengu in Webuye. For this other one and because they might not know where we want the road to go through, I will define to them this other dual carriage. Upon diversion at Mau Summit, it should go to Eldoret, Kabarengu, Bungoma and then to Malaba ... view