Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6001 to 6010 of 9675.

• 19 Jun 2013 in Senate: Not at all, Madam Temporary Speaker. In fact, if you care to know, God has been so kind to me that every time I would go to the labour ward to receive a baby from my wives, they were usually girls. So, I have so many girls and I would not speak ill of a girl. I know they are capable. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in Senate: But wait a minute; we were not given a chance to participate in vetting. If a Committee of this Senate had been given a chance, I would have really remembered some of the things I saw with the Cabinet Secretary who is now in charge of devolution when she was in charge at Treasury. She was in charge of something called Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS). For more than five years, IFMIS has been unable to take off in the country. The so-called “takeoff” of IFMIS that is on only captures one side of revenue; it does not capture ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, now that the Mover has moved the Motion, I am rising on a point of order to seek for further clarification. When I look at this Motion, we are urging county governments to craft budgets for purposes of supplementing private telephony. I need further direction from the Chair because it is the Chair who allowed the Motion to be on the Order Paper. We know that private companies The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to thank the Senator for pointing out that I was out of order; but, maybe, that is a point of information. I have taken your point of information as being a point of counter argument to what I have said. But my dear brother, the issue of governance is what I am speaking to. It is going to take more than friendship, ethnic loyalty and political party loyalty for us to get the issue of governance right. We must give criticism on condition that it is positive criticism. I thank you. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like you to give this direction in view of the fact that basically what we will be asking for is that we purport to direct public funds to go and supplement private ventures. This has never been heard of. If anything, for this Motion to be permissible, then the furthest it can go is to stop while asking the national government to create a framework. It is not as simple as that. Therefore, in view, we would be debating a Motion which is almost unconstitutional because the Constitution does not permit public funds to be ... view
• 19 Jun 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, can I proceed? view
• 19 Jun 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the tradition of the House is that when a Member makes a factual statement he should make full disclosure. The hon. Senator was a Minister in the Government that dug these ponds. Could he give a full disclosure on how a decision was reached to dig fish ponds in Turkana and the semi arid areas, so that we can know how they were doing it? He is a prospective presidential candidate. If he was party to that kind of thing, we would have our reservations about making him our president. view
• 19 Jun 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Indeed, I would like to thank the distinguished Senator from Kitui for this very innovative Motion. The sensitivity of the point of order that I raised at the beginning compels me to oppose this Motion until my mind is crystal clear on the thought of public funds. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view