Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The hon. Member for Juja has tabled a document which he said shows that the person was paid. The Minister is saying that they have not paid, they will not pay and they will hire lawyers to ensure that no payment is done. Allow the House an opportunity to compare the document you have and what the Minister is saying, so that we can interrogate him further. He is on record for having refused to collect Kshs2.4 billion. view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am also aware that there is a Private Member’s Bill on IDPs, I believe from hon. Ethuro. This Bill has been pending for a very long time. Could the Minister also, having consulted with the Private Member and to demonstrate the seriousness of this Government about settling the IDPs, view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. For the last three weeks, I have been waiting for a Ministerial Statement from the Ministry of Medical Services. I notice that the Minister is around, but I do not know whether he is ready. This is on the strike by the medical doctors. view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for that, but I kindly request that you push it to next week because I will not be available tomorrow morning. view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On Tuesday, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I sit on the House Business Committee and I want to confirm that I normally push Private Members’ business. I have been pushing the amendment Bill by hon. Kapondi without much success in the House Business Committee. We are completely surprised given that there is scarcity of time for doing business in the House, that we can have two similar Bills running concurrently or is it that ----- view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, like those who have spoken before me, I find this Bill to be timely and good. I, therefore, rise to second it. However, I wish to remind the Minister that this gives us an opportunity to completely overhaul the sugar sub-sector and end up improving the economy, especially, of those counties that find sugarcane farming as the mainstay of their economy. I say this knowing that Kakamega, Busia, and Bungoma counties produce over 80 per cent of all the sugar that is consumed in this country. I would, therefore, like to invite my sister and ... view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I was saying, I find it completely unacceptable that the critical players in this sector do not enjoy the benefits of sugarcane farming. I say this aware that when you look at the body language of the Government, over the years that our county has been participating in this industry, you get the impression that the Government is very keen on the sugar industry but does not care too much about sugarcane farming because issues affecting farmers are not put in the front burner by this Government. We have the issue of underpayment to ... view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, he could just have informed me, but it is okay. May I clarify that point because I am not talking about theory? I am saying that Butali Sugar Company charged my neighbour in Malinya, over Kshs40 kilometers from Butali, Kshs390 per tonner for hauling cane to the factory. This is the case and yet Mumias Sugar Company which falls under Zone Zero or is in the neighbourhood hauls cane at Kshs677 per tonne. This is a complete rip off and the answer is that there should be no factor called “transport cost”. Why? Let the ... view
• 11 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if we do not do this, we are simply condemning the people of Bungoma County, South Nyanza and Kakamega County to perpetual poverty. I want to conclude and urge the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security that this is a matter touching on his Ministry. Some factories use Administration Police or the Provincial Administration to frustrate private cane farmers so that when a farmer who has planted private cane in the Mumias Zone chooses to sell his cane to West Kenya Sugar Factory, that cane is impounded. What law is in operation ... view