Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is now two weeks since I requested for the Prime Minister to address the House on what took place during the visit by Hillary Clinton. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to congratulate hon. Chachu, who is an able Member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which I chair, for this very important Bill. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is so unfortunate that a country like Kenya which is endowed with a lot of rain and fertile soil in one part of the country, can every year be living from crisis to crisis on the issues of drought management. We must make sure that this particular Bill passes and this Authority is in place, so that besides what is envisaged in this Bill by the hon. Member, the Authority can have the power to manage the water resource that is usually the biggest crisis in these areas and draw experiences from successful countries like ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I second. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to start by thanking the Minister for having come out very clearly yesterday that the exercise we are engaged in should not send a wrong a message that we are attempting, through the back door to postpone the election. It is important that the country knows that we are all committed to the election taking place on 4th March, 2013. I have two small points to make. The first one is as my colleagues have said that IEBC should, again, reexamine its mandate. When they jump and throw to us and the ... view