Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order! view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I just wanted to inform the hon. Member that, that is not the way to amend the Motion, and you have told him so. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am rising on a point of order to request the Chair to give a directive on how we want to proceed with this very important matter of electing Members of EALA. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am doing it now and not tomorrow, when the Motion will be before us, because the issues I want to raise are time bound. They should happen before those names that we are going to be voting on will be brought to the House. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have the following points which I would like you to consider. That the Constitution, the nomination rules and the Treaty that gave effect to the EAC have put a very high standard, as far as the nomination rules are concerned. The highest standards are found in Rule 5(2), 6(1) and 6(2) where they insist that to be seen to be a fair and transparent process, the decisions of political parties should be made public. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Section 6(2) puts a very high standard that the names we take to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) must capture political party interest, regional balance, shades of opinion, gender issues and special interest groups, and especially provides that we must have one-third of the nominees being women. The weight of this matter is such that the Constitution of Kenya goes ahead in Article 56(a) and talks about what we are doing, where it is trying to safeguard the interests of the minority and marginalized groups. In Article 100 of our Constitution, again, this matter ... view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.98 and move that hon. (Prof.) Ongeri be named. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. For the information of the Prime Minister, I have a document here that shows how the ballot will be tomorrow. The ballot is telling us that Sarah Bonaya will have no competition. We will vote “Yes” or “No”; the reason being that the PNU side of his Government is trying to protect the interest of KANU. So, if they want to do that, we have no problem. However, they can allow KANU to give us two more names so that we be seen to be voting rather than look like we are being taken to ... view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Chief Whip in order to mislead the House that because I am not a Member of his party, his nominees will not be subjected to my vote when we know that when we shall be voting tomorrow, Members of Parliament will carry nine votes? They will vote for nominees from all the political parties that have succeeded. Is he in order to mislead the House? view