Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very important order. Probably, with due respect, you need to convene a kamkunji, so that we prevail upon ourselves, that before this business starts, we must have the 45 Members. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having served you as your Whip for the last two years, it is not easy to get 45 Members into the House, unless we precede it with a kamkunji . view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Very briefly, may I warmly welcome the young Kenyans to this House and remind them that on the 25th of last month, some of the members of their generation who are in college, so much wanted to come to this House that they literally broke in. They do not have to and you do not have to. You can always come the way you have done, be given a walk around with proper guidance, so that you learn the rich history of this House. Since they are students, I would like them to know that ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill. In support of this Bill, I will speak to five very brief points. The first one is the policy of land tenure in this country. We have to rethink it as a nation because the tenure we have today whereby father shall divide his land between his two sons and the two sons will divide amongst the 10 grandchildren of their father and so on, will lead to total collapse of our capacity to produce food. Number two, is on the issue of titling in this country and ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: funding, including capitation that comes from the national Government, the school is expected to have a title deed without care of the cost. Some of the parents in the rural areas are not able to raise enough money to give to the head teacher to pursue the expensive route of acquiring a title deed. This is the time when the Government should say if it is a school requiring a title deed, they should get it for free. Personally, I started many primary and secondary schools when I was a Member of Parliament for Ikolomani and over 10 years later, ... view
• 1 Aug 2024 in Senate: The same applies to illegal settlements in the prime Milimani area of Kakamega. We want to thank the President. He took action, and we hope that the President will not stop there, but will ensure that the demolition of houses that took place in Milimani in Kakamega should be followed up with construction of affordable houses as envisaged. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this also applies to Amalemba area in Kakamega. The stadium land and the former Airstrip land in Kakamega has been grabbed. The current Airstrip in Kakamega was originally in the city centre, when I was a little boy. ... view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have heard you. Like the Senate Majority Leader/Senate Minority Leader/the Leader of Broad-Based--- view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Going forward, you might have to guide the House that, if for purposes of this kind of exercise, a candidate is supposed to utter such a testimonial, he should come with authenticated copies so that it saves Parliament the trouble of becoming a policeman. I thank you. view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I never knew that the County Assembly of Kakamega can have a better Personal Assistant (PA) than the Senate. On behalf of the Senate Majority Leader, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of Senate, Today, 31st July, 2024- view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Every time we deal with petitions in this House, it gives me hope that the Constitution of Kenya 2010 is the solution to the future challenges in this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if this House goes on and adopts this report, it will go down on record that we can use petitions to secure public interest. More importantly, it check the thirst and greed of some Kenyans who want to own public property when in effect, they do not need it. If you were to dissect the people who are now encroaching on this land, ... view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: In Bullet No. 66, we are told that: “We have farming activities that predominantly attract human activity on the wetland and its surrounding environments. The prison has set aside 20 acres for farming.” The question is what is the core role of a prison? Is it farming? We must stop all prisons in Kenya from doing any farming activity. Their core responsibility is to take care of prisoners. If they are denied this opportunity, the farmers in Nyamira will have a chance to do business with Nyamira prisons. They will sell their farm produce to this prison and make money ... view