Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- Aware that tea farming is the leading foreign exchange earner in Kenya and that Kenya’s tea is the most popular brand the world over for its consistent high quality; considering that most tea factories owe colossal amounts of money in terms of loans to various financial institutions in the country; concerned that these loans impact more heavily on the small scale tea farmers who contribute highly towards tea export; concerned further that if these loans are not either waived or written off, tea production may be compromised both ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance the following Question by Private Notice. Could the Minister confirm that De La Rue, a British Company, has been awarded a 10-year monopoly for printing Kenyan currency notes without being subjected to competitive international tendering? view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the second time, I beg to ask the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance the following Question by Private Notice. Can the Minister confirm that De La Rue, a British Company, has been awarded a ten-year monopoly for printing Kenyan currency notes without being subjected to competitive international tendering? view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to request for your indulgence so that I can share with the House my frustration and that of the Committee that I chair, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), in respect of this matter. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the gist of what I am about to say is that what the Minister has told us amounts to refusal to answer the Question. Allow me to share with the House my frustration and that of my Members in my Committee. I wish to draw the attention of the Minister to Article 35 of the Constitution of Kenya, Subsection (1) and (3). Subsection (1) says that every citizen has the right of access to information held by the State. Subsection (3) says that the State shall publish and publicize any important information affecting the nation. That is ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Secondly, Mr. Mwiraria said it was wrong to give that monopoly for ten years, instead of the stipulated five years renewable period. When we became seized of this matter as the PAC, we raised the matter and demanded for a special audit by the Controller and Auditor-General. The reason for that is that when Mr. Mwiraria cancelled the contract, in 2005, he floated an open tender which the same company won at US$51 million. The new Minister then, Mr. Kimunya, went on and cancelled that new contract which that company had won and asked them to revert to the old ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: That is the background, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have laid my background! view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: So, Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I would like the Minister to do is to table that letter of cancellation of that contract by Mr. Kimunya and, after tabling, to be a patriotic Kenyan in view of the fact that he is a presidential candidate and tell Kenyans why this Government, in a recent Cabinet decision, took that unlawful decision that is against the Public Procurement and Audit Act? view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I ask my last question, allow me to table this letter, so that the Chair can study it and advise my Committee. This is the letter in which we were being told amongst other things and I quote:- “As may be noted under Section 54 of the Central Bank of Kenya Act, Cap.491, the auditors of Central Bank of Kenya are appointed by the bank and approved by the Minister. Section 56 of the Act further provides that the Minister may, in addition to the audit carried out under Section 54, if he thinks fit require ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry to have not been clear. I meant the then Minister for Finance who was hon. Amos Kimunya. And by Prof. Ndung’u--- view