Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 7541 to 7550 of 9741.

• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) whether he is aware that tea export has overtaken the tourism sector as the leading source of foreign exchange to the country; (b) whether he is also aware that small-scale farmers are not benefitting from tea farming due to high cost of production; and, (c) what measures he will take to cushion tea farmers from the high cost of production to make tea farming viable. view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are two factories in the community that I come from, namely, Mudete and Kapsara tea factories. With regard to the bonus that is being paid this year, farmers of Kapsara Tea Factory are being paid Kshs25 per kilogramme and those of Mudete Tea factory are being paid Kshs27 per kilogramme yet other factories in Kenya are being paid as high as Kshs59 per kilogramme. Could the Assistant Minister tell us the reason for this huge differential? At the end of the day, the people of Kapsara and Mudete incur a loss instead of any benefit from ... view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, for tourism to earn this country Kshs73 billion, the Government ploughed in and still ploughs in billions of shillings. The Kshs97 billion that we earn from tea is earned without any support. Could the Assistant Minister undertake to take over the loans of Kapsara, Mudete and Kimunyi tea factories, so that farmers do not lose their earnings by way of servicing the loans that were procured to build those factories? view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Of course, I know the hon. Assistant Minister cannot give that kind of decree. All that I am asking is that he gives an undertaking that he is going to prevail upon the President and the Prime Minister, so that they issue an executive order. After all, they do it for coffee and tourism. Why can they not do it for tea farmers in this country, the number one foreign exchange earner? No wonder the shilling is going down! view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Ms. Martha Karua has raised a very practical question and whether the Assistant Minister brings the Anti-Stock Theft Unit, the GSU or the Army, they will come and go. The question she asked was whether the Assistant Minister was considering putting up a police station at Ngarimara so that continuously there is security there to divide these two communities? Can he respond to that? view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was asking about the possibility of establishing a police station at Ngarimara to separate the communities. You said that you are taking there the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU), the army, the regular police and the General Service Unit (GSU). The security personnel from those units will go there and eventually leave. In order to address the security situation of that area, you need to have a permanent security force in the form of a permanent police station. When are you putting it there? Since you are taking tutelage from the professor, who by now should have ... view
• 25 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Purely on a question of procedure, you have directed before that parliamentary business takes precedence over any other business. Now that the House remembers that the Prime Minister owes us a Statement in respect of the admission into Cabinet of Ministers who had not been cleared and this Question has been outstanding for so many weeks; now that another equally important issue on corruption has arisen, could the Leader of Government business consider approaching the President, so that the Prime Minister is asked to come and respond tomorrow before he proceeds to ... view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. In fact, the Minister Mr. Imanyara is talking about is none other than the new Attorney-General. This is the Attorney-General who, just the other day, tried and succeeded in impressing the nominating panel that he was going to perform! This Parliament overwhelmingly approved him knowing that he was going to go out of his way to make sure that he does not repeat what Wako used to visit this House with. The new Constitution has also relieved him of the burden of appearing in court. So, he has time to ... view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. With all due respect to my brother, Mr. M.H. Ali, is he in order to mislead the House? In an effort to give us even more security – including us when we are going to Kakamega by flight – we are asked to produce our identity cards before we are given tickets. view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a serious matter; it is a matter of national security--- view