Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 7881 to 7890 of 9741.

• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, since Commission No.2 (a), the Kenya National Human Rights and Equality Commission is the one that encompasses the three commissions for which the Minister wants to bring legislation, it is important that in your ruling, you ask yourself whether this Minister has the power to create a commission outside the commissions that have been provided for in Section 248. view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you make that consideration, I want to refer you further to Article 261 part 1, the First Schedule. This Schedule clearly tells this House the timeframes through which these commissions should be implemented. This is the case and yet, the commissions that the Minister talks about are nowhere in this Schedule. You will find that, again, we are expected before 27th August to talk about the Kenya National Human Rights and Equality Commission. view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Finally, may I also draw the Chair’s attention to Article 249(3) which reads:- view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: “Parliament shall allocate adequate funds to enable each commission and view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: independent office to perform its functions and the budget of each commission and independent office shall be a separate vote.” view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if the Minister, either through consulting the two principals or through a decision of Cabinet has decided to avoid Parliament, when it will come to the time of allocating funds, will he also avoid Parliament and go to the two principals or the Cabinet? This is because we are the only ones who, under the Constitution, can discharge Article 249(3). view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: For this reason, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg that you find that this Motion is unconstitutional. The Minister should bring the proper Motion and in the wisdom of this House, we can then go ahead and restructure, within that Motion, so as to provide for what he wants to achieve. view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in spite of the points of order that we raised I feel that we should support this Procedural Motion for only one reason that if we do otherwise, we would then hurt the Motion that touches on political parties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are supporting this, so that the Motion on the Political Parties Bill can see the light of the day and enjoy the same shortened period. However, during the Second Reading, we will be requesting that you consider the points of order that we have raised. I support. view
• 20 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. view