Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 7901 to 7910 of 9741.

• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister tell us how the Provincial Administration comes in? view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Question is on a matter of grave national concern in the sense that when new districts were created, most of the towns that serve as district headquarters have this problem. Could the Minister tell us how much money he has set aside to ensure that all the towns that are today the seats of district headquarters are provided with this facility especially Malinya Town, Lumakanda, Butere, Malaba and Shinyalu, all in Kakamega County? view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this chance. I would also like to thank the hon. Mungatana for this timely Bill. I, therefore, want to strongly support it. I am doing this because I believe that this law will form the fulcrum for the headhunting of public servants. Without it, we will continue witnessing what we witnessed in the recent past. I believe that with this law, we will have an opportunity to very quickly move away from the bad old days when incompetent and unqualified people, simply by virtue of being close to the appointing authority either through ... view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is a pity that the two principals do not seem to have come to terms with the new law, which requires greater participation by the public. I hope that once we pass this Bill, then they will wake up to the reality that on top of the Constitution itself, we also have this particular piece of legislation. I am saying this because while we were on recess, I was personally saddened by the appointments that were made by our two principals in respect of our military officers. It was so unfortunate; sitting there and looking ... view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to specifically comment on a few issues. Clause 6(6) suggests that a time should come when a public officer should hide himself or herself from public scrutiny. I want to request that when this Bill goes to the Committee Stage, we should not allow any clauses that give anybody an opportunity to hide away from the eye of the public what their character is. view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like Clause 7 to be strictly adhered to so as to avoid issues of witch-hunt. I would like to encourage, at the Committee Stage that the Committee reads wide and borrows from some of the best practices in Europe and North America. view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: When I say this, I am reminded of what took place when we were vetting the Chief Justice, the Deputy Chief Justice and the Director of Public Prosecutions. Watching it, I realized that if I had been subjected to the same standards when they were asking them whether they were homosexuals or not, I would absolutely have had no chance at all because, probably, another person would have looked at me straight in the eyes and started asking me about polygamy, the way the unmarried hon. Member has been talking. view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we must, therefore, subject this to a very professional eye in line with Clause 7, which provides that this must be done in keeping with interrogating one’s academic credentials, professional training, experience, personal integrity and background. view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: On the issue of the shaping of the criteria, I believe that we will add value if we included a requirement that a candidate should declare whether, before going into office, he maintains a bank account outside Kenya. This is important because we can match it with what he does in Kenya to see whether it can be reason for him to have those kind of savings abroad. If he declares that he has such an account, we should go further and ask him how he made the money that he is stashing out there away from the local economy. ... view
• 19 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if the standards that we are setting here will succeed, then as soon as the county assemblies are constituted after the elections, we must quickly take it down to them so that all the appointments that will be done in the county governments can, again, be done using the same standards by using the county representatives who will sit in the county governments. view