Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of staff remuneration is not a light matter. It is very sensitive because if we do not compel the Minister to bring the comparative figures, then this House will not understand the following: That the aircraft flown by Kenya Airways and KLM are the same, the environment where they fly in the skies is the same, the airports in Europe and Kenya where they land are the same and yet the managers of KLM who work in Kenya get five to ten times better pay than our managers who work in Europe. We must ... view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, we are supporting this amendment by Dr. Kones. However, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance has said that if we allow the amendment, it is going to hurt the taxpayer. Can he tell us how the taxpayer is going to be hurt, so that we can change our minds? Otherwise, this is a good amendment. view
• 8 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want you to look at the Front-Bench of the Grand Coalition Government as we debate this Motion. The way you are seeing it now, is the way it has been for the last three days that this most important debate has been going on in this House. This makes me to ask the following. Do they know the best international practices when it comes to the issue of Reports of the Public Accounts Committee? If you go to the House of Commons, you will see that this is one report that is given the ... view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the Government of Kenya Accounts for the year 2007/2008 laid on the Table of the House today 7th December, 2010. view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Agriculture the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that operations at the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) have been paralyzed following the suspension of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and, if so, what urgent measures is the Ministry taking to normalize operations at the Board? view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to bring it to the attention of hon. Members that the Minister for Agriculture seems to be acting or either responding outside the law. The law I am referring to is the Sugar Act which, in Section 10(4), states that the CEO shall, subject to the directions of the Board, be responsible for the day to day management of the affairs of the Board, and that CEO is not there. So, if she is not there, how are the affairs of the Board being run on a day to day basis? view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the CEO was suspended to pave way for the investigations, it was done in accordance with the provisions of the Act which has regulations. Those guidelines provide that the CEO should have been investigated and returned to office within two months. That is Rule No.4 of the Regulations. The CEO was suspended on 7th October, 2010. What reason does the Minister have to give as to why the CEO is being haunted by the Efficiency Monitoring Unit (EMU)? The EMU is a unit of the Government which has no business to nose into private affairs of ... view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You have clearly heard the Minister say that in a public forum I threatened that I will deal with her on this issue. Is the Minister in order to say that I threatened her when all that I purported to achieve was that Butali Sugar Company be registered following a court order issued by Justice Koome in Nairobi which was served to the Minister and a subsequent one that was served to the Minister after Justice Karanja had ruled in Kisumu? Both orders directed that she licenses Butali Sugar Company. Is she ... view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Minister should not give the impression that this is a personal issue. Dealing with 15,000 farmers who have planted sugarcane knowing that the factory had been registered--- view
• 7 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister cannot trivialize this matter. If in the process of confronting her in this House, I end up teaching her a lesson, then it would be a lesson that would have achieved the licensing of Butali Sugar Company in the interest of the 15,000 farmers. I would like the Minister to explain why she deviates from the core issue of the two court orders and wants to hide behind a matter which she cannot prove; that we threatened her at a rally? view