Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Cabinet Secretary, according to statistics from the State Department of Economic Planning, mining contributes Kshs120.3 billion per annum to our GDP. It is not acceptable that with this kind of fortune, our people from the gold mining areas like Kwale, Kakamega, Taita Taveta, Nyatike, or Migori still wallow in poverty. It does not make any sense. It is not acceptable. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, among the various licences you have described from the podium there, there is the licence of view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: prospecting. We have unscrupulous companies to which your Department grants prospecting licences, but they come to do mining. A case in point is in Kakamega, where Shanta Gold has been prospecting for 21 years. Three years ago, the people of Kakamega came together and refused - that Shanta Gold must go or start mining. They disappeared. Suddenly, we have seen the re-entry of Shanta Gold in recent months and weeks. Could it be that the Cabinet Secretary means to say that you have given Shanta Gold in the name of investing Kshs5.8 billion in Kakamega, where I was born and ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I can cry, but I do not want to. How can we be burying people in golden graves, digging toilets in golden areas and then not become rich? We bury our dead in gold. view
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: and Foreign Affairs on harassment of Tuk Tuk and Boda Boda operators by the police in Kakamega Town. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Explain the procedures for the arrest, detention, booking and arraignment of all persons particular, tuk tuk and boda boda operators who have been found to violate the law. (2) State any measures put in place by the State Department for Internal Security and National Administration to safeguard the operators from harassment, including unlawful and undocumented arrests and detention by the police and county marshals alias county askaris. (3) Provide data on all arrests and detentions ... view
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support The Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Bill (Senate Bills No.17 of 2023). As I congratulate the Mover of the Bill, the distinguished Senator, Beatrice Ogola, I am pleased to inform her that she has serious bragging rights. In fact, shame on us, who are not only doctors, but have also been in this House for many years. For all these years, the furthest we have gone is to talk about free maternal and child healthcare and funding. This was merely a scratch on the surface of the real needs of this category ... view
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: constituency in the former Central Province, namely Githunguri, and saw the dwindling number of children in ECDE centres. view
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to appeal to the young Sen. Nyamu to know that in Parliament no two Senators can be on their feet at the same time. view
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the fact that we are seeing it here at home shows that if we do not manage it well, we might find ourselves where China, Sweden and Finland are today because they are paying parents to get pregnant and bring up children. His Excellency the President is encouraging young people to look for jobs beyond our borders, but some people are trying to undo that innovative move by referring to what the late President Kibaki said. President Kibaki used to encourage our professionals to remain here. The world is not how it was 20 years ago. ... view