Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: I also want to congratulate the Shadow Minister for Education, Mr. Koech, for the good response he has given. But I would like to encourage most Chairs of Committees that it will serve this country very little if Chairs come here and start supporting the Ministerial proposals in a lot of flowery language. We should look at ourselves as a Shadow Cabinet whereby Chairs give an alternative view of how the Government could have done better. I believe this will go a long way in making the Ministers to realize that there are loopholes which they should seal. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: There are few points that are important in the country, practical ones, which I would like to mention. First, let me comment on the issue of the bursary. I would like to congratulate the Government; the bursary seems to be working fairly well but there is room for us to increase the amount of money that we allocate for bursaries. If the Minister for Education could just go back to Kisii and look at what is happening in the secondary schools bursary situation, you will find that because of the new rules, we are able to give the money to ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: The issue of centres of excellence could not have come at a better time but I want to request the Minister, in the next financial year, to be brave so that we have a centre of excellence in each constituency for boys and a centre of excellence in each constituency for girls. The money that is going to be used for construction of these centres of excellence--- We would like the Minister to seriously consider channeling this money through Constituencies Development Fund Committee (CDFC). The experience that you are going to find, if you do a proper audit, of the ... view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what efforts is the Attorney- General making to make sure that at least in every district hospital, it is possible, in the interest of the complainants together with the offenders, to have access to DNA testing? view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Energy Act (2006) which was created by this House established the Energy Regulatory Commission. In his list of remedies, I will be interested to hear what he has done about the following. What are you doing about this Commission that completely failed to protect the public interest? Secondly, Triton has a past history of transactions that this House, one day, found bordered on money laundering. This specific incidence was where we found that large amounts of money had been moved from Charter House Bank and Triton was involved. During the opening ceremony of Triton’s ... view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is quite obvious that the Assistant Minister is ignorant of the same law we created in this House. Could you, with your indulgence, allow me to quote for him the functions of the Energy Regulatory Commission? I will quote only one. They are several. The one I am quoting says: This Commission is expected to monitor and ensure that implementation and observation of principles of importation, distribution and protection of the consumers and competition are upheld. view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Just before we went on recess, the Chair ruled after I rose on a point of order in respect of the pyramid schemes, that the Minister for Co-operative Development and Marketing may table the report of the task force to this House. The Minister promised that he will table it this week. view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had made my first point of order which was to request the Chair to direct the Minister to Table that report. The Chair had allowed me to also rise to request for a Ministerial Statement, which I am now doing. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am seeking for a Ministerial Statement from the Minister— view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can see the Minister for Co-operative Development and Marketing here. Would you like him to respond before I seek the second one? view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the second one is a request for a Ministerial Statement from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology with respect to the events that led to the disturbances at the Kenyatta University in March, 2009 resulting in the closure of the institution. I am seeking for the following clarifications:- (i) What were the findings of the following committees that were created over the same? 1. The Departmental Committee on Education 2. The ad hoc committee set up by the senate of the university 3. The ad hoc committee set up by the University Council. ... view