Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Could the Minister clarify that, indeed, the reason as to why the President of the USA does not want to come to Kenya is that he is not happy with the slow pace of reform in the country, and that he prefers a younger leadership in this country? view
• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are now very clear that the Prime Minister is above the Vice-President. Hon. Members, let us all accept it. We are all men and women of this world; therefore, we are mortal. Could the Minister tell us, in the unlikely event of a sudden vacancy in the Office of the President, who then would act for 90 days? Is it the Prime Minister or the Vice-President? view
• 26 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The hon. Minister forgets that I am not a lawyer and indeed, many Kenyans are not lawyers, just like me. If you take it that it is obvious to you, it is not obvious to me. It is not obvious to all Kenyans. Can you tell us clearly what it is that would obtain? view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, fluctuations of power at the KNH, just like all other hospitals in the country, is very risky because most of the machines in those hospitals are life-saving. Could the Assistant Minister tell this House the plans he has to end the monopoly enjoyed by the KPLC in the supply of electricity in the country? view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my experience in this House has been that, for example, in the crucial area of the CDF, the Minister has been using the statistics of the population census of 1999. Therefore, in the process, he has not been able to capture the different trends of population growth. We have certain parts of this country where the population growth is faster. Therefore, when we use the old figures of 1999 in factoring CDF, we end up shortchanging those areas. Could he clarify whether, upon completion of this exercise, there will be a special team that will do a ... view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to comment on what you have said about the good mix of Questions. I remember that in the last Parliament, Ministers did not necessarily have to keep us waiting for a week. One could rise here, demand for a Ministerial Statement and the Ministers had the responses at the tip of their fingers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I remember Dr. Kituyi used to do this. A simple thing like the one on why a decision was made on the stadium, surely the Minister is the one who made view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Minister on this Supplementary Budget, but as I do so, I am a little bit disappointed. I am disappointed that this Minister has not taken this opportunity to apologize to this country for the confusion that he has brought to the office in the short period he has been there. What has happened in that Ministry is unprecedented. This was a good opportunity for him to give an apology, and those of us who are committed to having the country move on would have no problem in supporting him view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: My second disappointment is that, upon listening to the Minister, he has not taken trouble to attempt and convince the House why in his Supplementary Estimates he has opted to either increase or decrease certain Items. He might have been in a hurry to conclude his contribution, but, in view of the prevailing circumstances, the Minister needed to spend a bit of time convincing us why on certain Items, he is removing or adding. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: I would also like to point out that the Minister, having brought these revised Printed Supplementary Estimates only yesterday, and considering that the Departmental Committee did not have an opportunity to scrutinize the figures, it was also important for view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member for Embakasi, for whom I have a lot of respect, is now just about to have the first opportunity to contribute on a Budget Speech, because he came in just the other day. He would do well to learn from the rest of us how you build on a Budget Speech, because we all know that this--- view