Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to rise so as to have an opportunity to not only support this Motion, but also thank the Minister, especially for the tone of his Motion which he has just moved, especially in view of where we have just come from in terms of experiences in this House when such a Motion was presented to us. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I support the Minister, I would like, at this point, to decry the projection that our economy is going to grow at a mere 4 to 5 per ... view
• 11 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: to this world, deserves to be commended. If anything, that person deserves a recognition at the international level for the kind of innovation that he had. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say something about the issue of boda boda and motorcycles. Mr. Minister, you must try and think about this thing through. What I have found on the ground in Busia, Bungoma, Kakamega and Kisumu - which is the main town- is that now, the boda boda boys have been kicked out of business. Those boda bodas you see on the roads no longer belong to the ... view
• 11 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was simply trying to provoke the Minister, so that he gets annoyed. You know very well that--- view
• 11 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, did you hear the Minister say that, that does not annoy him at all? Why? That is because he knows what I am talking about! He knows that those Ministers are there, messing Kenyans who eat bread! Mr. Minister, if you are really aware 3356 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 11, 2008 and you are not ruffled by these things, then do you really care about the poor Kenyans? Do you really care about the over ten million Kenyans who voted for us to come to this House? Nearly half of them voted for the President and ... view
• 5 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, concerned that the workers retirement savings in the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) continue to be mismanaged through financial misadventures by the Financial and Investment Committee of the Fund; this House grants leave for the introduction a Bill to amend the NSSF Act so as to protect the workers money, subject it to Retirement Benefits Authority Regulations, prevent the NSSF from dealing directly with banks and provide for employment by the NSSF of professional managers to advise the Finance and Investments committee. Thank you, Mr. Deputy ... view
• 5 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Lands the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that thousands of wananchi in Kangemi's Dam Village, Nairobi are currently homeless after they were evicted by a private developer from Plots No.LR.22767 and LR.22768 (off Waiyaki Way)? (b) Who is the legal owner of those parcels of land? (c) What urgent steps is the Minister taking to solve the dispute, considering that the squatters, the developer and the Veterinary Animal Research Department have all laid claim to the plots? view
• 5 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You have heard none other than the Leader of Government Business acknowledge that because of Obama's win in the United States of America (USA), the House is crippled. Could we allow him to move a Motion for Adjournment so that we could also continue the celebrations of having a Kenyan ruling the USA? I humbly request! view
• 5 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the second time, I beg to ask the Minister for Lands the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that thousands of wananchi in Kangemi's Dam Village, Nairobi, are currently homeless after they were evicted by a private developer from Plot Nos.LR.22767 and LR.22768, off Waiyaki Way? (b) Who is the legal owner of these parcels of land? November 5, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3265 (c) What urgent steps is the Minister taking to solve the dispute, considering that the squatters, the developer and the Veterinary Research Department have all laid claim to ... view
• 5 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It might not be in the knowledge of the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs that this Question is talking about 2,000 families who are now homeless in Kangemi Dam Village. Due to the urgency of the matter, as we wait for the Minister for Lands to come, could the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs undertake to accompany me tomorrow so that we visit these people at Dam Village in 3266 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 5, 2008 Kangemi who have been living there for the last 19 years? A private developer, ... view
• 5 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, and as he comes, allow me to give to him an appeal signed by 1,220 men and women who are living in that camp; in the cold. Two primary schools and 12 churches have been knocked down. Allow me to give the Vice-President this appeal to read. Also, allow me to give him two Digital Video Discs (DVDs) having clips showing how his policemen destroyed that village, maimed and raped women and hit children, so that he can see it before he accompanies me to Kangemi Dam Village tomorrow afternoon. This is a very serious matter. ... view