Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am rising on a point of order to seek a ruling from you because of the weight of this matter. The Public Accounts Committee has been receiving evidence from some of the players in the crisis that we are having. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: After reflecting on the Ministerial Statement by the Minister, I have found that the Minister misled this House on several points to the extent that it requires that the PAC be given a week so as to contradict factually, the falsehoods that the Minister advanced in this House. The grounds for my so alleging are as follows:- view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The Minister purported to lay a list of 3,000 companies when in fact, according to the list, there are less than 600 and these also include companies that are not millers because we know that the earlier list laid on the Table by the Minister comprised less than 100 companies that were genuine millers in the country. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Secondly, the Minister in his statement denied knowledge of maize going to Southern Sudan. None other than the Prime Minister has contradicted him and confirmed that there is maize going to Southern Sudan. The Prime Minister has actually relieved duty some of the workers in his office. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thirdly, the Minister told the House that he had 1.6 million bags of maize at the Strategic Grain Reserve as at 30th of June. The truth on the ground is that the Minister was deliberately misleading the House because at SGR, we had 2.6 million bags. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the third reason I am requesting that you give us one week is that the Minister denied the presence of any notes from his Ministry to officials of the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPD). These were notes which were being used in this scandal to influence connected people to have maize released to them. We have since confirmed that the said notes were there. The Minister was misleading the House. So, I would urge you, at that time, to give us opportunity to table such notes. As evidence, I can actually table one of the notes ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The Minister also denied that there was unprocedural release of maize from NCPB to companies connected to influential people. However, after going through the list, we discovered that some of the companies are actually not millers, but they are connected to individuals, who have connections with the political elite of the country. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to mention just five companies, so that the House can believe me. We have Waso Millers, which collected 16,503 bags. This company is connected to the Minister. There is Mafuta Farm, which received 100,000 bags. It is connected to a political activist. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am on a point of order. How can you--- view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is my pleasure to confirm to the House that Waso Millers, indeed, received 16,503 bags, on different dates. view