Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I must admit that when those rules were developed and approved by the House in 2001, a very large number of us were not here. Maybe, nobody can know how we would have voted at that time. But what are we doing today? We are trying to interpret Article 50 of the Treaty that establishes the East African Community. It is quite true that the Chair does not wish to be a manager or organiser of parties. But I am afraid that Article 50 also reminds this House that besides converting this National Assembly into an electoral ... view
• 26 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: As a member of the Front Bench, as I support the list presented by the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, it must be on record that we are doing it wrongly. It is against Article 50. It is very clear that the House Business Committee is not an electoral college. The electoral college is Parliament. With those few remarks, I beg to I support. view
• 11 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion encouraged by the history from the former Ministry of the current Minister. It is well known to Kenyans that when this gentleman was in the Ministry that controls matatus, he brought order where there was none. I hope that with the same vigour, hon. Michuki will ensure that the shame of having the Office of the President being listed as the most corrupt, will come to an end. His technocrats are here. I am sure they are not the corrupt ones; but the ones they have left behind. Mr. ... view
• 11 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Internationally, Kenya is classified as an insecure State. That is why unknown to us, whenever tourists travel from the UK and US to this country, they are normally given "quiet" travel advisories, purely because of the rate of urban crime, which is a serious problem in Kenya. In the entire East African Community, investors are seriously guided by the rate of urban crime in terms of investing in East Africa. Given that we face competition from Tanzania, Uganda and very soon, Rwanda and Burundi, over 70 per cent of the investors who want to invest in Kenya cite fear of ... view
• 11 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am also appealing to Hon. Ntimama to pay a visit to Burundi and Rwanda and see what careless pronouncements by leaders did to those two countries. Even if he is interested in a district being divided in a particular manner, he should not open up the possibility of tribal clashes in a very innocent place like Narok where the people are not interested in anything other than good education and markets for their cattle. This irresponsible talk will not help us Kenyans, neither does it help the image of Hon. Members. I would like ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to start off by congratulating my brother, Mr. Obwocha, for taking a bold step and doing what his predecessors were unable to do, in view of the fact that the issue of statistics at the national level can actually be a stabilising or a politically destabilising factor. Therefore, no wonder that, probably, his predecessors were unable to do what he has done. I congratulate the Minister! 1872 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 5, 2005 I am supporting this Motion because I believe that statistics are very important for planning in terms of resource ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it leaves me wondering whether Prof. Anyang'-Nyongo', when he was the Minister for Planning and National Development, deliberately gave the impression that those July 5, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1873 constituencies were poor so as for them to access bigger packages of bursary funds and CDF money. I hope the Minister for Planning and National Development, hon. Obwocha, will not engage in a similar kind of deceptive initiative. I am saying that this is factual. If you get to Gem Constituency and Kisumu Rural, which borders Emuhaya Constituency, you will see that there is no difference ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in view of the fact that this is a very straightforward Bill, to which hon. Members who are fairly professional in this field have contributed positively, would I be in order to ask that the Mover be now called upon to respond? view
• 4 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. I am, however, reminded by the Budget Speech that the broadest objective of the set of taxes that the Minister proposed was to reduce poverty and to address inequality in this country. Mr. Chairman, Sir, when you look at the Budget, its gist is such that it actually increases poverty amongst farmers and the 1786 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 4, 2006 people in estern Kenya and north rift. This is because when you shift the onus of paying the Sugar Development Levy from the consumer to the farmer the net effect is ... view