Dr. Bonny Khalwale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Allow me to congratulate the Cabinet Secretary. It has been long since we last met Madam Cabinet Secretary. I am truly impressed with the professional manner in which you go around discharging your duty as a Cabinet Secretary. It is something the Government really needs. Having said this, I recall Madam Cabinet Secretary when I was a Member of Parliament (MP) of Ikolomani Constituency, and I believe this applies to other MPs in office today, I opened seven new secondary schools and 16 new primary schools for which I bought land and built. The ... view
• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir. In my capacity and on behalf of the rest of the membership of the House, I congratulate the young people and wish them well going into the future. view
• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Indeed, we are alive to the fact that we are supposed to vote this afternoon. We have done the usual mobilization, but we do not appear to be attaining the target, including the Mover of the Bill is not in the House. I would request that we defer that particular business and move on to the next business. I thank you. view
• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. If there is one thing that this House should do is to pass this Bill. Even if there are a million amendments that are supposed to be there, this Bill is an admission of how Parliament can fail. In 2013, somebody came with a Bill in this House canvassing for the establishment of the Agricultural and Food Authority (AFA), which passed but it killed the sugar industry. I agree with many Members, especially with the views of the Senator of Vihiga County, who appears to appreciate the meaning of this Bill. That there are ... view
• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: The issue of zoning should also be polished further, so that the issue of weighbridges can be addressed. We must make it an offence punishable under this Bill for any miller to set up a weighbridge in a zone that the miller does not belong to. If you go to Western, you will find wide load, long trucks that can carry harvested cane from end to end. We want to polish this law. Mr. Chairman, I appeal to you, so that should this miller choose to haul cane for long distances, then they should incur a penalty as they cross ... view
• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: private players and the local producers, so that there is shared prosperity as envisioned in the letter and spirit of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. In this Bill and I will be specific, we are speaking to the issue of cess. A Member spoke to this issue and took it lightly. He thought money was being taken to Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA). The Member said it was being given to Members of Parliament. This is not true. In this Bill, the money being taken to KeRRA is for the development of roads in the catchment area, which is exactly ... view
• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: Kshs2,000. Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, I congratulate you for doing a good job in Clause 59 of the Bill. Finally, but not least, I thank the new investor in Mumias Sugar Company. He has changed the ecosystem. Shame on criminals who are starting to burn the nucleus canes. We know the criminals and we will go after them. Mumias Sugar Company will never close. I thank you and support the Bill. view
• 27 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to second the Conflict of Interest Bill (National Assembly Bills No.12 of 2023) as moved. I will be very brief. I take this House down memory lane. This is not the first time that the matter of conflict of interest is coming before Parliament. In 1971, after the death of Tom Mboya, Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o wrote in his book that he went to Singapore and asked the leadership why Kenya and Uganda were lagging behind when actually they had started on the same footing as Singapore. The President quickly told him ... view
• 26 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a request for a Statement on the distribution of fake fertiliser to farmers in various parts of the country and Kakamega in particular. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53(1) to seek for this Statement from the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. In the Statement, the Committee should- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 26 Mar 2024 in Senate: (1) Explain the circumstances leading to the impounding of over 700 bags of fake fertiliser in Malaba Constituency, Kakamega County, stating how many of this fake fertiliser bags had been distributed to or bought by farmers by the time the fake fertiliser was impounded; (2) State how many bags of the fertiliser have been impounded countrywide, providing details of the suspects behind the packaging and distribution of the same, assess and report on the impact of the distribution of fake fertilisers and other farm inputs to farmers on food production and security in this country; (3) Disclose how much of ... view