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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this Motion as moved by the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget, the Senator for Mandera, who fortunately for us in this Senate, is a national party leader. Therefore, like many national party leaders, he has a global...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with you fully. However, somewhere I read and somewhere I heard that the Speaker does not see or hear; he is only moved by the Plenary. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take your guidance. (Laughter)

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wanted to speak to his heart. Mokoyone in Gusii Language means ‘my brother-in-law,’ which is a fact. I wanted to appeal to him so that he comes closer to the position of the Committee. I did not mean to insult the House in...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale I have not finished.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have not. June 3, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 16

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Because I saw you rising. I cannot remain on my feet when the Speaker of the Senate is on his feet.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to speak to the reason we can easily disagree. The first one is that the people of Nairobi, Nakuru, Kiambu and Kakamega can paralyse this debate by saying that the population factor should be enhanced. Let them give in because we will...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, following your guidance, would it be in order for the statement to not be allowed to stand on the record of the House because the Governor of Nakuru would ordinarily be removed by this House and is the subject of this statement?

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to comment on the statement about killing of Catholic priests. We are not serious. I remember when Fr. Anthony Kaiser was murdered, his mother country, the United States of America (USA) , sent here the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) . We...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Just a minute, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. Sen. Mungatana, what is your point of order?

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale(Laughter) (Loud consultations) May 29, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 30 Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale do not know what the cowards walking on the streets can do to a promising son of the Republic of Kenya in the name of Dr. Boni Khalwale, MB, CHB, CBS. Can I continue? I wanted...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Let us proceed. This afternoon we are a bit easy, so that we can get some good business here. (Interruption of debate on Motion)

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Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleSCHEDULE (s. 4) ALLOCATION OF REVENUE RAISED NATIONALLY BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS FOR THE 2025/26 FINANCIAL YEAR Type/ level of allocation Amount in Ksh.

Division will be at the end. Clauses 4 and 5 (Question, that Clauses 4 and 5 be part of the Bill, proposed) The Temporary Chairperson (

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir---

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the correct reading is doth and not do. It is doth. The House is so informed. May 28, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 22

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Hon. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report. I request Sen. Wambua to second.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Proceed to your seat. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to)

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health on a matter of grave national concern regarding the employment of the staff of the Social Health Authority (SHA) . The Secretary/CEO of the Public Service...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.105. You heard the Senator of Kericho County accuse the employees of NHIF of approving claims for people who have been amputated five times. Is he in order to mislead the country, when it is a fact that you...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. To suspend the Sitting of the Senate is an extraordinary issue and we are doing this to appeal to God. I, therefore, want your direction on this. Is it possible for all the luminaries of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) , who...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I usually do not like interrupting a colleague’s thoughts during his presentation in this House, but I heard Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale talk of the theft at Ketraco. He is casting aspersions on the person of the Governor of Kakamega County. I do not...

Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleOrder, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khalwale, the Chair has directed that you withdraw and apologise for that reference before you proceed with your submission.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.

Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khalwale, the Chair has directed that you withdraw and apologise for that reference before you proceed with your submission. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will not kill by explaining what I said and then I apologise.

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Yes, Sen. Osotsi is my younger brother.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise under Standing Order No.105 on responsibility for statement of fact. The Senator who is my good neighbour has stated that the Government protects them. What does he mean by that? I agree that issues of minerals...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my time has been taken by points of order.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Sen. (Dr.) Boni, spend the remainder of your time to conclude.

Definitely your time will lapse upon the lights going off. Spend the remainder of your time to conclude. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale I was just appealing, so that I conclude this very important point.

Sen. (Dr.) Boni, spend the remainder of your time to conclude. May 27, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 41 Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale I can see a request on the dashboard by Sen. Olekina who already contributed to this Bill. Hon. Senators, there being no other Member to contribute on this, I now...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Sen. Wambua, take your seat. Allow me to say this for purposes of the Members who are ventilating on this issue. Let us not debate the Motion. Let us give our comments on whether we should give more time to defer our Motion.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale In fact, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am on my point of order.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale The point of order is this; is the hon. Senator in order to use unparliamentary language by calling distinguished Kenyans as busybodies? I demand that he withdraws and apologies abundantly to Prof. Willy Mutunga and Hon. Martha Karua. I would forgive him if he talked about people...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with all due respect, however emotional we can become during debate, we must uphold parliamentary language. Martha Karua is an hon. Member who served this Republic, not only in this House, but also in the Cabinet. Martha Karua was one of the engines...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the point of relevance, is this Question Time or time to make comments? The Senator of Kitui has clearly said he has no question; he has a comment. Can he allow Members with questions to ask questions?

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale I sit on the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget and in our last sitting, the Vice Chairperson who was chairing then, advised us that during tomorrow's breakfast meeting, one of the leaders of the Republic will address the Senate. The clarification I seek is that in...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, in 1989, Parliament kept quiet when Professor Wangari single-handedly fought the then-President of Kenya over the grabbing of Uhuru Park. They wanted to put up a hotel of 60 stories. I want to congratulate Sen. Seki that now you have allowed Parliament to speak...

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Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleMr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we expect a dual courage from Nairobi to Nakuru and to the Mau Summit. At that point, we expect that dual carriage to go into two branches. One branch to go to Kericho, then to Kisumu and from Kisumu to Kakamega. From Kakamega, it...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale What does Standing Order No.105 refer to as far as Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s conversation is concerned?

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is so nice to see these young people in the Senate this afternoon, especially coming under the umbrella of the NYS of Kenya, which to some people, means children who are undergoing training in specialities that are not very competitive amongst...

Sen (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Senate, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of this Senate today, 15th May, 2025. The report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the Division...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the chance. I would like to reflect on the Statement by Sen. Hamida on the use of contraceptives and how it is related to unintended pregnancies and abortions. This is a very important matter because it is right at the heart...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a Statement by the Senate Majority Leader, which I want to read on his behalf. The status of the business pending before the Senate includes 54 Bills, of which 42 are at Second Reading and 12 at Committee of the Whole; 23...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, the clarification I would like to seek from the Chair is that I have heard him congratulate you for allowing the two committees to function. He said it is based on the fact that there was a court ruling directed to the Senate in...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale In fact, the point of order is just on clarification.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwalesometimes to 90 days. Let us not just give our Chairman a bad name so as to slaughter him. It is a good effort, but the House should help him by invoking Article 225.Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. May 14, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 31 Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale sometimes...

Hon. Senators, we need to dispense with this Motion to amend. I will proceed to put the question.. (Question of the amended Motion put and agreed to) (Question of the Motion as amended proposed)

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity. This morning, just like you have seen this afternoon, we have sat through the embarrassment of Senators exchanging with the Chair when the Chair directs that they leave the Chamber. In fact, we lost 10 minutes in the...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. (Applause)

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

What is your point of order, Sen. Omogeni?

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have great respect for my seniors, including Sen. Abass. I have read through the report. He made a remark to the effect that one group is controlled by a Governor and another group is controlled by a Senator. I have read the report that he has...

Very well. Sen. Boni, is your statement --- Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Senator of Nyamira. If you had followed my statement from the beginning, I was not trying to impute. I was saying, politics being what it is. I then I said, maybe...

Sen. Boni. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Boni, for you to use the word “maybe”, you must have gotten some facts to buttress the use of that word. If you do not have any facts to support you using the word “maybe”, please proceed to withdraw. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwalethis thing of being asked to withdraw, apologise...

Sen. Boni, the Chair has ruled on this matter. Kindly, proceed. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, look, we did not come to Nairobi to play around.

I know. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale(Applause)

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to draw the attention of the Cabinet Secretary to the five per cent figure. Going by the example in this House; the House is expected to be properly constituted when we have at least two Senators living with disability. The Speaker...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I request that you recheck the information that you have just given the House. While seated here, I have been speaking to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Hon. Duale. I have also talked to Muriuki, his Principal Secretary, and they have both confirmed...

Sen.(Dr.) Khalwale On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. (Interruption of debate on Statements) COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR VISITING DELEGATION FROM ITHUMULA SECONDARY SCHOOL, MAKUENI COUNTY

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. As you will notice, we are all straining to follow the proceedings. I have consulted the Serjeant- at-Arms. That noise you are hearing is from doctors, clinical officers and other members of the Universal Health Care (UHC) ....

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Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. This is the most straightforward Motion that I have seen in this House. It shows that despite the challenges that the sponsor of this Motion has had in terms of political wellness, he still has some cadence...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue raised by the Senator for Busia County is going to affect the lives and livelihoods of eight million Kenyans who depend on the sugar sector directly. On the issue raised about public participation, I would like the Government to know that the...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to inform the Senator for Kakamega County, Sen. Boni Khalwale that, indeed both articles make reference to free education being a right to every child.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I have never understood the profession of law, although my daughter and son are lawyers. Can you see the young lawyer, Sen. Nyamu, is unable to agree with the young lawyer, Sigei? Sigei is telling me it is Article 53, but I...

Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker, and thank you, Sen. Boni, for accepting that I inform you. You have made reference to Article 43 of the Constitution and said that it provides for the right to education. I am sure you meant Article 53 of the Constitution. So that...

Sen. Karen Nyamu, when you want to inform, you know the button to press for intervention. You can proceed and inform.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to inform the Senator for Kakamega County, Sen. Boni Khalwale that, indeed both articles make reference to free education being a right to every child. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Which Article is that?

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resources for purposes of benefiting from it other than it benefitting the people. If they do that, we can actually have free secondary education and free university education.Why am I saying this, Madam Temporary Speaker? I was in this House when Sen. Thang’wa started this conversation. He did some math...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to support this wonderful Motion. I want to congratulate Sen. Karungo Thang’wa for giving us this piece of Motion. As I thank him, we realize that we have not unpacked the Constitution of Kenya. The Constitution is the masterpiece of the law...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. The untimely disbursement of funds does not guarantee that schools and children receive the money when they need it. Schools that rely on these funds must address critical needs such as food and supplies. When funds are delayed, it not only inconveniences...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It would be nice for the young people from Murang’a to know that Murang’a County has a special history with Parliament. The children should know that it is from Murang’a, where we had the first May 8, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 15 Sen....

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue raised by the Senator of Vihiga is very important. The reason you have seen me disorderly is because some of my colleagues who know that I sit in this Committee are trying to find out what it is that we have brought...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Article 53 (1) of the Constitution of Kenya guarantees free and compulsory education to every child born in this country. We cannot make education compulsory and free, then on the other hand peddle bursary forms in a cartel-like style. By virtue of my connections in...

we cannot say that education is a great equalizer yet. What we have done is made bursaries the great un-equalizer. This is because the most vulnerable of society, who do not have connections, who are in the direst need, end up missing out on bursaries. If you do not have...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to welcome our visitors. Dear visitors, the reason you see the House is slow to start off this afternoon is because we have lost a colleague of ours. There is a requiem mass that is ongoing. So, most Members...

Sen (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Committee on Finance and Budget has a statement under Standing Order No.56 (1) (b) , being our Quarterly Report. It refers to the following: That, under this Standing Order, I wish to make this statement relating to the activities of our...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale: Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale: Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale:compensation was adequately done and not under calculated. Those insurance companies did that for the victims and their families to feel that the burden is a bit eased off.Thange village in Makueni County has suffered an oil spill since 2015 which has...

report? It is not the responsibility of the committee to babysit any governor. They should go and ask him hard questions, like what is obtaining in Nandi.It would be gross failure if the Committee on Health would go to Nandi and fail to interview the governor. It is so serious...

Very well. Let us now hear from Sen. Veronica Maina.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for distinguishing whether my neighbour or I should speak first. I also thank you for the opportunity. Sen. Kisang’ will wait and abide until I finalize. I want to support the report and the statements that have been presented to this House this afternoon....

compensation was adequately done and not under calculated. Those insurance companies did that for the victims and their families to feel that the burden is a bit eased off.Thange village in Makueni County has suffered an oil spill since 2015 which has caused many cases of diabetes, liver and kidney...

Let me give you one minute.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is unfortunate that the residents of that village in Makueni County lose their lives because of the social environmental impact of that spillage. My question is; what is Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) doing? I know they do have very firm policies on how to deal...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to make comments on two statements and after that, you will allow me to read my statement.

Well, then you can read first. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTER-AGENCY TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORT OF 2019

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Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleMr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a straightforward answer and I thank the Cabinet Secretary. Please, in your review, do consider bringing into consideration the new things introduced, including deductions for housing, increased deductions for Social Health Authority (SHA). May 7, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 36 Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Hon. Cabinet Secretary, you may now proceed to respond. The Cabinet Secretary for Education (Hon. Jullius Migos Ogamba) : Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will start by answering the question raised by Sen. (Prof.) Kamar. She wanted to know of the space that we have in...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, there has been additional strain on TTIs that have been promoted to become national polytechnics, with special reference to Shamberere in Malava Sub-County and Sigalagala National Polytechnic in Ikolomani Sub-County. While visiting, the President assured us that he was going to put up a...

Sen (Dr.) Khalwale Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am equally concerned. I sit in the Senate Committee on Finance and Budge. The Cabinet Secretary did the same thing to us yesterday only that he was clever by a half in the sense that his excuse was that he was attending...