Khalwale Boni

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of this Senate today, the 24th October, 2024:- The third annual report on the state of public-private partnerships, (PPPs) , by the National Treasury and Economic Planning for the Financial Year 2023-2024.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Senate Majority Leader, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.57 (1) to present the business of the Senate for the week commencing Tuesday, 29th October, 2024. The status of legislative business before the Senate is as follows-

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Mover of the Motion is accompanying the President to an official function, and I was the seconder. I, therefore, request that I be allowed to reply. This Motion has captured the imagination of this House and all Senators have spoken in support. The Senators who come...

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

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Senator for Vihiga for accepting to be informed. We should recall that a few days ago, we voted to remove Deputy President and tribalism was on the card. A video has been doing rounds and the person depicted is the Senator for...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can never retract that statement because it is a fact.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I could not agree more with your ruling, but I am struck by the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration. I would like to persuade the Senate that the reason why the Minister for Interior is not in a position...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the honour to acknowledge the presence in the House today of this delegation. The importance of education, especially university education, cannot be gainsaid. I want to welcome them and encourage the students and the lecturers, of course, to ensure that they should not just...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I am so happy as a Member of this Committee. We thought we would find problems in--- (Sen. Cherarkey and Sen. Methu consulted loudly) Please consult in low tones, Sen. Cherarkey. You look very excited. Please proceed, Sen. Boni. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. We...

Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. It is impressive that the Sen of Bungoma is barely two years old in this House but you can see the way he has moved this Bill so ably. I congratulate him but it is not surprising because he shares the same Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My question is to Dr. Mulwa. I can attest that the number you have put here, through which His Excellency the Deputy President pressured you, relates well with me because in the days we used to talk with him, I used to use the same...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are lucky that the EACC is here with us. There are serious allegations that have been raised that require investigations. Could the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) confirm if indeed there are investigations taking place on your own motion on the following issues:

On a point of procedure, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is your point of procedure, Sen. (Dr.) Boni? It is unprecedented, to the extent that when we stand down business in this House, it normally arises from a Communication from the Chair that you have temporarily, for a specific time, suspended...

Sen. Osotsi, proceed. Unfortunately, you only have four minutes, because we terminate at exactly 10.30 p.m. I believe that if the Deputy President had taken the dock, we were going to completely undress him. We would have asked him to justify what activities each and every one of those companies...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. On behalf of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget, I beg to move the following Motion - THAT, the National Assembly amendments to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill (Senate Bills No.19 of 2024) be now considered. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I appreciate and congratulate you for that Communication. My contribution is in two parts. I request governors to realise that devolution did not just happen in this country. Men and women of this Republic made sacrifices, people lost their limbs, properties and lives. My second...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir Yes, Sen. Boni. (Technical hitch)(Technical hitch)Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am rising to request for guidance and clarity. This is a time bound process--- Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My comment on this will be limited to what I had begged the House to adopt in order for us to help this country. This is a very serious matter. It is already on record that no court can injunct Parliament. So, the first preliminary...

Sen. Tobiko and team, can you consult in low tone, please? (Loud consultations)

even in the best of ideas, there is always time and room for those ideas to yield ground to better ideas. I, therefore, support these amendments and insist that, never should we allow the outcome of any election in this country to be decided by the people who count votes...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for indulging me. It has become a tradition of hearings of impeachment to be done in the period that you have guided the House. However, we have also learned that we normally create too much pressure on the witnesses, the parties and Members of this...

Madam Temporary Chairperson, on behalf of Sen. Andrew Omtatah Okoiti, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 13 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b) — (ba) maternal and neonatal deaths recorded in each county with an analysis of root...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Chairperson. I beg to move- THAT Clause 2 of the Bill be amended— a) in the definition of the term “maternal” by deleting the words “morbidity” means illness” appearing immediately after the words “days after childbirth”; b) by deleting the definition of the term “unborn child”;...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Chairperson. I beg to move- THAT the Bill be amended by inserting the following New Clause immediately after Clause 25— Amend ment to section 226 of Cap. 63.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Chairperson. I beg to move- THAT, Clause 11 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new paragraphs immediately after paragraph (c) — (ca) counselling services for pregnant women who intend or are considering not carrying their pregnancies to term; (cb) post abortion health care...

Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move- THAT, Clause 13 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b) — (ba) maternal and neonatal deaths recorded in each county. Madam Temporary Chairperson, the importance of this statistic is that it will...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Allow me to assert that I have no objection in the two amendments being read together, so that an improved version is made. This is important because the country will be shocked that a doctor of medicine is dropping an amendment in favour of an...

Madam Temporary Chairperson, it is a question of language. I was saying it be read together. With maximum respect, reading them together with the additional proposal by my brother, Okiya Omtatah, will carry my thinking. The Temporary Chairperson (

Thank you, Madam Temporary Chairperson. I beg to move- THAT Clause 14 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (h) by inserting the words “and traditional” immediately after the words “programmes for skilled”; The importance of this is that it should not be lost to Kenyans that a high percentage...

Yes, Madam Temporary Chairperson. In fact, when Sen. Omtatah was making this amendment after mine and I became his consultant. Therefore, I agree. (Further amendment to Clause 14 by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale dropped) (Question of further amendment to Clause 14 proposed) The Temporary Chairperson (

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move: That Section 17 care and welfare of children of the Social Assistance Act is amended in subsection (3) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b) — Hon. Members, we are now going to the second vote on the...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, with great appreciation of our industry, I second the Nominated Senator from Homa Bay, Beatrice Ogola Oyoma. (Question proposed)

Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to congratulate my brother, Mbadi. It has been a long walk, him and I, elsewhere. I am happy that you are where you are. On the question of quantum, the piece of paper that is called a birth certificate is more or less the same...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the report of the Committee on Finance and Budget on the appointment of Mr. David Kibet Kemei, as ably moved by the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee, distinguished Sen. Tabitha Maureen Mutinda. Sitting and listening to that candidate during the exercise, I was personally...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.105 on statement of fact. While you were consulting, the distinguished Senator of Vihiga County stated that the Prime Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Wycliffe Musalia Mudawadi, prevented unfairly a local of Sabatia Constituency in Vihiga County from becoming the beneficiary to the...

On a point of procedure, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is your point of procedure? Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for granting me this opportunity. I want to clarify as a Member of the Committee that the points of argument by the Senator for Marsabit County are permissible in this...