Khalwale Boni

On a point of clarification, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is your point of clarification, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale? Mr. Speaker, Sir, while you were away last week, on Order No.7, the then Temporary Speaker, Sen. Abdul Haji, made a ruling under Standing Order No.121 (2) (b) . Sen. Abdul Haji while...

Madam Temporary Chairperson, pursuant to Standing Order No.153 I beg to move that the Committee of the Whole do report progress on its consideration of the County Licensing (Uniform Procedure) Bill (Senate Bills No.9 of 2022) and seeks leave to sit again tomorrow. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to)...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Chairperson. The Temporary Chairperson (

Mr. Temporary Chairperson, it is on an issue of procedure. These clauses that Sen. Crystal Asige has just segmented, I thought procedure would require that she moves that amendment. She has neither moved the amendment nor provided justification for the same. The Temporary Chairperson (

Who is your seconder?

Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir, I beg to move that we report progress. The Temporary Chairperson (

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, I can see that our time for this session is up. You will have a balance of 19 minutes when we resume the next sitting.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee on the said report.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee on the said report.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. With a heavy heart, I rise in support of this Motion. I would like to pass my heartfelt condolences to all the victims of this heinous crime. I would like to congratulate the Committee led by the Senator of Tana River County.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the privilege. I join you in welcoming our visitors. I notice all of them are young people. I do not know how the lecturers became young and the students are also young. These things do happen. Congratulations for being in your course of...

Asante sana, Bi. Spika wa Muda, kwa hii nafasi. Ningependa kutumia hii fursa kuwaambia wale wote ambao wamechangia hii Mswada huu asante sana. Maoni na maono yenu tumeyasikia. Kwa hakika, wakati tutakapofika awamu ya tatu ya kutunga hii sheria, haya maoni yenyu yatachangia. Mwisho kabisa, ningependa kuwahakikishia wananchi kwa jumla...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the following Question to the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport-

Mr. Deputy Speaker, I am lost because the Cabinet Secretary has come to this House with a casual answer, describing stories of aircraft, size of aircraft, and other things which have nothing to do with the Question that I raised. (Applause)

Your indulgence, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, please. If I do not do this, I will lose this House and I will lose the public. On the 8th of December 2022, the President came to Kakamega and launched this project, alongside commercial aircraft, which have been ongoing. He came again on...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to thank the Minister for this. I have no idea where the story of acquisition of public land is coming from. As you know, in a meeting where the President talked to you and he was meeting with me, he told you that the governor...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with the respect to the people who vote for us, allow me to tell the Minister that the go around that he wants to give me with the Governor when the people are waiting to be paid, does not require leaders to meet. We have already...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. It gives me a lot of pleasure to receive through my remarks, the delegation from Maasai Mara University, in Narok County. Only a few years ago, we could only talk about the University of Nairobi. The exponential expansion in higher education in this country...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Wednesday, 22nd November, 2023- Report of the Auditor-General on the financial statements of Nyakach County Level 4 Hospital (county government of Kisumu) for the year ended 30th June, 2022. (Sen. (Dr.)...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill. I read somewhere that the more things change, the more they remain the same. The objective of this Bill is that we have- “An act of Parliament to provide for the establishment of the Coffee Board of Kenya, and...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senator of Kiambu County is quite right that I should finish the statement. When I was talking about the cartels, I was not talking about the cartels from the point of lamenting that they are cartels or from a point of acknowledgement that they are cartels,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, viewed that way, I owe it to this House. The furthest I can go--- The Senate Minority Leader (Sen. Madzayo) : On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I truly thank the Senator for Kilifi County for informing me through a point of order. I do not look like that I am running away from the things I believe in, when I stood in public and said that cartels in the sugar industry were finishing...

Yes. Since the coffee industry collapsed several years ago in our area, where the cartels are now active is in the Mt. Kenya region - I wish I knew their names. You are lucky. I wish I knew you, I would say it here now and you would do nothing....

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I stand to add my voice to this Report. I am the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Health. We visited most of the county hospitals and made recommendations. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the deaths of Baby Travis, Mr. Otieno...

all the way to Thika Level 5 Hospital, but they did not get assistance from the hospital and that is why they were referred to the Kenyatta National Hospital.Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is sad that the drafters of the Constitution while dividing or talking about the functions that were...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to move that the Food and Feed Safety Control Co-Ordination Bill (National Assembly Bills No.21 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. Before I move this Bill, as a Whip, seeing how late it is in the evening, I think I...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of this Senate, today, 21st November, 2023- NLC ANNUAL REPORT FOR FY2022/2023 ARCHITECTS AND QUANTITY SURVEYORS (AMENDMENT) BY-LAWS LEGAL NOTICE NO.133 OF 2023

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today, Thursday, 16th November, 2023- Report of the Auditor-General on the financial statements of Chulaimbo County Level 4 Hospital in Kisumu County Government for the year ended 30th June, 2022. Report of...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.52 (1) to make a Statement on a matter of national and general topical concern in respect of Kukhu Teresa Makhulo Khamati Shitakha Shimoka. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the people of Western Kenya, Kakamenga County, the people of the...

On a point of clarification, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would appreciate if you clarify under Standing Order No.122 (1) (e) , gross disorderly conduct, deliberately giving false information to the Senate. Then, 122 (2) . If indeed as you have ruled it looks like the information that the Senator for...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The vote that we are taking this afternoon is about humanity. Humanity is bigger than legalese; humanity is bigger than the UN Charter. Humanity is bigger than international protocols, and, yes, humanity is bigger than the constitutions of the nations of the world. Humanity is...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Allow me to congratulate the Cabinet Secretary on his arrival at the new Ministry. I wish him success. Hon. CS, traditionally, for over a 100 years, tourism in this country has meant the Big Five and our beautiful beaches at the Coast. Could you...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the privilege to acknowledge our children. Riara Schools have made a very big contribution to the education of this nation. I, therefore, wish to welcome the young people plus their teachers and assure them that as we sit down here in the Chamber,...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I need some clarity on where we are going. There were a number of Ministers who were listed to appear before us. Amongst them was the Cabinet Secretary of Roads and Transport and infrastructure who had Question No.65 on the fate of the Presidential directive on...

Pardon me, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Sorry if I am seen to be slowing the House. I find it difficult to understand and probably the Clerks can guide us, under what Standing Orders do we wait for a Cabinet Secretary? We have been around for a while and we have...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, did you hear the Senator of Nandi County say that without his blessing, you would not be here today, not using the exact same words, but words to that effect? I know him as a distinguished Senator with an outstanding legal mind, but, with no religious---...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Proceed, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Standing Order No.105 demands that Members must take responsibility for the factuality of their statements. On Friday, the Permanent Secretary (PS) released Kshs16.9 billion being money for capitation. This is part...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am sorry to appear like I am interrupting the distinguished Senator. However, he is alleging that the President has borrowed Kshs1.2 trillion. He is an economist and knows what it means by Kshs1.2 trillion. Could he help this House, carry it and the public by...

On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is your point of order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale? Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is about procedure. The Senator was proceeding very well, having described the evidence he has, he is supposed to table it. You will peruse through the clerks, and be...

On a point of order Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is the point of order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale? Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The distinguished Senator is obviously speaking to an opinion poll. In this country, opinion polling is covered by a statute. Before she makes us consume that survey, could...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is your point of order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise on a point of order on the accuracy of speech. Is the Senator for Kitui County in order to mislead the public who might not have followed the...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is your point of order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale? Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Beth Syengo is quite right to laud the wastage in Government. However, is she in order to do so in total ignorance of the fact that this Government has...

Your time will be frozen.

Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, there is a point of order. Pay attention to the Chair.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you. Is it possible for you to extend the sitting by 15 minutes? Then, I can donate time to Sen. Shakila Abdalla, Sen. Munyi Mundigi, Sen. Faki and Sen. Tobiko.

apande miti. Hadi alitoa asilimia tano ya pesa za National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) ili zitumike katika shughuli ya kupanda miti.Alisema mambo mengi. Pia akasema kuwa kila kaunti ijengewe Industrial Park ili watu wawe akipeleka mavuno yao ili kukuza biashara na mambo yawe mazuri.Nikimalizia, Rais aligusia hata mambo ya...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to respond. I thank the entire House for the interest they have shown in this very important Motion and the valuable contributions. My thanks to Members of this Senate on the Government side because they have remained factual. I also thank Members of the...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. In fact, it was just for that reason that you had points of order shoot up because it is our tradition in Parliament, that we allow a few minutes for people to say pole. I take this opportunity to tell the people of Kakamega County,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today, 14th November, 2023- THE 10TH STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY H.E THE PRESIDENT THE 10TH ANNUAL REPORT ON MEASURES TAKEN AND PROGRESS ACHIEVED IN THE REALISATION OF NATIONAL VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF...

Next Order.

I wish to thank Members of the National Assembly and this House for turning up almost full house in their numbers to listen to the President. I wish to request this House, that as much as possible that spirit should be kept in ensuring that we debate on the Address....

What is your point of order, Sen. Sifuna? (Loud Consultations)

in the accounts of Americans to cushion them from the difficulties of the pandemic. He could be wrong. However, I am sharing with you a good story of two adults who are seated in the usual place. He said, what is happening is that Americans are mopping out the Dollars...

You will have your time to debate.

because Mr. George Kithi, the Editor-General of the Standard Newspaper had been detained. For this reason, I and others were discontinued from the University of Nairobi. These were our beliefs then and I do not see how I can lose sight of the fact that people paid, including Kenneth Matiba,...

You will debate. Relax.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to be humble. My son, it is always good for---

My agemate, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, is here. He will confirm to you that it pays to spend some little time to learn in your first time in Parliament. On the exposition of the speech of the President, he normally makes bullets.If you go to bullet 10, it will call your...

I wish to withdraw my remarks that Sen. Sifuna is looking like he has swallowed a live bee. It is not true. You know when you have a live bee in the stomach, you cannot look happy in the face. I withdraw and apologise to Sen. Sifuna. However, he is...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me complete moving the Motion on the President’s Address. I will be failing in my duties if I did not say---

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am being weighed down by points of order. If there were no points of order, I would be articulating issues, but now I have to deal these points of order. I was making my final submission on the issue of the most important statement...

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

Sorry, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish not to offend you, but because we have engaged in a wild goose chase in this House before, in terms of substantiation, caution them that he should not come here with newspaper reports. He should come here with evidence, authenticated extracts of speeches of...

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I hate to interrupt the Senator for Nairobi City. The 100,000 CHPs were launched on Mashujaa Day.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, is he in order to mislead the House, without giving us evidence to support his claim, that we did not recruit 100, 000 CHPs? We did.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. (Loud consultations) Order, Senators! `Sen. Boni, you have the Floor. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The violence and the inability of leaders to work in Meru is not new. What is new will be how we shall manage it. It happened in Makueni. Prof. Kivutha...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do agree with the Senate Majority Leader that we should alter the hours of the House because this is a very important matter. Please allow me to use this opportunity to tell the people of Meru that there should be no confusion. The...

Indeed, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it does not require any gainsaying to do so. You would be preaching to the choir. As far as the point of order is concerned, I would urge the Senator for Mombasa to learn from people who are more experienced. I, therefore, assure the people...

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, our Standing Orders are clear. If a Member wants to discuss the conduct of another Member, they know what to do. The Speaker of the Senate is a Member of this House. The Speaker of the National Assembly is a Member of the National Assembly. Therefore,...

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.

It is true that from time to time, we find members of the feminine orientation, but you are not Speakers. You are members of the Speakers Panel. Is he in order to mislead the country that we have got a female Speaker in the Senate?

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for educating the Senator for Kakamega County. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding the position of advisor in the Public Service. In the Statement, the Committee should- (Loud...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to laud Sen. Okenyuri and Sen. Oketch Gicheru for their Statements. The issue raised by Sen. Oketch Gicheru is very serious. In the county governments, the wage bill has grown to Kshs50.82 billion. In the national Government, the wage bill has grown to...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to congratulate the Cabinet Secretary for successfully midwifing the launch of the Universal Health Care (UHC) . It looks like it was always going to be a woman Cabinet Secretary who would preside over this process. I recall you and I, in the good old...

Once again thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Could the Cabinet Secretary-

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hear the CS, but maybe this is a testament to why calling CS was an act whose time had come. Following the pronouncement by former President Uhuru to that effect and subsequently President William Ruto to the same effect, CS, the County Government has pulled out...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for your indulgence. This is not for the Cabinet Secretary but for you. I had an opportunity under Standing Order No.53 (1), which I lost because I preferred to go the Question way. It is quite clear that the Governor has appealed to the national...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am so grateful. However, let the HANSARD reflect that the potential loses of these billions of shillings, the project and the consequences to the people of the region is because of trade unionism in the Council of Governors (CoGs) . This is because they...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for inviting me to welcome the staff from the 47 counties. I just wish to tell them that internationally, what is now in vogue is something called Open Government Partnership (OGP) . In fact, last month, I was in a Global Summit on OGP. This...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate today, 1st November, 2023- Report of the Auditor-General on the financial statements of the Gatundu Level 5 Hospital, County Government of Kiambu for the year ended 30th June, 2022. Report of the Auditor-General on...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding the status of employment contracts for the County Government of Kakamega staff. In the Statement, the Committee should- REVENUE GENERATION AND USAGE BY...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The statement by Sen. Kibwana about digital infrastructure is futuristic and current. We need to reflect on it. I support it. I would like the committee to further find out what the Ministry is doing in terms of digital sports, also known as e-sports. Children...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. At that time, the House adjourned prematurely because I was critiquing this Bill due to its contents, people became unhappy and they rudely stopped me. I beg them not to stop me again. Hon. Senators, this is a very important Bill because the population of...