Khalwale Boni

moment for the whole House. As we support this Bill and pass it into law, we are doing it from Turkana County.Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to thank the leadership of Turkana County led by the Senator for Turkana County, Sen. Lomenen, together with the people of Turkana for hosting...

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to acknowledge the presence this afternoon of our visitors from Marsabit County Assembly. Good people, you are most welcome to the Senate. As you go back to Marsabit County, please, teach your children that Marsabit has a big place in this Senate...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to request for further responses to the issue of KQ. This is very sad. The thought of losing KQ should perish. An international airline like the one we have in Kenya, is actually the face of the country especially when you are out...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, during the last recess, the Senate held two Special Sittings on 29th and 31st August, 2023. At these special sittings, the Senate considered and passed a Motion on the establishment of the National Dialogue Committee, the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bills No.16 of 2023),...

Next order. (Applause)

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

Mr. Speaker, Sir, because the Senator was making a very informed contribution, I waited towards his tail end so as to rise on Standing Order No.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.35 to Move- That the Senate do now adjourn, for the reason that the Senate anticipates to hold sittings outside Nairobi, specifically in Turkana County. I request that we adjourn to allow us to do the necessary housekeeping and preparations to enable...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Madam Cabinet Secretary, congratulations on landing this highly coveted job. When I last checked, the reports were that only 6 per cent of the 2.4 million children aged between 6 and 21 years are in schools. What are you doing aggressively to ensure that these...

Having struggled to explain this new idea, the nearest idea I can speak to vaping is; I do not know if it is this long smoke they call shisha. This is a real threat. I have a little girl from my own family who was born out of wedlock out...

Yes, I would wish to be informed.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My sympathies if the distinguished Senator thought I was belittling single motherhood. However, I want to encourage you, my dear Senator, that always distinguish between the rule and the exception. You might have escaped, but you might be one of the exceptional ones. If you...

I am politely asking her to restrain herself. I will embarrass her further by exposing her lack of medical knowledge.

I do not wish to be informed.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must aggressively protect our children. As a firm believer in family and in the beauty of children, I am so proud that I am seconding this Bill.These people of the so-called e-cigarettes have even added flavours, so that children who are even in kindergarten partake of...

Sen. (Dr.) Murango, proceed and conclude.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of this Senate, today, 20th September, 2023- THE ARCHITECTS AND QUANTITY SURVEYORS (AMENDMENT) BY-LAWS, LEGAL NOTICE NO.133 OF 2023 THE ANNUAL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW REPORT

(Laughter) Secondly, I speak mainly to the nominated Senators from Samburu and Mombasa counties. You are young people. We love young people because we have some in our houses. It is up to them. They can stay here and say the good things they have said.However, with the benefit of...

I am carrying you along, ‘my daughter.’ I can assure you, I am very tough on my daughters. I am not saying they are good but I am very tough on them. I want these people who are driving this gender thing to know that there is an old great...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not know that was coming. I appeal to all of us, with maximum respect, these clerks who are seated here, it is just a question of making a decision. They can become Senators, MPs or Presidents. Let us stop looking down on them. Hon....

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not know that was coming. I appeal to all of us, with maximum respect, these clerks who are seated here, it is just a question of making a decision. They can become Senators, MPs or Presidents. Let us stop looking down on them. Hon....

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I therefore support the Committee's Report. This is because I believe that if we punish our child, it is in keeping with the age-old phrase spare the rod, spoil the child. I support. Thank you. The next person is Sen. Faki. Thank you, Mr. Deputy...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this great opportunity to support this report to have the Chairman of CBK, Mr. Musangi. I know the Chairman is coming at a time where the country is asking itself on which way to go when it comes to cryptocurrency. According to the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to congratulate Sen. (Prof.) Kamar for giving me this opportunity to second this very important Bill. This is a very important matter and it is not surprising that a medical expert is the one seconding it. Sometimes the House would help if...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I apologize to my sister, Sen. Kavindu Muthama if in any way my statement was an affront to preachers. However, doctors will tell you that hearing is a manifestation of successful communication. That is why we are making a Bill today for deaf people in...

[The Speaker (Hon. Kingi) left the Chair] [The Deputy Speaker (Sen. Kathuri) in the Chair] [The Speaker (Hon. Kingi) left the Chair] [The Deputy Speaker (Sen. Kathuri) in the Chair] The amendments that have been proposed as

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale I give you 30 seconds.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. African heads of state will come to this country to seek common rules to tap into the carbon market. The reason why this is taking place is because we want to develop a common set of rules to govern the benefits that African people will...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of this Senate, today Thursday, 10th August, 2023- THE WATER SERVICES REGULATIONS, LEGAL NOTICE NO. 168 OF 2021 REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF KISUMU COUNTY EMERGENCY FUND

Mr. Speaker, Sir, similarly, you have to guide the House. You cannot move the Motion because you are the Chairperson. Kindly indicate who is going to move the Motion.

point of order that as the Senate Majority Whip, we have no Kenya Kwanza position. This is a private matter to this House for housekeeping purposes.If you are happy that you can be called a rapist, then you will oppose the Motion. This is a housekeeping Motion. Let us keep...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am taking advantage of your guidance that we can swing back to the original question. Allow me to thank the Cabinet Secretary for the administrative restructuring and infrastructural support to Kakamega County. Some of the children with disabilities are now qualified teachers. Could you confirm...

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. What is your point of order, Senate Majority Whip? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Standing Order No.101 forces me to request that the Chair becomes clearer. Sen. Wambua has breached Standing Order No.101. In the process of breaching it, he has raised...

Jambo la kusisitiza zaidi ni kwamba hawa Wakenya wetu ni binadamu pia. Hebu fikiria mtoto kuathirika akiwa tumboni mwa mama yake na anasema hadi wa leo anahisi kisunzi na macho yake hayaoni vizuri. Ni kwa sababu ya athari iliyotokea wakati ule.(Laughter) Thank you. Minority Leader, proceed. The Senate Minority Leader...

Proceed, Sen. (Prof.) Kamar.

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

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for being accommodative. If Members have listened keenly, they have heard that 32 Kenyans have been jailed for 20 years each in a foreign country. This is the first time that the matter is coming before the Parliament of Kenya. Kenya and Uganda are both...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to limit my comment to the Statement on pending bills by the Senator for Vihiga County. Let the country be reminded that the Government has cleared all the arrears owed to county governments. Furthermore, the money due for the new financial year 2023/2024...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 16 of 2023) which is now on the Floor. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir these are very exciting times to live in. For the first time, in the long history that...

How does that concern my contribution?

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. With due respect, I would like Sen. Osotsi to take it easy and learn the rules. You can only rise on a point of order, in my time, when I am out of order. However, if it is a procedural issue, then you can...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker. I was announcing the good news to the people of Kakamega. That our governor, thanks to this Senate, my persuasiveness in the Committee on Finance and Budget and my own drive, is now swimming in billions of shillings. I urge him and all the governors...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is exactly what we are going through now. Most of you have your Kenya Shilling account and others have got the Forex account. You have seen if, in the last few weeks, you left your money to be in your shilling account and not in...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Just like those who have spoken before me, I note with great concern that Christians are petitioning against their own church. I noticed the mention of the area chief and the community elders. Traditionally, elders have been preceding the word and the opinion of chiefs....

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.105. Did you hear the Senator for Kisii County, call the administration of Kenya Kwanza, headed by President William Ruto a regime? Could he table evidence to demonstrate that the administration is actually a regime? What we have is the--- (Loud consultations)

What is your point of order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale?

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am rising on a point of order in line with Standing Order No.105. You have heard the Senator for Nairobi City County speak to a misleading statement that there was no increment in the amount that was allocated in the Division of Revenue Bill. The second...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, according to the Constitution of Kenya, the Division of Revenue Bill cannot be signed into law without the concurrence of the two Houses. Is the Senator of Nairobi City County in order to mislead the country that, by us agreeing with the National Assembly, we were failing...

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

Allow me to read it. Standing Order 122(1)(b), states ‘(1) A Senator commits an act of gross disorderly conduct if the Senator-(Laughter) (Loud Consultations) On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. (Sen. Omogeni spoke off record) (Laughter) (Loud Consultations)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I withdraw and apologise to the House, I want to confirm that this is not the place to fix him. I would never fix him in this House. However, if he gives me an opportunity to fix him outside---We cannot allow small boys--- (Laughter)

I have a matter of procedure, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

“It shall be out of order for a Senator to criticize or call to question, the proceedings in the National Assembly, a County Assembly or the Speaker’s Ruling in the National Assembly but any debate may be allowed on the structures and roles of County Assemblies or the National Assembly.”...

I want to emphasise because it is a matter of procedure. It appears we are being controlled by---

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

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

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am rising on Standing Order No.105. With all humility, the Constitution says that money that will be disbursed to devolved governments should not be less than 15 per cent. When we increased by Kshs15 billion, we met the threshold by giving 24 per cent of...

That is a big honour. I have never been to that school but unlike many of you who are struggling to have children, I want to speak on behalf of people who have children. Children, we love you very much. Welcome to the Senate.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Sen. Cherarkey never ceases to amaze. He is now misleading the country that every year, I never miss to have a child. (Laughter) Cabinet Secretary can be allowed to borrow at not more than 5 per cent, this clause should be suspended for five years.If...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to second this Motion as moved by my vice-Chair. I will have no much to add because she has said everything. I only emphasize that I could not agree with her more. As Senators, we need to own the figures. When you go...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am happy that my brother, Sen. Onyonka, has adequately advised Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. As I speak, there is a serious stalemate in State House because of some disconnect between the previous and current administration. Over and above, I am happy for the Committee...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the indulgence. I am referring to January, 2023. The person in office was Hon. Sakaja. Am I lost?

It is healthy.