Khalwale Boni

Sen. Madzayo, Sen. Tabitha Mutinda and Sen. Methu, I call you to order.

Proceed, Sen. Wambua.

He is a man who stands in the highest regard of almost all Kenyans in this nation and has given you the priority of being in this House. Is the Senator in order? From the year 2013 when I first spoke in this Senate up to the end of 2021...

I thank you. COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR VISITING DELEGATION FROM CARDINAL OTUNGA HIGH SCHOOL, KISII COUNTY

Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I am standing under Standing Order No.105. Is the Senator for Nyamira County in order to conclude his appreciation of these great children from Cardinal Otunga, without giving due recognition to George Moseti Anyona, the greatest leader from this family who used to...

Sen. Oketch Gicheru, what is your point of order?

Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has helped us identify senior counsels. I will also help him to understand what I am saying which is simple. I have even used an example of a National Government-Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) model. Let him allow me to finish. A Member of the...

Madam Temporary Speaker, since this is debate, it is good for us to listen and get the clarity of the thinking of a Member so that he can carry us with him.

What do I mean by this? I have seen my brother Sen. Cherarkey struggling with the concept of having even a Senate representative visible in the Budget Implementing Structure that we are proposing in this Bill. The complexity emerges because perhaps the understanding of many people is not that this...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I join the Senate Majority Leader in registering our disapproval and disappointment of this unbecoming behaviour. There is the Powers and Privileges Act, which allows a Cabinet Secretary to fail to honour this kind of invitation. The condition is clear that it...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also congratulate these two athletes in line with what the President started last time. He recently congratulated them. In fact, that might have contributed to the young lady breaking her own record. Similarly, Ferdinand Omanyala, set a record of 9.92 metres, the first Kenyan...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. What is your point of order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you know the respect that I have for debate and Sen. Mumma is a very well-informed lawyer. You could help the drafter of this Bill if you could...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is what we call debate. Not the shouting that you normally see at the beginning of the Sitting and walk-outs and so on. When we listen to each other like this, it helps us to improve our understanding and probably change our minds. However, as...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a small reminder, if you could help us. We were looking for the opportunity to comment on these two important Statements. I do not know if you can accommodate us in the limited time that you have.

Proceed, Sen. Orwoba.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am so impressed by Sen. Mariam Omar. She is new in the Senate, and unlike many of our colleagues on the Minority side, she seems to have grasped her role of being a Senator and a representative of the people. I am surprised that the...

The Chairperson Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.

Proceed, Sen. Crystal Asige.

Yes, what is your point of order?

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, before I respond to that, let me allow Sen. Wambua to give us his words of wisdom before I respond.

Madam Temporary Speaker, like everybody who has spoken before me, I am indebted to Sen. Kavindu Muthama because of this Motion. I rise to support it for all the good and deserved reasons, but amongst them, I support it because of my brother who was called Moses Mwani.Moses Mwani from...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is an honour and privilege for me to welcome my cousins from home, notably my area Member of County Assembly (MCA) , Chief Segero, and also the daughter of my mother’s brother, Ms. Victorina. I generally welcome all the men and women from the...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I do so, allow me, I forgot something very important that the Clerk of the Senate of the Republic of Kenya is from Busia. (Applause)(Laughter) REPORTS ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF VARIOUS COUNTY FUNDS/ENTITIES Report of the Auditor-General on the financial statements of Elwak Water and Sewerage...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support this Motion and I would like to congratulate the Senate Majority Leader for it. Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir, all is well. The President has lived to his promise and released all the money to county governments. Now, the ball is in our court...

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

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the by-election in question led to the election of the Senator for Bungoma County, Sen. Wafula. Could the Chair guide us if it is in order or the Senator has a personal interest? This is a normal Government procedure that has got its own lifeline. Unless, of...

On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The intervention by Sen. Cherarkey is not to request for an opportunity to seek further clarification on that Statement. All he is trying to say is; should we allow certain utterances on the Floor of the House to fly? In the same...

It was President John F. Kennedy.

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Yes. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. What is your point of order? Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a House of record and I cannot imagine challenging the decision of the Chair, but Sen. Tabitha Mutinda has moved perfectly in order, under Standing Order No....

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is your point of order Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with the information referred to on page 11 by the Senator for Kitui. If it is true that page 11 is telling us what transpired during the voting...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me through you, to laud the National Assembly for taking such a short time to pronounce itself on these two Bills. Mr. Speaker, Sir, just two things. The first one is that as you take these Bills to the President for assent, we would...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, I second the Bill as moved. (Question proposed)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate today, 15th June, 2023- REPORT ON NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW REPORT ON COUNTY GOVERNMENTS BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF POLITICAL PARTIES REPORTS OF THE...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The issue raised goes beyond the mere Standing Orders of this House. It raises constitutional points. When an elected Member – by election through the ballot and special process – is rendered not capable of discharging roles in this House, it is tantamount to overturning...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In conclusion, I want to appeal to my colleagues in the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition side. What you want to befall our colleagues is what happened to me, Sen. Osotsi, and will happen to you. Keep away from supremacies within political parties and...

Sen. Ali Roba, proceed to Move. (Loud Consultations)

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today, 14th June, 2023- Report of the Auditor-General on the financial statements of the Rumuruti Municipality – County Government of Laikipia for the year ended 30th June, 2020. Report of the Auditor-General...

Madam Temporary Chairperson, I am standing on a matter of procedure. I believe the Speaker said he was rearranging the Order Paper, so that we start from Order No. 9, but I can see now the Committee of the Whole is meeting over Order No.11. The Temporary Chairperson (Sen. Mumma)...

Sen. Cherarkey, kindly clarify to the Hon. Senator on the terms that you used. THE PRESERVATION OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND ENFORCEMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS BILL (SENATE BILLS NO. 7 OF 2022)

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to second this Motion as moved.

Madam Temporary Speaker, that is why I said it is such a serious matter that requires a substantive ruling from the Chair. I have suffered from plagiarism before where my Bill was taken over by the National Assembly and it became theirs. I did not know that it can also...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I have truly enjoyed the intellectual engagement in this Bill and the very quality submissions that have been made by fellow Senators. I join in many of the very thoughtful words. I congratulate Sen. Tabitha Mutinda for the work that she has put in this Bill. Madam...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for this opportunity. I do not know why my big brother is smiling, but maybe it is because of the way you have pronounced my name. First of all, I start by commending my good friend, Sen. Tabitha Mutinda for this good idea of coming...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise under Standing Order No.105. The issue raised by the Senator for Kitui is very serious. If it is true, then who stands accused of plagiarism? Is it Sen. Wambua or Sen. Tabitha Mutinda? Sen. Tabitha Mutinda’s Bill is ahead of his. Therefore, if there is...

Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Mumma wants to inform me. I beg that you allow her to inform me.

he should substantiate all those issues he has talked about or we put this Bill aside, so that we look into it later. Whatever comes out of this House---I may have my reservations on the Bill. However, if you paid close attention to the sentiments by the Chairperson of the...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to inform my Minority Whip who came in late that the matter had also been raised by Sen. Wambua. I also want to refer him to the Bill itself. Let me just read you one of the strange contents of the Bill. Clause 4...