Khalwale Boni

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, 23rd February, 2023: - Report of the Parliament of Kenya Delegation to the 145th Assembly and Related meetings of the Interparliamentary Union (IPU) held from 11th to 15th October, 2022,...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to give Notice of the following Motion- THAT, the Senate notes the Report of the Parliament of Kenya Delegation to the 145th Assembly and Related meetings of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) , held from 11th to 15th October, 2022, in Kigali,...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to seek further clarification to that Statement with your permission. Proceed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Sifuna for this. Could the Statement also include a confirmation that the Government intends to deny the non-practice allowance paid to doctors and clinical officers who...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, our Majority Leader is right but he should have started by asking me to define what is the non-practising allowance. Non-practising allowance is not paid to doctors in private practise but to doctors in the Civil Service. I left the civil service when the Majority Leader...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am sorry. I did not realize that the Senate Majority Leader had stepped out of the House. FINANCIAL REPORTS ON VARIOUS COUNTY FUNDS

Sen. Dullo is a lawyer--- (Applause)

Sen. Wambua, please proceed. Sen. Dullo is a lawyer---

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have heard about the story of the proverbial ostrich that buried its head in the sand. The President opened up and admitted to the country that he does not want a one-man show. When there were many vibes about the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) ,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, my system never works, but my seat never moves. (Laughter) We were not elected to come here and waste taxpayers’ money discussing little things as to who sits in which Committee and representing which side of the House; we were elected to come here to do oversight,...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, the 21st of February, 2023. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is the Report of the Standing Committee on Education on its consideration of the County Vocational, Educational and Training Bill, 2022....

Hon. Senators, I believe this issue is well placed where it should be. I will give Sen. Onyonka one minute to speak before we conclude on this matter.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I request you because you have that power, when you look at a Statement and see that it has some urgency, give it some timeline. Tell the Chair to give the answer within a specific timeline, so that we can have some Statements answered or reported...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to second this Motion as moved by the Chair of the Committee. Before I second this Motion, one of the milestones of the last session was when we passed the Bill for additional allocation of revenue. I was pleased that during the recess...

That is the musical way of saying etcetera; and many others.

Madam Temporary Speaker, when we have a situation like what we are facing in the country right now, it calls for posterity measures, prudent spending and projects to be prioritised. We expect all Governors to be careful in expending of this money, to remember that we will pay very expensively...

Sorry, I was the seconder. You know Madam Temporary Speaker; I was confused by my daughter here. Where has she gone? She told me that she was going to second then I support. I strongly second the Motion. Thank you, Sen. Mungatana. That is why I always love to know...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on a point of information. An hon. Senator: Madzayo! Thank you. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the distinguished Senator from Kilifi is perfectly in order. As we support him, it is unimaginable that anybody other than the leadership on the side of the Minority can decide who...

I will allow you to inform me after I conclude. I am not your enemy.

(Laughter)

I will allow you to inform me after I conclude. I am not your enemy. (Loud consultations) Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, I would like to give an opportunity to the Senate Minority Leader. (Laughter)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, speaking with the dignity that is bestowed to us by this House, the Speaker then informed Sen. Madzayo to organize his changes, write to him and the matter will be processed. (Loud consultations) Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, protect me. I am about to conclude.

(Loud Consultations)(Loud consultations)(Loud consultations) Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, I would like to give an opportunity to the Senate Minority Leader. You are hon. Members!

I rise to lay on the Table of this House the following Papers, today, 16th February, 2022. RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST ORDINARY SESSION OF THE SIXTH PARLIAMENT OF THE PAN-AFRICAN PARLIAMENT ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE POWER OF MERCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE FY 2021/2022....

I want to allow a Member who has not spoken today like Sen. Seki to say something. Please proceed.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support both Petitions. I wish to speak to the Petitions from the Senator of Lamu. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are not serious about our resources. Sports in general and football in particular is now the emerging giant of social economy. The economy...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following procedural Motion- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order 111 (1) , the Senate resolves that debate on a Motion not sponsored by the Majority or Minority Party or a Committee shall be limited in the following manner- A maximum of three...

Next order. Proceed, Senate Majority Whip.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the three Members who have contributed to this Motion. I beg to reply. (Question put and agreed to)

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to reply and wish to thank the House for being united in the urgency of this matter. I beg to reply.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I sat because you started talking. I could not remain standing when the authority of the Chair was having the microphone. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I invite the Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Budget and Finance, the distinguished Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, to second.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the Motion. However, in my experience, we have had a serious problem with time, even when we debated the last Presidential Address in the House. Essentially, the Presidential address touches on important issues on which Members want to contribute. Fifteen minutes it a short...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have captured the mood correctly. We are trying to move as fast as possible. I want to thank all the Members for their contribution. So that does not look like I was being selective, President Mwai February 15, 2023 SENATE DEBATE 38 (Laughter)

Proceed.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, my gadget is not working. I had hoped to capture your eye or attention, so that I can be allowed to make a comment. Can I, Mr. Speaker, Sir?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. May I join you and the two colleagues who have spoken before me, in welcoming the Delegation from Uganda. Allow me to request them to pass our greetings to our colleagues in the Parliament of Uganda and especially the colleagues in Parliament. Ordinarily, they should...

On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I made it a point to do spot checks all the time in my county. When I talk to the teachers about CBC, they tell me they do not know it. When I talk to the parents, they tell me they cannot...

I appeal to colleagues; Members on the Majority side are requesting members of the Minority side that this is the time for us to close ranks to demonstrate to the country that we are not sitting this morning and afternoon to pick commissioners of IEBC. We are sitting to create...

Point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir!

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not wish to interrupt my colleagues, who I respect very much. However, because we want to have a clear record of proceedings for posterity, may the record show that the people who fought for the second liberation were not limited to LSK alone. In fact,...

(Laughter) Sen. Mumma, who has every right to move this amendment, has denounced her membership from the Committee. I appeal to you more and because of you being a legal mind, my sister, I invite you and Sen. Osotsi to read Article 259 on construing of this Constitution.You are both...

Order, Members! An hon. Senator: Sen. Sifuna did not vote. (Loud consultations)

Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, as it was demonstrated in the morning, we are in the process of building respect from both Houses. I, therefore, rise under Standing Order 46 and demand that the Senator for Kilifi County withdraws his derogatory remarks. Standing Order 46 provides that Messages can move from...

What is your point of order, Sen. Osotsi?

Point of order, Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir. The Temporary Chairperson (

Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, we are in roll call voting and Standing Order No.88 (5) clearly stipulates that- “When called out, each Senator shall, thereupon rise in his or her place and declare assent or dissent to the question in the following manner: “I vote Yes” or “I vote No”...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, 30th December 2022- Report of the Special Committee on the proposed removal from office, by impeachment, of Hon. Kawira Mwangaza, the Governor of Meru County. (Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale laid the document on the...

Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank you, the House and ---

Thank you, Chairperson of the Special Committee. Hon. Senators, as you may have noticed, the Committee has found all the allegations against the Governor not to be substantiated. Therefore, Hon. Members, the procedure to be followed in this case, is that set out in Section 33 (6) (a) of the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have noticed that we have gone through the Order on Administration of Oath. As you know, this is a solemn matter on the Order Paper. The people of Bungoma County successfully carried out an election. They voted for a Senator and all of them...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This Parliament has a history and a tradition of handling emotive and sensitive issues. I remind colleagues that when Josiah Mwangi (JM) Kariuki and Robert Ouko were killed, the matters were handled by Parliament through Committees. When we are dealing with the greatest oversight role...

She cannot school me! Excuse me my daughter! She ought to apologize to the bullfighter of Kakamega. The Hon. Speaker (Hon. Kingi) : Order, hon. Members! Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, you are an hon. Senator to us. We do not see you as a bullfighter. Kindly conclude.

She cannot school me! Excuse me my daughter! She ought to apologize to the bullfighter of Kakamega. The Hon. Speaker (Hon. Kingi) : Order, hon. Members! Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, you are an hon. Senator to us. We do not see you as a bullfighter. Kindly conclude. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In the annals of the history of the Republic of Kenya, forever Baringo will be remembered because they gave us the second and longest serving president whose record of service shall never be surpassed. I welcome and congratulate them. I assure them that as...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give Notice of the following Motion - THAT, ACKNOWLEDGING the resolution of the National Assembly on the establishment of an Ad-Hoc Committee on a legislative proposal to amend the Constitution to entrench certain specialised funds transmitted as a Message seeking concurrence of the...

Thank you. Secondly, the Statement should tell us the support and protection the Government is giving to Ferdinand Omanyala - the first Kenyan to demonstrate that we can win a gold medal in 100-meter race. Since this is a jealously guarded sport so that he is not tricked into doping...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just a point of information to the Senate of Kenya. He has mentioned something about doping. I am happy that the other day, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) in Monaco, through President Sebastian Coe, declined to suspend Kenya from participation in World Athletic Championship. This was...

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, unless the tradition has changed, our practice for many years has been that an answer to a Statement requested for by a Member is given when the Member is in the House.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have noticed that Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC, is not in the House. So, who is receiving the Statement?

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.57 (1) and I hereby present to the Senate, the status of the Business before the House. Before I make the substantive Statement, allow me to make two short remarks. First, just 12 hours after the Hustlers Fund...

Then I come to this matter.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we are all aware, today, Thursday, 1st December, 2022, is the last sitting day pursuant to the Senate Calendar for the First Session that was adopted on Wednesday, 12th October, 2022. As such, at the rise of the Senate later this evening, the Senate will...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we are all aware, today, Thursday, 1st December, 2022, is the last sitting day pursuant to the Senate Calendar for the First Session that was adopted on Wednesday, 12th October, 2022. As such, at the rise of the Senate later this evening, the Senate will...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, please protect me. The Senator is about to punch me in the back. Finally, this is just an appeal to you. When the Statement was read on behalf of Sen. Asige, the Senator who discharged the honorable service forgot and she is a neighbour of the...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have waited for this chance since yesterday. I am glad that I can contribute. I tell the Government that I serve and represent in the House that the writing is on the wall. It is right there on the wall. If we do...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have no idea listening to the point of order from Sen---

If they did, then I will prosecute in five minutes. Just one sentence to respond to this troublesome point of order. We are where we are today--- (Sen. Cherarkey spoke off record) (Sen. Tobiko spoke off record)

If they did, then I will prosecute in five minutes. Just one sentence to respond to this troublesome point of order. We are where we are today--- (Sen. Cherarkey spoke off record) (Sen. Tobiko spoke off record)

(Applause)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand corrected.

I stand corrected and guided. That brings me to my next point.

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise again to reiterate that the north is fully represented in this House. I stand with the same agility that the Senator for Nandi County had when he was defending his people even against the ruling coalition’s, Kenya Kwanza, position on the importation...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as the Senate Majority Whip has indicated, this is more of a procedural Motion. I will only say two things. First, I am happy that for the first time, there is concurrence on the need for this ad hoc Committee. In the previous sessions, we have...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I thank all distinguished Senators for their contributions, both in secondment and support of this Motion. I have got only one word. I appeal to Members of this ad hoc Committee that we are not playing games with public funds. We are not attempting...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to move the Motion of Adjournment of this Senate this afternoon; the Motion being: - THAT, pursuant to Standing Order 31 (3) , the Senate do adjourn until Tuesday, 14th February, 2023. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Motion....

Bw. Spika wa Muda, namshukuru ndugu yangu Justice Madzayo kwa msimamo wake. Sina shaka naye. Lakini ningependa kumkumbusha kwamba wale ambao walimtangulia kama sisi, tumekuwa huko, tukajaribu. Kuwa huko upinzani ni sawa na kuoa mwanamke mwanamwali ambaye ni tasa. Ninamwomba Seneta wa Baringo kuafiki Hoja hii.