Khalwale Boni

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today, 26th October, 2022: Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statement of Kajiado County Executive Staff Car Loan & Mortgage Scheme Fund for the year ended 30th June, 2021. Report of the...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Sen. Murkomen, we are happy for you and we look forward to working happily with you going forward.(Applause)

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Just an important issue about our tradition. While debating, a Member should not switch from one language to the other. I appreciate that Sen. Cherarkey was trying to speak to the words in the song. So as to convince the House...

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Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. These youths confuse me. Sen. Sifuna, Sen. Soipan, Sen. Orwoba and you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, are all youths. So, when I try to talk your language, you now disown me. (Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale laughed) Anyway, on a serious note CS Soipan, the Deputy...

--- he has got a wife. However, where I come from, we do not recognize one wife. Until you get other wives, is when we shall say that you are married. (Laughter)

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today, the 25th, October 2022, the year of our Lord. These are the Reports of the Auditor-General for the year ended 30th June 2021 on the financial statements of the following:...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a very serious matter. All the things that have been spoken by the distinguished Senators in respect to this fallen hero and in connection with other related sporting issues to this matter, all are true. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we request...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I listened to him, so that I can help him. He said that chiefs from Kanduyi, where he comes from, steal chicken. That is what he told me in Luhya. I assure you that these young Luhyas who grew up in Nairobi, should stick here in...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, is a professor of law. He knows the doctrine of clean hands. If the professor is seeking for justice, then the doctrine of clean hands demands of him to seek for justice with clean hands. If it is good for...

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

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Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Senator for Vihiga County, who was elected to protect and defend the interest of the people of Vihiga County, in order to say the only reason he does not mind the boundary the way it is, is because of intermarriages? Vihiga County does not...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a monogamist here is trying to find out how many wives I have. (Laughter)

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

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. At the moment, we are on a very dangerous trajectory. The matter raised by Sen. Sifuna, whereas it should be noted, it amounts to him challenging the Chair, the Order Paper and the Senate Business Committee (SBC) . He is on a learning curve....

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to strongly support this Motion and applaud Sen. Sifuna for this timely intervention. It is bad to claim that you are offering essential services, but you deny people from accessing them. It is even immoral when that essential service is a hospital facility. It...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have urged Members of the Joint Committee to perform their mandate in accordance to Standing Order No.230. I agree with you and request Members of the Committee to know that our representatives on the joint Committee are from the Senate; the House that is a symbol...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today, Wednesday, 19th October, 2022. These are reports of the Auditor-General for the year ended 30th June, 2021, on the financial statements of the following- Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements of...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. What is your point of order, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale? Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a serious deviation from procedure. Our understanding is that before a Member reads a Statement, he has received the consent of the Office of the Speaker and the...

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a matter of procedure and it requires that you give us a considered ruling. What you are talking about is Standing Order No.53 (3) . Standing Order No.53 (3) (a) requires you to allow for comments for 15 minutes. Standing...

(Applause) Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I lay the Statement, allow me to congratulate Members from the Minority and Majority side of this House. We have been around and seen that there are a new crop of Senators who are completely committed to their work. Nobody has embarrassed us. Also, we...

Thieves!

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to respond to this Motion. May I use this opportunity to thank all of you, Members. You have been fantastic. Speaking from the bottom of my heart, Sen. Oyomo has been a big surprise to me. Anybody visiting this Republic and watching this...

Madam Temporary Speaker, it is a pity today in Kenya that it looks like the Kenya Ferry Services was created for Likoni. In fact, the people of Homa Bay and Kenyans should know that there are only several ferries in Kenya: The Nyayo, MV. Harambee, Kilindini and Kwale, all operating...

Sen. Faki, would you like to inform me? Most welcome, Sir.

Thank you for the information. However, when you are informing me, you should advance my frontier of knowledge. I have started by giving you the actual ferries. I have told you that there is Harambee Ferry, Nyayo, Kilindini, Likoni and the fifth one is called Kwale. You should have just...

Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker.

I challenge the good Senator to a DNA test at the community level. I thank the Senator and the petitioners because they have now acknowledged the new thing in town, which is, the bottom-up policy of developing Kenya. This is classical bottom-up. We want you to embrace that at the...

Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker. The good Senator for Narok County, if you had seen the nexus, I started by stating the importance in the economy of the people who are served by the ferry. Surely, those ferries are going to carry goods and people to social functions. That improves the...

Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements of Kirandich Water Company Ltd for the year ended 30th June, 2021.Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements of Kirinyaga County Assembly Mortgage (Members) Scheme Fund for the year ended 30th June, 2021.Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements of...

We have two of them. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Congratulations for sitting in that Chair this afternoon. This being your maiden time, I was tempted to rise on a point order and you know why. I do not think we can go there.This is the Committee. The Committees on...

Okay, information. Yes, Sir. Give me the information so long as my time is held. I have three more points to finish. (There was a technical hitch) Madam Temporary Speaker, this is the time they are talking about issues of your county. The governor because of other reasons, including attempts...

Madam Temporary Speaker, I am saying this for the sake of my daughter. If she visited Parliament, she would ask all of you what is wrong with women because of all the pictures on the wall, there has been no women speakers. That is why I have never come here...

On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Hon. Senator is done with his welcoming remarks, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. What is out of Order? Please proceed. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is the dignity of the House. It is against the practice and traditions of this House for...

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir! The principle of a Member being responsible for the accuracy of his statement in this House is a cardinal principle. Secondly, ---

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Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Article 153 of the Constitution speaks through on the mandatory---

Thank you, Sen. Omogeni. Before you resume, I would like to guide this House in this manner--- (Laughter)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Motion on the Speech of his Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya which he delivered during a Joint Sitting of Parliament. Before I do so, it is very important that I be understood by Kenyans who are following this...

I am so guided, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Are you satisfied Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Odinga? What is your point of order? (Laughter)

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, certainly I cannot attempt to introduce the BBI on the Floor of this House for the reason that the Supreme Court of Kenya made a serious pronouncement which guided the entire country. Amongst other things, the Supreme Court said that the BBI was a mongrel that...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is my neighbour and a good friend. I am concerned that he seems to be discussing a Senator whom he is not mentioning by name. There is no substantive Motion to discuss a Member. Is he in order? (Loud consultations) Mr. Deputy Speaker,...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the distinguished Senator for Vihiga County could be suffering from an ailment of daydreaming when his eyes are wide open. I have not stated the name of any Member, neither of this House nor the other House. The word Senator could mean, I was referring to...

them out of the lending system, he proposed the international based practice of a scoring system. Whereby, the defaulters are given the lowest score and the ones that are servicing their loans are given a higher score. The lenders can then classify their clients according to their profiles.According to the...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, by saying “Mirembe mno” I was merely saying that she is telling the boyfriend, “may peace be with you, my lover.” I did not find it necessary to expound because that language I am speaking is spoken by seven million people. Under the Constitution, a language...

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

(Loud consultations) Let him finish. That will mislead us further. I know how to speak English. It says, at the pleasure of this Plenary, you can be challenged when you are looking to be irrelevant. A Member of Parliament can rise on a point of order and refer to a...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am lucky that I was one of the people who crafted this Standing Orders. The intention of Standing Order No.98 (1) , does not require that when you stand, you must say; “Standing Order No.105--- (Loud consultations)

Sen. Osotsi, you made a statement about the Kshs2 billion.(Applause)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand guided. However, I would want the country and my colleagues to understand my reading of this Standing Order--- The Deputy speaker (

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. With utmost respect for the House and Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, the Point of Order that he has raised only exists in merit in his imagination or in the streets of rumors, social media and all manner of virtual streets. He has spoken on two...

Be patient Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, you will have your chance. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, kindly address the Chairperson and not the individuals. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I apologize for addressing them directly. I thought I could help them through eye contact. On the issue of numbers; why are they...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to give notice of the following Motion- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order 190 and 199 (3) , the Senate approves the following Senators nominated to serve in the Senate Business Committee--- (Loud consultations) Hon. Senators, let us have some order please. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, please...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to move the following Motion- THAT, pursuant to Standing Orders 190 and 199 (3) , the Senate approves the following Senators nominated to serve in the Senate Business Committee, in addition to the Speaker of the Senate, who pursuant to Standing Order No.190 (1) ,...

(Loud consultations)Mr. Speaker, Sir, protect me because I want to concentrate.

Mr. Speaker Sir, in conclusion, I was just confirming that this Motion is for the benefit of the entire House. Therefore, I have no doubt that the Minority and the Majority will agree on it. For that reason, I beg to move the Motion and request Sen. Madzayo to second.

Sen. Korir, what is your point of order?

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Sen. Ali Roba, please, proceed. The Senator for Mandera County (Sen. Ali Roba) : Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. Considering that this is my Maiden Speech, I take this opportunity to congratulate you together with the Deputy Speaker that has been elected. I also congratulate the Senators who have been...

Sen. Cheptumo, please, proceed. The Senator for Baringo County (Sen. William Cheptumo) : Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I congratulate you on your election as our Speaker. In 2007, we were together with you in this Chamber during the Grand Coalition Government. I also served with you in the Cabinet...

Sen. Mutinda, proceed. The Nominated Senator (Sen. Maureen Tabitha Mutinda) : Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take this opportunity to highly congratulate you. Being a Nominated Senator, it is a first Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was building my congratulations, but since Sen. Madzayo thinks that he knows where I am going,...