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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale: Can you substantiate what he has alleged you have said? Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the part of tea, chai and mandazi, I can withdraw. From his speech, even on Standing Order 105, he has insisted that he has

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Sen. Cherarkey, you have heard what your colleague has insinuated.

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

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale He is misleading the House.

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What is your point of order? Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale He is misleading the House. Can he withdraw and apologize for misleading the country that Khalwale can be compromised? No. That is my brand.

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The Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Energy, please, proceed. The Senate Majority Leader, where is the Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Energy? May 6, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 26

Order! Proceed, Sen. (Dr.) Boni. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Energy had a youthful and energetic weekend where he has performed exceptionally well. Therefore, I can do other duties for him because he is holding forte elsewhere very responsibly as expected,...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give Notice of the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts the Joint Report of the Departmental Committee on the Finance and National Planning of the National Assembly and the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget of the Senate on the approval...

Sen (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is very sad. It is sad that a serving Member of Parliament (MP) has not only lost his life, but that it is being reported that the main suspect was an Administration Police officer. I do not understand what is happening. Is the...

Senator, please focus on what you should do.

Madam Temporary Speaker, if he does not have a criteria that is laid out, then he should withdraw that. That should not be in our HANSARD.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, you need to demonstrate that the criteria applicable to a cabinet secretary was not met by the National Assembly or withdraw what you said. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I am surprised that a teacher of a university can fail to remember that the...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale--- Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Madam Temporary Speaker, I am now expanding---

No, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. You just need to explain how the two cabinet secretaries that you made reference to failed to meet the standards that is required of cabinet secretaries. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Okay, Madam Temporary Speaker. I will prove it this way. The standard of a cabinet secretary is...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, the allegation is by you, not by Kenyans. Can you please just go to the point? Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale It is the rigorous vetting I witnessed that persuaded me that they will not perform. You cannot pretend. You either have it or not.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, this is serious. You have not indicated the bar that they did not meet, please. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Madam Temporary Speaker, since I am discussing about colleagues, I do not want to take it beyond what I have mentioned. However, if Professor insists, I will withdraw. Madam...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, it is not Professor insisting. It is the Chair who is asking you to withdraw because you have not demonstrated what I have asked you to do. Would you kindly withdraw? Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Madam Temporary Speaker, because the Chair is my kid sister, I want to...

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Sen. Mutinda, proceed.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me start by appreciating my Senator, the Senator for Nairobi City County, Sen. Sifuna, for this great Bill. (Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale consulted loudly) Madam Temporary Speaker, I request that you ask Sen. (Dr.) Boni to---

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, order. Please, listen to Sen. Mutinda. She listened to you as you presented.

Thank you so much, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me repeat and emphasize that we are truly proud of this Bill because it goes a long way. The generation we have today is highly talented in various fields. This Bill, as I have analyzed it, speaks to the sports fund at...

From the conversations we have had at the committee and Senate level regarding to equitable share amounting to Kshs465 billion, that is what we have proposed in the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) as a committee. The National Assembly proposed Kshs405 billion.Let me thank the former Prime Minister, none other than...

On a point of information, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Sen. Mutinda, would you like to be informed?

Yes. I do not mind my former Chairperson informing me.

Madam Temporary Speaker, indeed, it was a sad day for Kenya when Members of the National Assembly walked out when the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee---

Senator, what is your information?

I am coming to that. Madam Temporary Speaker, what the Senator said is what happened and that is sad. I am from there and Members have again walked out when the Mover started moving the Bill. That is the highest level of parliamentary dictatorship in this country. That is what...

Sen. Osotsi, do not use that opportunity to speak. Proceed, Sen. Mutinda.

Thank you, Sen. Osotsi. Madam Temporary Speaker, that is what transpired yesterday. Thank you, Sen. Osotsi because you have informed me that is what has happened again today. I understand where Sen. Osotsi is coming from. I might not have been there, but I am informed that Sen. Osotsi stood...

Governments Additional Allocations Bill is concerned. They proposed Kshs405 billion as equitable share. The National Treasury also had the same proposal. However, we are not even sure of what will happen. It is like the National Assembly is trying to put down counties, which is not the best way to...

You know that charity begins at home. With our good Senator for Nairobi City County, the delegation of Nairobi, will have a good opportunity to ensure that these funds are utilised by our people. These are the talents that we should nurture because our children have really portrayed excellence in...

Sen. Mungatana.

I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I rise in support of this Bill. I will just hammer on the issue that this Bill is making it mandatory that money be set aside for sports activities in our counties. In a...

matches at the regional competitions, but they now have started an under-12 division. This under-12 division means that they are bringing in young people to nurture talent. So, this is not just a club that has come in the whims. These are people who are very serious and dedicated in...

With those words, I beg to support.

I do not see Sen. Chesang, so the Mover may reply.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on a matter of countrywide concern regarding the purchase and disposal of motor vehicles by the County Government of Kakamega....

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, you were consulting when the Senator for Busia started speaking. He has denied that he is not the Senator for Busia and made a lot of statements about it. Under Standing Order No.105, what is he talking about?

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale) Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.52 (1) to make a statement on a matter of countywide concern regarding the April 17, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 10 Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale)deepening personnel and fiscal crisis within the County Government of Kakamega. If this crisis...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.57 (1) to present the business of this Senate for the week commencing Tuesday, 6th May, 2025. The status of the legislative business pending before the Senate is as follows- We have 54 Bills of which 42 are...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I apologise and stand guided. I meant the distinguished Senator for Narok County, who is also the Chief Whip on the side of the Minority, aka the lion of Narok, aka the lion that meanders in Kajiado and causes a lot of pain to...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was doing it on his behalf because we are very grateful---

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. From now onwards, I will read it as written, but I want to advise the secretariat that they be consulting the April 17, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 19 Sen. (Dr.) Khalwaleleadership of both sides. We have serious input we can add here, which...

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Sen. Mutinda, proceed.

Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to make comments on Sen. Cherarkey’s statement regarding the 10 per cent tariff that has been imposed to the Kenyan exports by the United States of America (USA) . We all agree that tea, coffee, horticulture and textile are the most economically significant products in...

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Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. For Christ's sake, our teachers deserve good and fair promotions. Everyone has passed through the education system. Imagine, today I sit as a Senator, yet the teacher who taught me at the lower level has never, for example, received their fair share of...

The last speaker will be Sen. Eddy.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Sen. Cherarkey has brought to this House a very important statement, one that may have escaped the attention of lawmakers in Kenya. This statement is directed to the Standing Committee of Trade, Industrialisation and Tourism, addressing a matter of national concern regarding the impact of...

While I support this statement, which will be handled by the relevant committee, I urge this House to pay attention to it. Further from that committee, this statement should be brought back as a substantive Motion, so that we canvass it and come up with a position of the Senate....

Hon. Senators, we will defer Order Nos. 8 to 13. NOTING OF REPORT ON THE 14TH ASSEMBLY OF FP-ICGLR HELD IN ZAMBIA NOTING OF REPORT OF THE SENATE DELEGATION TO THE HLPF 2024 ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THE PROVISION OF SANITARY TOWELS BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.7 OF 2024) April 17, 2025...

Sen. Oketch, you had a balance of 15 minutes.

Madam Temporary Speaker, yesterday I was interrupted by the aspiring Senator from Kwale because of quorum. Being a sky team member, probably he was trying to catch a flight. I am glad that today his flight will not be interfered with. He is around and looks very excited to contribute.

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Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a fantastic Bill that was sponsored by the great Senator for Nairobi City County. Just to recap, the Senator for Nairobi is working round the clock to make sure that one per cent of the money that our counties receive is dedicated to a sports...

with Sen. Cherarkey. They call Sen. Cherarkey to pay the referees of the matches. It is even worse in Nairobi City County where we should be having better sporting academies.Sometimes when the pockets of my sister, Sen. Mutinda, a nominated Member, run dry, she tells me that there are young...

If you think about sports like the synchronized swimming, if you come from the lake where I come from or in the Indian Ocean where Sen. Faki comes from, you will realise that the kind of swimming that Sen. Chimera does is called snorkeling. They do a lot of snorkeling...

Sen. Ledama.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill, the amendment to the Sports Act. As I do so, I am a firm believer that for us to get any sort of progress, we must consult county governments. We are the House that protects devolution. We are the...

Last year, we passed the Facility Improvement Fund (FIF). When we did that, it colluded with other funds that exist in counties. Now, as I support this fund, I am alive to the fact that county assemblies determine what sort of funds to set up. Once they do, you will...

Given the fact that this is a piece of legislation that has to go to both Houses of Parliament, in my opinion, we need to widen it up and request a particular percentage to look at how much we need from the Consolidated Fund so that we can make this...

which are exploited by foreign entities. Suppose we look back and say, how is our mining sector? Can we get some money from the mining sector?I would like Sen. Sifuna to be creative in this Bill and look at areas where there are royalties which are paid. Those royalties are...

Sen. Chimera, please, proceed.

Asante, Bi. Spika wa Muda kwa kunipa fursa hii. Kwanza, ningependa kumpongeza Sen. Edwin Sifuna kwa huu Mswada wake. Huu ni Mswada wa maana sana kwa vijana wetu ambao wanariadha mara nyingi katika nyanja ya michezo. Kwa mfano, wakimbiaji kutoka Kaunti ya Nandi, ambako Sen. Cherarkey anatoka, na pia ni...

kwenda kuchezea mechi ya kirafiki pengine kaunti ya mbali, kwa mfano, kutoka Kilifi kwenda Nyanza lakini hawana ufadhili.Mapendekezo ya Sen. Sifuna ya kwamba wachezaji wote waweze kijisajili katika makundi tofauti tofauti ili waweze kupata fedha kutoka kwa Serikali ni jambo la maana sana.Ninaona Seneta wa Narok leo amepewa jina kuwa...

Order, Senator. Withdraw that.

Bi. Spika wa Muda, nimetoa na kuomba msamaha. Sen. Olekina amekuwa na wasiwasi ni kwa nini tunatoa fedha hii asilimia mia moja kwa ule mgao ambao unakwenda moja kwa moja kwa kaunti zetu. Amependekeza tuweze kufikiria njia mbadala za kuongeza kitita hiki. Ninakubaliana na mawazo yale. Hata hivyo, ni lazima...

tumeboresha nafasi ya kijana aliye na talanta katika michezo. Kijana huyo apate fursa, atambulike ili talanta yake impe ajira.Ni ilani kwa viongozi wetu tuache kutumia vijana vibaya kufanya siasa kama magenge ya kigaidi. Wakipata ajira yao kupitia talanta zao litakuwa jambo la kufurahisha sana.Ninaomba tuupitishe Mswada huu haraka iwezekanavyo angalau...

Order! Senators, please, allow Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to proceed. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale I urge Sen. Sifuna to realize that this thing is bigger than he thinks. Yes, it is his brainchild, but he needs to bring many more players on board, so that we can make this law more comprehensive....

Order, Sen. Kavindu! Please do not speak loudly on phone. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Madam Temporary Speaker, we should pump up to 10 per cent of our budget into sports. Let nobody be surprised with what I am saying. We pump billions of shillings into political parties. So, why can we...

On a point of order. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale You will have time to challenge me.

What is your point of order, Sen. (Prof.) Kamar? Please, sit down, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale.

Madam Temporary Speaker, did you hear the Hon. Member tell us that an unqualified person has been elevated to be a cabinet secretary? I do not even want to mention names. Which criteria does Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale have for appointment of cabinet secretaries that we do not have in this...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, unless you are able to demonstrate that--- Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Madam Temporary Speaker, I respect Sen. (Prof.) Kamar and I wish she told me what she wanted me to do. She has not told me. I am a very serious debater and all I meant is that---

Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, do you want to clarify what you said?

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to congratulate my brother, Cabinet Secretary Hon. William Kabogo, for coming back to public space. We have a long history together. Cabinet Secretary, I want to further congratulate you for assuring us that you are doing everything possible to improve network connectivity....

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for that communique. However, it would be nice for you to indicate when we will get the answers because some of the Questions on the Order Paper marked to the Ministry of Interior and National Administration are urgent. Could you direct that...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to move the following Motion- AWARE THAT, vide Gazette Notices No.1901 & 2643 dated 14th February, 2023 and 1st March, 2023, respectively, His Excellency the President declared one (1) vacancy for the position of the Chairperson of the Independent Electoral...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale I am informed that Sen. Sifuna will do it.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order 57 (1) , I hereby present the business for the week commencing Tuesday 8th April, 2025. Before I proceed with the Statement, I take this opportunity to welcome honourable Senators back from the short recess. I hope they took time...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to laud the Senator of Taita-Taveta County. The issue of the role of chiefs is truly misunderstood. Chiefs and assistant chiefs are important; you do not have to ask. The moment you enter Magarini and meet an assistant chief, their...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for nominating me to welcome our visitors from Ghana. On behalf of my colleagues, I assure them that they will have an enjoyable experience. Kenya is a wonderful country and they should not feel confined to the precincts of Parliament. Instead, they...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Thursday, 3rd April, 2025- Report of the Auditor-General on Kitui County Climate Change Fund for 15- month period ended 30th June, 2024. (Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale laid the document on the...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to give Notice of the following Motion- AWARE THAT, vide Gazette Notices Nos. 1901 and 2643 dated 14th February, 2023 and 1st March, 2023, respectively, His Excellency the President declared one (1) vacancy for the position of the Chairperson of the Independent...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Madam Temporary Speaker, I was pursuing Standing Order No.105. That is why I was struggling on accuracy of what is being stated, but you have shown and the Cabinet Secretary has heard me. We are concerned. Cabinet Secretary, we have gone full throttle. We are telling farmers...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Madam Temporary Speaker, this is very important. In Kirinyaga, farmers were paid as high as Kshs151 per kilogramme while in Mount Elgon and most parts of Western Kenya, the payment ranged between Kshs20 and 30. Could the Cabinet Secretary clarify the differential such that farmers doing the...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to congratulate the new Cabinet Secretary for his presence in this Ministry. The country remembers that His Excellency, the President because of the waiting he put on this issue, he actually assigned special responsibilities to the former Deputy President to...

Sen. Dr. Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to tell the Prime Cabinet Secretary, good morning. Prime Cabinet Secretary, these refugees ended up in Ethiopia because of the fight that was taking place between the Borana, Rendile and the Gabra. Sadly, our colleagues, hon. Abdi Sasura, hon. (Dr.) Bonaya Godana,...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale: Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale: On a point of information, Madam Temporary Speaker. Madam Temporary Speaker---

Sen. Mandago, first, you have not been mentioned by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. So I think your point of order is misguided. Proceed, Sen. Khalwale. You do not have to respond. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Madam Temporary Speaker, the Senator of Uasin Gishu should just declare his interest in this matter as...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, I already declared the point of order irrelevant. So, proceed with your point. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you. You have saved him. I was going to crush him. He is a very lucky man this afternoon. I was saying something very serious that this drunkenness with power,...

Give him 30 seconds to finish. Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleThe private universities that are there, are very expensive and people cannot afford them. People are not also able to pay for those fees and the requirements that are there. Then you find certain regions lacking in terms of the degree qualifications,...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, very quickly. This is a place we find ourselves because of the court ruling, therefore, it is extraordinary. I want to beseech you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, and colleagues, that we treat these as Procedural Motions, so that it is Moved, responded to...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Debates keep on raging in this country on who is the actual enemy of devolution. It is not too clear, but I am starting to think that Senators, governors and Members of the National Assembly are actually enemies of devolution. Mr. Speaker,...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to join the Senator of Nyandarua County, the family of Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, his friends and relatives in celebrating the 50th anniversary of his passing on. As I do so, I would like to affirm that we have a unique opportunity...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, keeping with my calling as the Senate Majority Whip, I wish to appeal to you to allow me to briefly move a small Procedural Motion regarding the issue of the Chair. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion- THAT, pursuant...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I understand the import of the Statement by the Hon. Sen. Methu and the difficulty you would have if you were to accept my request, being that, given who J.M. was, and given that this is 50 years later, and given that J.M. spoke...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to move- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the 2025 Medium Term Debt Management Strategy, laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 12th March, 2025. As the Senate...

POINT OF ORDER PETITIONS BY MEDICS ON CBA COMPLIANCE AND ABSORPTION OF CONTRACT UHC HEALTH WORKERS

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As I welcome the young people to this House, whom I hope will have an opportunity to serve in the coming days, let me celebrate with them the rich leadership that has traditionally come from Bomet. I remember when we started devolution...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had the opportunity last week to discharge the duties that you are giving me now. It must be understood that those are workers of the Universal Healthcare, who happen to share the same professional background with me, albeit at different levels. It would...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg that I be disqualified.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of this Senate today, Tuesday, 18th March, 2025- THE SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, LEGAL NOTICE NO.55 OF 2025 THE SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE (TARIFFS FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES) REGULATIONS, LEGAL NOTICE NO.56 OF 2025 COB...