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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a Statement by the Senate Majority Leader on the business of the Senate for the week commencing Tuesday, 18th March, 2025, pursuant to Standing Order No.57 (1) . Pursuant to Standing Order No.57 (1) , I hereby present the business for the...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this Motion. Before I do so, I beg you to allow me. This Chairman who has just moved the Motion, Sen. Eddy Oketch there, Sen. Abdalla, Sen. Okenyuri, Sen. Mariam and myself have spent a lot of time, painstakingly listening...

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

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to inform the distinguished Senator for Migori because I can hear him daring and begging the President and the former Prime Minister. That is the beginning of where we get it wrong. The solution lies in this Parliament. For your information,...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to quickly congratulate Prof. Tom Ojienda. I had thought his thinking is limited to law, but I can see he appreciates business. Considering the issues he has raised on the SGR, the Parliament of Kenya and SGR must put pressure...

Proceed to inform the Hon. Senator, Sen. Wakili Sigei.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to ride on the Statement by Sen. Kavindu, the Senator for Machakos County. When Kenyans who are suspects in drug trafficking are arrested, it is important that the Government of Kenya should do everything possible to ensure that they are given a...

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Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleSecondly, the people from special groups, like People with Disabilities (PwDs). I do not know how they get nominated. We should allow PWDs to be the principal decision makers and subject the beneficiaries to a vote.Finally, on this particular point, the people who get through these special seats,...

On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Yes, I would like him to inform me.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to inform Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that the third special fund that was conceded to in the NADCO Report is indeed the Senate Oversight Fund. It could have been an oversight on my part as I moved the Motion that I left it out....

Hon. Senators, I will proceed to propose the question. (Question proposed) Now the Floor is open to debate, but before I call upon Senators wishing to make their comments, allow me to communicate this information. (Interruption of debate on Motion) March 12, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 29 COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR...

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Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleCulture was the backbone of yesterday’s Bill and, therefore, this particular Bill augments the legislative process that is contained in the establishment of a museum. Look at it this way; if you go to Bomet, and you spend a lot of money putting up the museum, you can...

Sen. Boni, you must have been trying to look at the Title of the Bill; County Library Services Bill (Senate Bills No. 40 of 2024) . (Question proposed) I am seeing, hon. Senators from my dashboard, the hon. Sen. Olekina requesting to be allowed to contribute and is not in...

Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleReport of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the 2025 Budget Policy Statement; andReport of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the 2025 Medium- Term Debt Management Strategy. March 12, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 43 Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to...

Thank you, Sen. (Dr.) Boni. I now direct the resumption of debate on the Bill by Sen. Joyce Korir. Sen. (Prof.) Margaret Kamar, proceed. (Resumption on debate on the Bill)

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

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale) Mr. Speaker, Sir, I noted that the Cabinet Secretary has acknowledged that he is new. Limb (a) is the foundation of the Question. Therefore, the fairest you can give him is for him to go back and come up with a proper answer on a different day....

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table of this Senate, today March 12th in the year of our Lord 2025- The Water Services Regulations, Legal Notice No.54 of 2025; The Water Harvesting and Storage Regulations, Legal Notice No. 57 of 2025....

Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleOn the Statements? Yes.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale You said five minutes for the leadership.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Sifuna is a Deputy Whip.

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

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, think about it all the same. On the issue of the Social Health Authority (SHA) , one, if people who do not like SHA must fight it, they should do so with facts. I have seen excuses one after another, up to and...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale This is so that the Kshs134.5 billion that remains here at Afya House when health is fully devolved, left at Afya House to be abused, that money, either 50 per cent or 60 per cent, should be rolled into SHA and the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF)...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale In conclusion, SHA must be properly thought through. The Government made an error in trying to roll out a very good thing without proper piloting.

Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleThe Senator of Bungoma.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it will help the House. I do not want to comment on the statement, but to help the House. The information very briefly is that the Statement sought on the issue SHA has been overtaken by time because the Chair of RUPHA---

resolution on this date, but we have received an advisory opinion from the Attorney- General on this day so, please act accordingly?I will not belabor the point. The Cabinet Secretary fought with me on this matter when he was pushing the agenda of the former Members of the National Assembly...

Is that a question to me or to the Cabinet Secretary?

Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a clever way of getting you agitated. This is because somebody is trying to say that you can sit on that chair, preside over a Motion and a resolution is passed, which pushes ministries to sit down and come up with a solution to a...

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

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, clearly for my brother, my friend, my colleague, Waziri Mbadi, the shoe is clearly on the other foot. That is very clear. Just riding on what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is trying to ask, can Parliament, this Senate, your Senate that you preside over, legislate...

Sen. Boni, I will give you an opportunity to ask a question. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale No, I was asking for interpretation.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration is coming and has more than 10 questions to respond to. We have been sitting since morning; we need guidance early so that if there is no space for supplementary questions, we do not have...

Sen. Enoch, I can see your name on the dashboard. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wanted you to guide us.

I will give you an opportunity. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, clearly for my brother, my friend, my colleague, Waziri Mbadi, the shoe is clearly on the other foot. That is very clear. Just riding on what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is trying to ask, can Parliament, this Senate, your Senate that you preside over, legislate in vain? Is...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of this Senate; today, the 27th February, 2025. Report of the Auditor General on Financial Statements of the County Executive of Isiolo for the year ended 30th June, 2024; February 27, 2025 SENATE DEBATES...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale) Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is not my document. I am reading it as prepared by the Senate Majority Leader. So, please, it is your pleasure to caution him not to be repeating himself.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to represent the Leader of the Majority, on the Statement by the Senate Majority Leader on the business of the Senate for the commencing 4th March, 2025, pursuant to Standing Order No.57 (1) . Mr. Speaker, Sir, the legislative business...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Yes.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, the Chairperson of the Committee on Health is right. I should swallow my words on failed states and say a failed county compared to failed states like South Sudan and Sudan. I am professional on this matter and authoritative because these sand flies...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to laud Sen. Chute. This is a sad occurrence. As a medical expert, I can confirm to the nation that the breakout of Kala-azar is a symptom of a failed state. Kala-azar, otherwise known as Black Fever or Leishmaniasis, is...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale) Mr. Speaker, Sir, after consultation with the Clerks-at-the- Table, they have offered their apology. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in conclusion, the projected Business on Thursday, 6th March, 2025 will include Business not concluded in the Order Paper for Wednesday, 5th March, 2025 and any other Business scheduled by...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Sorry, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was consulting. I rise to make this statement pursuant to Standing Order No.57 (1) . Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the legislative business pending before the Senate is as follows- We have 53 Bills, of which 41 are at the Second Reading...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to give Notice of your Motion, the Motion being reports of the 63rd and 64th sessions of the OACPS Parliamentary Assembly and the 43rd and 1st sessions of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly meetings held in Brussels, Belgium...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today, Thursday, 20th February, 2025- Report of the Auditor-General on Financial Statements of the County Executive of Laikipia for the year ended 30th June, 2024. Report of the Auditor-General on...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Order, Senators. Proceed, Sen. Boni Khalwale. You have 30 more seconds to finish. (Loud consultations)

Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khalwale Sen. Sifuna Edwin, you have under one minute, kindly. (Applause)

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Would you like to be informed by the Senator from Nandi? February 19, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 39 Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you.

Sen. Boni, beyond the point of information on the Encyclopedia, I think the question was whether Janjaweed is located in Kenya. I think that is what Sen. Eddy was asking.

On a point of information, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Would you like to be informed by the Senator from Nandi?

Anybody can inform me.

Okay. Proceed, Sen. Cherarkey.

Madam Temporary Speaker, on a point of information. The issue of Janjaweed started in 2003, and by 2013, the Janjaweed created an offshoot called Rapid Support Forces (RSF) . Consequently, when you refer to RSF and Janjaweed, they are of the same family, but different species, if you did biology....

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since things have changed for the better, as the Chief Whip---

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Things have now changed for the better in the country. Allow me to table her Paper as the Whip of the Broad-Based Government. February 19, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 4

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir---

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

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, as a competent doctor, the record is going to show a condition called ‘Introfertilisation.’ I understand the limitations of the Member, but there is no such a thing. Probably she could be talking about Invitrofertilisation. Could she be clear for purposes of record and...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Yes, she said, introfertilisation. There is no such thing. I am helping her to keep the record straight.

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, now that you have made a communication on the CRA formula for sharing revenue, I do not know whether I am allowed as a Senator with an interest in Kakamega and Kenya in general, to express my anger for only one minute. If...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table of this Senate, today, 13th February, 2025- REPORTS OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF VARIOUS ENTITIES February 13, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 5 Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleReport of the Auditor-General on Financial Statements of...

support them - the companies that add value and valuation to your sugar cane - like Keroche Breweries.When you are talking about Mumias Sugar Company, you must also talk of the Keroche Breweries. You should be worried whether it is open. You should be asking whether it is open and...

Sen. Keroche Tabitha, proceed.

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I want to congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, how passionate you are about the industries in Kakamega. Congratulations. However, as you become so passionate about the Mumias Sugar Company, you also become so passionate and supportive. I know you February...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale(Laughter) February 12, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 30 Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale MCAs were carrying twigs, but they were chased away like dogs. I do not think they will try again.So, the leader of the majority, matters are now clear and it is good for Kenya. Do you know why?...

Kindly use parliamentary language. Notwithstanding the fact that the hon. Senator has not raised a concern does not mean the Chair did not hear. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale I thank you. I know it is debatable, but since the Senator is not shooting on a point of order, he probably loves...

I wanted to direct you to align your support to the relevance of the Bill, which you are doing very well. However, stick the relevance on public participation aspect of the Bill which you are speaking to. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwalekikamilifu. Naunga mkono Mswada huu kwa sababu utakuwa wa manufaa makubwa....

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Yes.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale What is your point of order, Sen. Cherarkey? Give him the microphone.

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

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, did you just refer to the Hon. Sen. Mandago as this guy? Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale I said, this great guy. You know, when you say great guy- --

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale I thank you. I know it is debatable, but since the Senator is not shooting on a point of order, he probably loves being called a great guy. He is an February 12, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 52 Sen. (Dr.) Khalwaleadmirer of Donald Trump. Donald Trump would call...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Indeed, this is a great man. I had been cornered by one of the people who were responsible for the collapse of Mumias Company Limited. If it had not been for the industry of the Senator for Busia County, I would...