Khalwale Boni

Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to congratulate the Cabinet Secretary for the ongoing automation of financial transactions as evidenced by e-GP and eCitizen. Hearing you, you want to make it more efficient and less corrupt, which is a good thing. This is my question; government services are a right. In...

He has stepped down my supplementary question and promised that he is going to address it at an appropriate time. I was not asking out of ignorance. I thought there was very close relationship between e-GP and eCitizen. I do not want to argue. May I plead with the Chair...

Thank you, Waziri. Karibu. You are really doing a good job in the National Treasury. There is a lot happening in the counties where they are taking over- drafts loans without the approval of the National Treasury and they are losing a lot of money. For example, in my county,...

He has stepped down my supplementary question and promised that he is going to address it at an appropriate time. I was not asking out of ignorance. I thought there was very close relationship between e-GP and eCitizen. I do not want to argue. May I plead with the Chair...

He has said that he will answer the one I asked another day. The Deputy Speaker (

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

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.57 which gives the Majority Leader an opportunity to table the business of the following week. Instead of reading to us that Statement, is he in order to start debating the economy of Kenya and attempt to justify why Kenyans are...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Statement by the Senator for Busia County on EACC is about the fight against corruption that I am afraid we are starting to lose. When I reflect on this, I ask myself, what is it that we can do to strengthen the institution of the...

for years until they are eventually released with members of the public’s knowledge. We must fight corruption.I thank you. for years until they are eventually released with members of the public’s knowledge. We must fight corruption.I thank you.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must reflect on the vote we are taking today. With all due respect, we must do things differently. I sit in the Committee on Finance and Budget. We agreed on Kshs454 billion but the Senate team led by the Committee on Finance and Budget settled on...

Sen. Johnes Mwaruma, proceed to read your statement.

Muite, that his client had fallen ill? How, without evidence, did he expect the Senate with the kind of discretion that he--- Muite, that his client had fallen ill? How, without evidence, did he expect the Senate with the kind of discretion that he---

In conclusion, without that, for us to then agree with them? Are they saying that if somebody facing charges of robbery with violence flashes and dashes out of court and his lawyers say that they do not know where he is or where he is going, then the judge should...

Madam Temporary Speaker, almost 10 minutes into the Cabinet Secretary’s response and he is merely citing the relevant articles of the Constitution and Acts. The purpose of the question is for him to tell us what he is doing with persons and organisations who are providers of Information Communications Technology...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, two weeks ago, Safaricom announced profits of Kshs100 billion. What is the Cabinet Secretary doing to ensure that this open theft by a company, which is not in business but is doing profiteering, young people are protected by having access to cheaper rates of using ICT, especially,...

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 countywide concern regarding the status of construction of Bukhungu Stadium and Kakamega Teaching and Referral Hospital. The two projects were initiated by the...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the visionary President Mwai Kibaki had a vision that by the year 2030, connectivity in the country, would be at 100 per cent. Could the Cabinet Secretary inform us where we are as a country and whether we are on track to achieving 100 per cent connectivity...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Allow me to congratulate the Cabinet Secretary. Not many members in this House know that he was my colleague in Parliament from 2002 to 2013. Yes, now they know, especially junior people such as Sen. Kinyua. Before I raise my question, I draw the...

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry (Hon. Lee Kinyanju) : Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, allow me to inform

There is no need of informing him. (Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale spoke off record) What you said is not what the Cabinet Secretary said. You are out of order for raising a frivolous point of order.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Cabinet Secretary did not campaign with President William Ruto. How was he there, yet at that time, he was campaigning with Raila Odinga? He is misleading the country.

Point of information!

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is indeed an honour for me to welcome these colleagues from across the border. When I look at them, they are fairly young. This is evidenced by my own brother, who is here. We should soon get rid of the boundaries between Kenya, Uganda,...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it was interesting listening to the Leader of the Majority lament and complain that it is a few months before the close of the year that this Bill has come belatedly. Who does he think is supposed to bring it? Is it the Senator of Mombasa?...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I, therefore, want to urge the leadership of the House to be competent and efficient, so that things are done timeously. It was interesting that at the Committee on Finance and Budget, when we invited stakeholders to give us their views about this Fund,...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, thanks for your indulgence. I am rising under Standing No.105. Granted that Sen. Veronica might be having an afternoon crush on me, is she in order to suggest that I do not know what blue economy is?

Mr. Speaker, Sir, because of the respect I give you, I withdraw. However, I wish to clarify that the crush was occasioned by the fact that she did not just comment on me once, but several times, which is the medical characteristics of a crush.

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

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Senator for Kakamega, the statement on you has been withdrawn and he has apologised. Let us rest it there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I honestly thank you. The Senator for Nandi deserves respect. However, since his level of operation is so low, he...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you. 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 serious mismanagement of the payroll and budgetary challenges affecting employees and delivery of essential public services in...

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

Mr. Speaker, we feel that the office of the Serjeant-at-Arms might be embarrassing us in the public eye. These proceedings, from the time we came in, are live and students from another school were here, yet you did not acknowledge them. You have acknowledged university students, which is okay, but...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise for guidance from the Chair on a matter of the Constitution. Article 94 (1) of the Constitution of Kenya states as follows- "The legislative authority of the Republic is derived from the people and, at the national level, is vested in and exercised by...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The statement on AFCON by Sen. Crystal Asige is very important. However, I notice that she is keener on infrastructure. To succeed at AFCON, the infrastructure will help us in hosting and for the entire tournament. It should also concern the Committee that we...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you. Like those who have spoken before me, I wish to congratulate Sen. Veronica Maina for her industriousness. During a Motion like this, it pays to listen to those who have the experience of living with a wife or wives and raising children. More...

Sen.Miraj, please proceed.

Oh, it was ‘wives’. Why is it worrying you? You should be asking me how many, then I will tell you I am still counting.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise for guidance from the Chair on a matter of the Constitution. Article 94 (1) of the Constitution of Kenya states as follows- "The legislative authority of the Republic is derived from the people and, at the national level, is vested in and exercised by...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The statement on AFCON by Sen. Crystal Asige is very important. However, I notice that she is keener on infrastructure. To succeed at AFCON, the infrastructure will help us in hosting and for the entire tournament. It should also concern the Committee that we...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you. Like those who have spoken before me, I wish to congratulate Sen. Veronica Maina for her industriousness. During a Motion like this, it pays to listen to those who have the experience of living with a wife or wives and raising children. More...

Sen.Miraj, please proceed.

Oh, it was ‘wives’. Why is it worrying you? You should be asking me how many, then I will tell you I am still counting.