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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today, 9th November, 2022: November 9, 2022 SENATE DEBATES 3 THE NATIONAL TREASURY REPORT ON PUBLIC DEBT MANAGEMENT FOR FY 2020/2021 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ASSUMPTION OF THE OFFICE...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale) Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Parliamentary Service Commission is one of the 10 Commissions under Chapter 15 of the Constitution of Kenya. A Constitutional commission is a serious institution. When you took the decision, you went out of your way and presented it to the Senate Business Committee...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale) These are things the children in the gallery know. In a debate, you listen then you respond. There is absolutely no disagreement between the Senate and the National Assembly over this matter. The issue at hand is that the two Speakers are going out of their way...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I apologize for wasting the Houses time, it slipped me that I was holding brief for the Senate Majority Leader. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion- November 8, 2022 SENATE DEBATES 11 Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleTHAT, pursuant to Article...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with the anger of the Members regarding KQ. However, I request Sen. Onyonka to allow me to inform him. This culture of saying that everything that happens in public is a result of cartels, staff and so on should stop. We should...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the status of pending bills in Kakamega County as at August 2022. In the Statement, the Committee should-

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Without any delay, I second and support my brother Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. Seriously, I would be lying if I say much about Sen. Mungatana and Sen. (Prof.) Kamar because we have just met. However, the few months that we have known one another or engaged, I support...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Next Order.

Next Order. PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES FOR MOTHERS

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, in the course of your contribution, did you also want to remind the House of the “pinky ponky” story in the Supreme Court when you were making a choice among the women needing CS? (Laughter) Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, in the course of your contribution,...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. It is nice to contribute after a medical doctor who delivers his own twins. Congratulations. (Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale spoke off record) Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion on the Promotion of Mental Health Facilities for Mothers. I congratulate Sen. Kibwana...

When we lose grown-ups, the mourning is done by very many people. It, therefore, becomes lighter. The family would be there. However, when a mother loses a baby, she is alone, maybe with the husband and the other children. It is not something that attracts a crowd. Such mothers carry...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of this Senate, today, 27th October, 2022, the year of our Lord. These are Reports of the Auditor-General for the year ended 30th June, 2021, on the financial statements of the...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale No, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not have.

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale There is a lot of interest on the drought situation. There is a similar Statement by Sen. Tobiko on drought. Sen. Tobiko, kindly execute your Statement then we will have comments for both, including the one by Sen. Madzayo. (Resumption of debate on Statements) Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I meant an area because I know the place. I was there on a tour. If the lady cares about Kenyans, in this era when teachers have been given an overload of work in the name of Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) , we...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Since I am at the Dispatch Box, let me just make a comment. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the Statement by Sen. Faki on the serial misconduct by the Chair of the SRC. This is in regards to gazzeting guidelines for

Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, do you want to make a comment on this Statement about SRC?

Since I am at the Dispatch Box, let me just make a comment. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the Statement by Sen. Faki on the serial misconduct by the Chair of the SRC. This is in regards to gazzeting guidelines for October 27, 2022 SENATE DEBATES 18

remuneration that go way below because they are not in line with what the other state officers earn.I have looked at the Gazette Notice. Apart from violating Article 27 of the Constitution, they are not only discriminatory, but they failed to do sufficient consultation to understand the work of the...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I used to chair the Committee Delegated Legislation in the National Assembly. History repeats itself. There was a time when the former Chair of the SRC, Mrs. Serem, behaved in a similar manner. The Gazette Notice that changed the entitlement of Members came before my Committee...

He is passing some information to the House. So, allow him two more minutes.

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Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleAgain, to the leadership, the challenge goes to you. However, we as Members must also be part of that debate to ensure that we bring back the Committee on Implementation. Traditionally, the Committee on Implementation is led by the coalition that is not in Government because it is...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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....

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

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale) 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...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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,...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I made a mistake of listening to my younger brother. I wanted to help him.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. October 25, 2022 SENATE DEBATES 14

Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleYou do not have. An.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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...

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

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am going to be very brief on this matter. The problem of parking in Nairobi indicts the problem between the county and national Government. It is a problem that has always persisted because we are not clear as a nation,...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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...

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

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 October 19, 2022 SENATE DEBATES 11 Sen. (Dr.) Khalwaleconsent of the Office of the Speaker and the Speaker has read and approved that...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You need to protect me from Sen. Korir because you are the only one who can rule me out of order. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you need to provide further guidance in view of Standing Order No.53. It talks about...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale(Applause) October 19, 2022 SENATE DEBATES 25 Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Sen. Faki, would you like to inform me? Most welcome, Sir.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Yes, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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....

Sen. (Dr.) KhalwaleReport 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...

On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.

Sen. Wambua, what is your point of order?

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale: Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale: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...

Madam Temporary Speaker, on the Judiciary, the President has pronounced and demonstrated that he wants to allow the rule of law. In the history of the Judiciary, we unfortunately do not know whether it is the Executive that was dictating the Judiciary or if there was some other problem. The...

Point of information. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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...

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

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On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir! Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Article 153 of the Constitution speaks through on the mandatory---

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

Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC. Proceed. Sen. Omogeni, I give you just two minutes to clear that issue.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have known the Senator for Kakamega County, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, as a fairly experienced Senator. However, I am surprised that the Senator does not seem to understand that even a Senate Sitting can sit as a Committee of the Whole House. This is a basic...

If Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale interpreted this Article and read it in Kiswahili language, he will understand that those powers are there. The problem has been the failure by the CSs in responding to summons whenever issued by the Senate.The Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Cheruiyot, will tell you that in the...

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is one point I would like to make. The Member is breaching our Standing Orders by imputing wrong motive, that as a Senior Counsel I have misread Article 153 of the Constitution. I have not added a comma nor a full stop to the provisions...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to encourage the House that we do not have to fight on every matter. The first two sittings of this House have been tumultuous. However, there are some things we should take a common position on as a House. I refer to Standing...

I also bring my experience in the last Senate. I am perhaps the only Senator who was fortunate to chair two Committees; that is the County Public Accounts and Investments (CPAIC) and the Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations Committees.There was impunity in the Executive. As a Chairperson of a Committee, you...

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Sen (Dr.) Khalwale I am so guided, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Sen (Dr.) Khalwale Are you satisfied Sen. (Dr.) Oburu Odinga? What is your point of order? (Laughter) October 5, 2022 SENATE DEBATES 27

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

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Sen (Dr.) Khalwale 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)...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwalethem 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...

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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 point of order which is somewhere. You...

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

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Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Be patient Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, you will have your chance.

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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 running ahead of themselves? In this House, we have the principle of anticipation of debate. They can wait until...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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)

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was giving notice of 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...

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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...

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

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale 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....

Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale Sen. Korir, what is your point of order?