Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1041 to 1050 of 1882.

• 27 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, this House orders that the business appearing in the Order Paper be exempted from the provisions of Standing Order No.40(3) being a Wednesday Morning, a day allocated for business not sponsored by the Majority or Minority Party or business sponsored by a Committee. As you are aware, yesterday the House Business Committee prioritised the appointment to the Chairperson’s Panel. Of course, names have already been put on the Order Paper and we were feeling strongly that given the role of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, ... view
• 27 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion in an amended form, under Standing Order 48--- view
• 27 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to provisions of Standing Order 16, this House approves the appointment of the following Members as Members of the Chairperson’s Panel– (i) The Hon. Roselinda Soipan Tuya, MP - First Chairperson of Committees; (ii) The Hon. Patrick K. Mariru, MP - Second Chairperson of Committees; (iii) The Hon. Jessica Mbalu, MP - Third Chairperson of Committees; and, (iv) The Hon. Christopher Omulele, MP - Fourth Chairperson of Committees. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am moving this under Standing Order 48. Given that Hon. Speaker is of male gender and ... view
• 27 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you for that correction. Please, keep on assisting us in terms of guiding and advising, so that we come up with the best procedure. This is more or less procedural. It is obvious that once the House is in full session, you and the Hon. Speaker may not manage the business of the House, given the other administrative responsibilities that you have. It is important for the new Members to understand that other than the Hon. Speaker and his deputy, the Standing Orders provide that they be supported by Members of Parliament who will be on ... view
• 27 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: balanced Committee. I urge the entire House to support these Members so that they can occupy their positions in the Speaker’s Panel. With those remarks, I beg to move and ask Hon. Gikaria to second. view
• 27 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. While moving this Motion, I thought that as many Members as possible would be given opportunity to speak on it because this is a panel that is going to serve them. I expected that we would give chance to as many Members as possible so that we would listen to those who may be having dissenting voices. view
• 27 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: I was just expressing my wish. I wished many Members would have been given an opportunity. Since I have few minutes to reply, I thought, with your permission, I could donate part of my time to a few Members to speak. view
• 27 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: I stand guided, Hon. Deputy Speaker. While replying, I just want to appreciate the Members who had opportunity to speak on the Motion. The comments that were made guided the Members who have been appointed to the panel. We have had very many good things about the Members, especially Hon. Mariru, who is new in this House, having been voted the best Speaker in county assemblies. We would expect that he would add a lot of value in the proceedings of this House. I never heard any one Member who gave a negative opinion on the panel. We, therefore, on ... view
• 27 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: - THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.28, this House approves the Calendar of the House (Regular Sessions) for the First Session of the Assembly, as contained in the Schedule. view
• 27 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: This is more or less a procedural Motion that guides us in terms of when the Members will be sitting and when they will be going on recess. As a practice of this House, it has been like this so that we can tell when we are going for recess and when the business of the House will be resuming. For starters, this was necessary because before the House started approving its own calendar, it used to be approved by the Executive and imposed on Parliament. Because of the independence of the House, we have chosen to be moving this ... view