Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1211 to 1220 of 1882.

• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House today 3rd March, 2016: The Protected Areas Order 2015 and the Explanatory Memorandum. The Ministry of Defence Annual Performance Report for the period ended 30th June 2015. The Annual Report and Financial Statements of the National Police Service Commission for the year 2014/2015. The Quarterly Report of the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution for the period October to December 2015. The Report of the Auditor General on the Financial Statements of ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of the Legal Aid Bill (National Assembly Bill No.35 of 2015) and its approval thereof with amendments. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. I request the Deputy Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Hon. Nyokabi, to second the Motion for agreement with the Report of the Committee of the whole House. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Legal Aid Bill (National Assembly Bill No.35 of 2015) be now read the Third Time. I also request Hon. Nyokabi to second. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You will agree with me that this Bill has attracted a lot of interest from members. We have a record of about 55 members who have spoken on this Bill. We have two members who have requested to take one minute each to give their views. If you allow me, we can give Hon. Kang’ata and Hon. Birdi one minute each so that they are also heard. They can also make their point on this very important Bill. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to thank all members who have contributed to this Bill. I also inform them that we have noted the assignments. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the worst was from Hon. Kang’ata. I did not know what he was about to say. Otherwise, he would not have benefitted from the minute that I offered him. view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Because of the sensitivity of this Bill, we intend to hold a Kamukunji as proposed by some Members. Issues of land are usually very sensitive. We want to exhaust all the issues so that we can have consensus during the Committee of the whole House. Hon. Members raised a number of issues as they contributed to this Bill. For example, Hon. Oner mentioned that the process of demarcation must be transparent. That means he may be having one or two issues he would want clarified. Hon. Joyce Lay insisted that there should be an element of transparency, which is very ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We also noted comments from Hon. Ali Rasso, Member for Saku, who wanted to know who owns conservancies. That is a very important question, given that conservancies are all over. It is also very important because conservancies have private and community land. Therefore, it is very important to have an answer for that question. We have received quite a number of comments. We have heard one from Hon. Lomenen, who is a pastoralist. He wanted to know how pastoral land can be paid for before exploitation. Generally, we have to thank all the Members who have contributed to this Bill. ... view
• 3 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to reply. view