Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1351 to 1360 of 1882.

• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to start by saying that I support this Report. I actually want to second it and thank hon. Langat for picking me to second this Report. Parliament, in its wisdom, decided that matters that require investigations and a little bit more than what the plenary can do, should be referred to Committees. I want to say right here that the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade had quite a bit of time trying to investigate the pros and cons of this issue. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: are actually meant to earn their daily income on what they do in the sugar industry. That is why we must make our sugar sector as competitive as any other sector in our COMESA member states. I come from Mumias where Mumias Sugar Company was privatised a long time ago; in 2003. Indeed, out of privatisation, we improved our technology because we now have a diffuser system, which has a better extraction of sucrose than any other factory in the country. In Mumias, we have diversified. We are not only producing sugar but also power, ethanol and water, which is ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: In Western Province where I come from and especially in Kakamega County, we have seen some companies that are private now. We have seen West Kenya Sugar Company which is paying farmers in two weeks. We have also seen Butali Sugar Mills Limited into which a private entity pumped in Kshs.2 billion and are paying farmers in two weeks’ time. That is very good. All we need to do as a House is to be careful on how much these private companies are going to pay the farmers. This is because once that is done, it can come out as ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I want to start by thanking the only genuine engineer I know in this House, hon. Gumbo, for bringing up this Adjournment Motion. Just yesterday, when the Constituencies Development Fund Committee (CDFC) of Mumias East Constituency was issuing out bursaries to the tune of Kshs14.8 million to students, there was one parent who came and asked me, because I was present to play my oversight role: “Is it true that this CDF is unconstitutional? If it is, then we must have passed a very bad Constitution.” The reason is that this fund touches on the real common mwananchi . If ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. On behalf of my boss, who is the Leader of Majority Party, I would like to reply. Before I do that, I want to donate one minute to hon. Letimalo and another minute to hon. Wandayi, if you allow me. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have been approached and you are not usually approached on the Floor--- view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I preferred hon. Letimalo to get one minute and hon. Wandayi to get another minute. Hon. (Ms.) Chebet can also have one minute. We are left with about seven minutes and I am sure we can have the three hon. Members. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I think we still have four minutes and I hope she will just limit her contribution to one minute, so that I have three minutes to sum up whatever will have been discussed. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker Sir. On behalf of the Leader of Majority Party, who is hon. Duale, I wish to reply by thanking all Members who have contributed to this Bill positively. This Bill will go a long way in improving our audit function in the Government. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in view of the investment by the Government in companies in which it has controlling shares, I think we need to extend these services to those companies, especially to a company like Mumias Sugar, which has been in the media of late. The stories that we are ... view