Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1431 to 1440 of 1882.

• 18 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Again, this is just a harmless amendment for the Bill to be consistent with the Act as the title was in the original Act. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Motion. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to support the Motion reluctantly. I am one of the oldest Members of the Committee on Agriculture. Livestock and Cooperatives. I was a Member of the Committee during the 10th Parliament, where I served for five years. Luckily, I am still a Member of the same Committee. view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I want to request my colleagues that they should not wholesomely condemn this Bill. I would request the Chairman of the Committee that as we extend the effective date of the Act, we organise a kamukunji and invite the Agricultural Sector Co-ordination Unit (ASCU) to come and educate hon. Members on what informed them in coming up with the Bill that produced this critical Act. The Act, whose effective date we are extending, is not the Bill that we passed. The Bill that we passed, whose effective date I think we should be extending - I intended to bring amendments ... view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, even though today we talk of 26 per cent of the population of this country depending on agriculture directly, we should agree, as a House, that the agriculture sector has given us a lot of problems. Farmers receive their fertilizers late. When they are supposed to be harvesting, it is when they receive fertilizers for planting. Farmers in the pyrethrum sub-sector are owed money by the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya for deliveries they have made to it for many years. They have never been paid. Where I come from, we have the Kenya Sugar Board, which is supposed ... view
• 17 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. My colleagues have repeatedly said that the Bill was passed during the wee hours of the night. Others said that they were coerced. Some said it was passed when we were supposed to be on the ground campaigning for our re-election. I think we need some guidance. When does Parliament stop to pass Bills? Such statements will reflect this House badly, if we allow them to pass unchallenged. In order for us to have worked that late, a Procedural Motion had to be passed by hon. Members to extend the sitting hours of the House, something ... view
• 11 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to start by thanking the Majority Leader for that Statement. I want to remind him that this Government is in place because of the efforts of the Mau Mau. That is how we managed to get a Kenyan Government that is now 50 years old. Since it was the British Government against Kenyans, and we have our Government, why did the Government not seek for compensation on behalf of the victims from the British Government as opposed to individuals coming out to ask for their compensation? The Government should have come out, collect information, get ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I also rise to support this Motion because yesterday afternoon, I was here and nobody has so far opposed this Motion. At the outset, I want to declare that I had the privilege of working at the National Cereals and Produce Board and our core function then was to purchase cereals, stock, distribute and sell. After I left, NCPB was given the mandate of stocking the Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR). When I was there, there was no time that soil experts were employed. We did not have agricultural officers. Therefore, I am wondering whether there is the ... view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I also rise to support this Motion because yesterday afternoon, I was here and nobody has so far opposed this Motion. At the outset, I want to declare that I had the privilege of working at National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) and our core function then was to purchase cereals, stock, distribute and sell. After I left, NCPB was given the mandate of stocking the Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR). When I was there, there was no time that soil experts were employed. We did not have agricultural officers. Therefore, I am wondering whether there is the ... view
• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. I had an issue with the procedure. I know what we have been discussing is a very sensitive statement that touches on security or insecurity for that matter. How much time can we apportion statements? This is because from 2.30 p.m. up to now, we have dwelt on one statement made by Hon. Duale. I wanted to be guided whether we have timelines so that we have to spend some amount of time allocated for statements other than wasting the whole afternoon without tackling the real business of this House. view