Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1451 to 1460 of 1882.

• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to mislead this House? When Prof. Kiyiapi resigned to vie for the presidency, Prof. Godia was appointed in an acting capacity and up today, he is still acting. This is the case and yet six months are over. Is the Minister in order to mislead this House? view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: asked the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security:- (a) under what circumstances Rev. Benson Nandwa of the ACK Mumias Diocese was murdered in his home at Shibale in Mumias town on 4th February, 2012; (b) whether any investigations on the incident have been conducted by Police and if so, what was the outcome; and, (c) whether he is further aware that Rt. Rev Beneah Salalah, the Bishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya, Diocese of Mumias is unable to live in his house due to insecurity and threats to his life. view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Assistant Minister for the answer and also congratulate him for the new position. However, the answer he has given is meant to give an impression that this is a normal view
• 26 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I want to appreciate the arrangement that the Assistant Minister has with his officials on the ground, I want to put it to him that there is a lot of insecurity in the area of Mumias. As we speak now, last weekend we buried Stephen Oteu who was a Deputy Executive Officer of KATEGO in Mumias. Up to now, the officers are still saying what they always say: “We are still investigating!” What guarantee is the Assistant Minister giving us as the people of Mumias that from now on, we shall have proper security? That is ... view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when Mr. C. Kilonzo asked when this policy will be in place, the Assistant Minister was so emphatic that the policy will be in place in the next 12 months. How sure is he, especially now that we are likely to have had Elections? How sure is he, if he happens to be voted out or if the Government happens to change hands, because he must have put structures in place to make sure that even those who take over from him would also prioritize this policy? How sure is he? view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) whether she is aware of the infiltration of smuggled sugar into the Kenyan market from neighbouring countries; and, (b) what measures she will take to protect local sugar manufacturers and sugar-cane farmers. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the Assistant Minister for the answer. It is good, but not good enough. He has talked of having used some Government agencies. He went on to mention the KRA, CID, KSB and KEBS. All these agencies except the KSB are agencies that one has to report to. Since this is smuggling, you will not expect the KRA to act because the smuggled sugar does not come through the gazetted border points. This is similar to the CID and KBS. The only agency that the Ministry should have used is the KSB, but unfortunately, the ... view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had asked the Assistant Minister to tell the House what he is doing to improve the surveillance facilities he has in the Ministry, but he did not say much about it. In the course of late last year, when the price of sugar rose to Kshs230, they issued a Kenya Gazette notice to allow factories to import sugar. Up to now, we are yet to be told whether that authority is still in place or he has stopped it because this imported sugar is what causes a lot of unstable prices of sugar-cane. view
• 6 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support the Minister for introducing this Bill. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives which had a similar amendment Bill. I thought at one point we will have this two Bills harmonized, so that our amendments would also have been co-opted in this proposed view
• 6 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. view