Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1581 to 1590 of 1882.

• 26 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we passed our Constitution the Government agreed that we would have equitable distribution of resources. Kakamega County has 1.6 million Kenyans, which number is equivalent to that of Nairobi. However, in the distribution of national schools the Minister has given Kakamega County only one national school. That is one school for a population of 1.6 million people. Is this the equity we were asking for? This is because we would have requested--- view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture: (a) if he could explain the whereabouts of the Kshs6-per-tonne, capital levy paid by cane farmers to Mumias Outgrowers Company Ltd (MOCO) for a total of 21 years; (b) How much was collected during this period; and (c) When sugar cane farmers will benefit from the accruals. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to bring to the attention of the House the fact that I have not received an answer to this Question. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The rules of this House demand that if an hon. Member of this House--- view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) whether she is aware that money meant for loans to sugar-cane farmers by the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC), through Equity Bank, has not reached the farmers; (b) what urgent measures the Ministry is taking to ensure timely access by farmers to these loans; and, (c) whether she could consider reviewing the interest rates as an incentive to the farmers. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the content of this Question has been changed. I do not know at what stage, but I have talked to the Assistant Minister and he has accepted to answer the Question with amendments. The Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) was not in the initial Question. It was supposed to be the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB), which the Assistant Minister accepted to incorporate into his answer. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Assistant Minister for the answer although it is like a photocopy of an answer to a Question I asked last year. The Ministry keeps on talking of negotiations with the Equity Bank. For how long will these negotiations take place? Farmers want this money to develop their crop. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to ask the Assistant Minister to get his facts correct. The figure we are talking about of Kshs500 million was not in the 2006 Budget. In fact, in the 2008/2009 Budget, the Minister for Finance announced in this House that sugarcane farmers would be loaned Kshs1 billion to develop their crop. The Kshs500 million was given in the 2009 Budget. Up to date, the other Kshs500 million has not been given. Could he, please, get his facts right, otherwise, we will defer this Question until the Assistant Minister gets the facts correct. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister has kept on saying that the Equity Bank has a problem agreeing with them. Is it the only institution that is supposed to lend this money to the farmers? view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would want the Minister to give us a time frame. This is because last time we asked the same Question, he talked of one month. This time he is talking of two weeks. Could we, as the representatives of farmers in this House, take it that in the next two weeks the money will be with Equity Bank? view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I appreciate that, you know that the office of a Member of Parliament is an institution and not of an individual. So, chances are that one of my members would have--- view