Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1721 to 1730 of 1882.

• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wanted to find out from the Minister: This Fund was established in 2007, and we are now in 2010. Three years down the line, we are still talking of Kshs800,000 which has not been disbursed. Why has she not involved the sitting Members of Parliament in the running of this Fund? view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, to prove to the Minister that women in Mumias are not scared of taking loans, we want to make sure that by the end of September, we will make loan applications that will exhaust the Kshs800,000 that is remaining. Has the Minister set aside some funds to train the women groups on how to manage the funds? view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Hon. Letimalo asked a question, that it has not been very easy for the would-be beneficiaries to know what is on offer. Other than the advertisement of the scholarships in newspapers, which is the other medium because we need to have this efficiently done? view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also wish to apologise to the House for having come late. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture: view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (a) how the money under the Farmers Advance Scheme (FAS) through the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) for cane development was disbursed; and, view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (b) the number of farmers who benefited from the scheme. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to take this opportunity to thank the Assistant Minister for the answer. However, the answer is so sketchy and it does not bring out what the farmers are going through. There was Kshs1 billion that was allocated to lend farmers and only Kshs500 million was given in the year 2007/2008. The other Kshs500 million has not been released. This money is meant to assist farmers improve their crop. Will the Assistant Minister tell us when the other Kshs500 million will be given to the farmers? view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not think the Assistant Minister is sensitive enough to the plight of the farmers, because from the Financial Year 2007/2008 up to date, nothing has happened. It means that the Government has not been able --- view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, apart from giving us the date when he is going to remit that money, could the Assistant Minister, through the structures of the KSB, extend these loans to the farmers so that they improve their crop? view