Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1781 to 1790 of 1882.

• 26 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this year’s Budget, the Ministry of Agriculture allocated Kshs5.1 million to the Sugar Tribunal. How does the Ministry expect the tribunal to solve disputes for the whole year with only Kshs5.1 million? view
• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, availability of oxygen is a standard requirement in all hospitals. Therefore, that should have been a standard requirement at Kakamega Provincial Hospital. Yesterday, we lost an accident victim from Mumias Constituency. This person died because the hospital did not have oxygen to support him up to Eldoret Referral Hospital. What is the Ministry doing to make sure that oxygen is available in this hospital? view
• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Minister for what he is doing for the sugar sector. In the process of privatizing the sugar factories, could the Minister encourage the companies to go into producing industrial sugar? In this year’s Budget, the Minister for Finance decided to remove SDL on imported or industrial sugar. This is something we are going to contest. However, in view of the Minister privatizing the sugar companies, could he encourage them to go into production of industrial sugar? view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Industrialization:- (a) if he could table the National Industrialization Policy Strategy as well as the distribution of development projects in Kenya; and, (b) what the industrial potential for Mumias Constituency is and the projects the Ministry plans for Mumias. view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Minister for that elaborate answer. I would also like to inform the House that he is scheduled to visit Mumias later in the year. Maybe, that is when he will find out the other potential that Mumias has. view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Part “b” of the Question is very specific on Mumias Constituency. I expected to hear from him whether Mumias has the potential of establishing industry that will produce power alcohol and cardboard because of the sugar cane that is readily available in the area. When will the Ministry do the studies to find out the potential of Mumias? view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what happened to the Kenya Industrial Estates Programme that was in this Ministry which today seems not to be taking place? What plans does he have to introduce the same programme in Mumias? view
• 25 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the Head of State visited Western Province in March, he himself promised that this road was going be tarmacked. Is the Assistant Minister saying that he is flouting the directives of the Head of State? view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) why sugar factories operating in the same market pay different prices per tonne of sugar cane to farmers in different zones despite the producer price being pegged on the price of sugar in the market; and, (b) what steps he is taking to correct the anomaly. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to ask the Assistant Minister to take the work of this House seriously because when I was asking this Question, I knew that under your Ministry there is a Sugar Cane Pricing Committee and I expect it to come up with a formula they use that causes millers to pay different prices to farmers. For example, Mumias Sugar Factory pays their farmers Kshs2, 500 while the neighbouring factory pays Kshs3, 250. That is a difference of Kshs750. What is your committee doing? view