Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1801 to 1810 of 1882.

• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture what he is doing to reverse the existing trend where cane farmers in Mumias Sugar Zone are uprooting their crop. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we would rather proceed. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, I am surprised at the point of order raised by Dr. Eseli because the people of Mumias Constituency are the ones who voted for me to come to this Parliament and represent them. So, it confuses me when he says that I have interest. Of course, the interest I have is to represent them in this House. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: I would like to thank the Minister for the answer he has given and I am happy that he has the information on his finger tips on what is happening in Mumias. However, is he aware that the management of MSC has gone ahead to deduct 30 per cent from farmers whose cane got burnt, without any legal backing? view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Minister has been heard saying that he is going to privatize all other public companies. When Mumias Sugar Company was still a public company, farmers were happy with it. That is because they were getting better returns. What measures have you put in place to make sure that when you privatize those other companies, they will still not harass farmers just like the way Mumias Sugar Company is doing today? view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I first want to thank my colleague, Mr. Wamalwa, for bringing up this issue on my behalf. I am the elected Member of Parliament for Mumias Constituency and I am the one who was injured on view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for that correction. I want to withdraw that word and replace it with the word “misleading”. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wanted to bring up the chronology of what happened on that day of 31st, before he misleads this House. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The truth of the matter is that the person who injured me was a police officer and his name is well known. When he injured me, he was in the presence of the DCIO. So, the question of the Government or the Assistant Minister not knowing who injured me does not arise in this case. The police officer who injured me is called Humphrey Owino and he is currently based at Busia Police Station. I have already filled and returned a P3 Form to the Butere Police Station. As the aggrieved party, I am ... view
• 11 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security the following Question by Private Notice. view