Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 221 to 230 of 1882.

• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: So, this is a very important Motion. This is where we have been going wrong as a country. I request my brother John Mutunga to move further and develop it into a Bill. We will support that Bill so that we can have an organised sector that will help Kenyans to move to the next step. I thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, I want to thank the Members who have contributed to this Bill. Just like what Hon. Millie has said, this Bill was discussed and debated in the Senate. Therefore, whatever we are doing here is more or less procedural. I want to agree with the Members who support this Bill. We will look at the few other amendments that they have proposed at the Committee of the whole House. view
• 29 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: On behalf of the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, I wish to reply. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am not in a position to tell where the Chair is, but as a Whip, I am disturbed in the sense that Hon. Didmus Barasa is a Member of that Committee. I was just wondering who would know better because I was imaging being a Member of that Committee, he would have used internal committee mechanism to get an answer to this Question. Therefore, I will ask him to help us know where the Chair and Vice-Chair are because as a Member of that Committee, he is closer to the Chairman and may know ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion as moved by the Chair and seconded by the Vice-Chair of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. I will start by admitting that I am a ranking Member of this Committee. This is the only Departmental Committee I appear in, other than the other position in the House. First, may I inform Members that this is a very special Petition. As you know, many petitions are never debated in this House, according to our Standing Orders. However, because this is a Petition that is for degazettement ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Therefore, I think through the noble idea that has come from the Cabinet, the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and the Departmental Committee on Lands sat down and did due diligence as required by law. They went for public participation. Unfortunately, I was not part of it but we shared the report that we received as a Committee. Actually, the essence of us, as a Committee, to oversee the Executive is to help it to maintain the environment. We would have actually declined this, but we had to compare matters on environment against matters of security and also ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table of the House: view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Annual Report of the Law Reform Commission for the Financial Year 2018/2019. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Reports of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements in respect of the following constituencies for the year ended 30th June 2018, and the certificate therein: (i) Chesumei, and (ii) Nyakach. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view