Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 411 to 420 of 1882.

• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: But that, notwithstanding, we have said and want to repeat that the Committees that are involved in public participation should be contributing more. I wish most of the committee 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
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: members especially those of Departmental Committee on Energy could have been part of this. I am happy the Vice-Chair is here and is taking notes. If you had the opportunity to look at the newspapers over the weekend, we had some Members listed as being inactive in Parliament. They should take advantage of such Bills and make contributions so that they are not listed as not having spoken. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you have been very fair and given a chance to all those who requested to speak. view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I encourage those who have amendments to draft them so that when we come to the Committee of the whole House, we can come up with a better law that will help this country. Thank you. view
• 25 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I beg to reply. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the onset, I support the Bill. But before I delve into the subject, I want to mention that I have been sharing with the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy that the procedure in this House is such that the Committee in charge of a particular sector helps us to digest any kind of Bill. In this case, this is a highly technical Bill which we can easily make a mistake by not addressing the issues as they are. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I have been talking to the Chair and I have been told that most of the Members have gone to Kisumu for the inauguration of the Kenya Pipeline Oil Jetty, which will allow oil to be collected in Kisumu to other neighbouring countries. That is why most of them are not here. But in future, it is important to have the relevant committee’s entire Membership around, so that we can make the right decision. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I support the Bill because generally it is dealing with regulations. Many times, we have come up with projects without first putting regulations in place. I am happy that even with the imagination of us developing nuclear power, we are already starting with regulations, which is very good. I also want to add that our country is a member of the international community, and nuclear power is not isolated to a particular country. We have nuclear materials which keep moving around and, therefore, these regulations are very important. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I was looking at Part I of the Bill and in the preliminary matters, they have already indicated how they will regulate, secure peaceful development of nuclear products, production, possession, use, storage, disposal, transport, handling of nuclear and radioactive materials and other activities generating ionising radiation. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Going back to my background, I have been in the logistics business for quite a while and I had opportunity to clear goods at our borders, airports and other border points with an operational Customs office. I do not think the Ministry of Health has put enough facilities to test nuclear radioactive materials. Many times, we would find radioactive items in nature just passing through the border points without the knowledge of the Ministry of Health officers. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: The other day when Ebola struck our neighbouring country, I was impressed by the Ministry of Health when they took their officers to all our border points. The other day when we were coming from Kisumu, we could not exit from the usual exit point because the Ministry of Health had set up facilities and directed us to a place where they were testing for Ebola. My temperature was checked because it is a major sign of Ebola. view