Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 531 to 540 of 1882.

• 19 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Can he defend himself? view
• 19 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Owino for moving the Adjournment Motion, and quickly add that this type of Motion debates emerging issues. They are emerging issues because they are not expected to happen the way they have. This time around, he Meteorological Department was factual in the sense that this drought was expected; it was not only going to be dry but also hot. They predicted it would be much hotter than it has always been. view
• 19 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want you to protect me from this Hon. thief! view
• 19 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I withdraw and apologise. view
• 19 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I have been in this House long enough to know when we started thinking about formulating the new Constitution. Some of the thematic areas that we wanted to look at were provision of food. I remember in 2008 when maize was imported from South Africa, we knew who had imported it. We also knew the condition under which it came. We realised that we might not have a solution to the provision of food until we devolved the function. In the Constitution, the first role of the county government is agriculture. Agriculture is meant to focus on provision of food. ... view
• 19 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: In fact, the Kshs2 billion that is being given by the national Government is on the aspect of disaster. How would the disaster have occurred if our leaders in county governments provided food? We need to be told. I think the ten counties that are affected need to tell us what they have done in terms of provision of food, which is their first function in terms of their existence as a county government. We may beat around the bush and we may use this platform to malign people’s names, but the truth will remain the truth. The role and ... view
• 19 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. What is coming out clearly from the Member who has attempted to move an amendment after he had already debated on the Motion is misleading the House. He cannot purport not to have spoken on the Motion and use a different name to apply for an amendment. I do not know why it is so serious to him that he has to speak. Why can he not transfer whatever amendment he has to a different Member because the Motion is still under debate? view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, would I be in order to ask Hon. Kassim to obey the Standing Orders and sit down because his amendment cannot go through? Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: 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