Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 561 to 570 of 1882.

• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 97(4), this House orders that each speech in debate on Reports of Committees, including a Report of a Joint Committee of the Houses of Parliament or any other report submitted to the House for which limitation of time has not been specified, be limited as follows: A maximum of sixty (60) minutes for the Mover in moving and thirty (30) minutes in replying, and a maximum of ten (10) minutes for any other Member speaking, except the Leader of the ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: As I move this, allow me to welcome Members back to the Third Session and also wish them a very successful Session. As the Whip of the Majority Party, I am happy to be the one moving this Motion. It is because of the experience we have had in past Sessions. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: I hope Members will give me some attention. We have experienced that some committees bring reports to this Floor yet some of their Members are not present during their debate. I urge members of committees to be at the forefront of debating their reports that are brought to the Floor of the House. That is so that they may help Parliament and the Committee of the whole House to understand what is in those Reports. I also request you to allow me to caution chairs of committees now that we have started this Session. Chairs have used parliamentary leadership as ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was actually moving the Motion. I thought that the Chairman of the Special Funds Accounts Committee (SFAC) would come in after the Motion has been moved and seconded. It was unfortunate that he came in while I was on the Floor moving a Motion. Hon. Muturi is not a leader of any side of the House and, therefore, he may not have been approached 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
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: by any chair to decide. For his information, he needs to know that most of the chairs come from the majority side. Being in the leadership of the majority side, we are bound to receive quite a number of complaints from Members who feel that their chairs are not performing. Therefore, to conclude, I want to request that the committees be more proactive so that we have… view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: I am still moving. I have not moved. You do not raise a point of order when I am moving. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is a procedural Motion which talks to debates of committee reports. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move and request Hon. ole Kenta, the Member for Narok North and the Chair of the Committee on Implementation, to second. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 97(4), this House orders that each speech in a debate on any Sessional Paper shall be limited as follows: A maximum of two-and-a-half hours with not more than twenty (20)minutes for the Mover in moving and five (5) minutes for each other Member speaking, including the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party, and that ten (10) minutes before the expiry of the time, the Mover shall be called upon to reply; and that priority in speaking ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: I beg to move and request Hon. Gitonga Murugara, my friend from Tharaka, to second. view