Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 571 to 580 of 1882.

• 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 debate on Reports of Constitutional Commissions and Independent Offices be limited as follows: A maximum of four hours with not more than thirty (30) minutes for the Mover in moving and ten (10) minutes in replying, a maximum of thirty (30) minutes for the Chairperson of the relevant Committee, and a maximum of ten (10) minutes for any other Member speaking, except the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a Procedural Motion. Reports of constitutional commissions and independent offices have never been given priority in this House before. I request that as we start our Session this time, there should be an aspect of giving such reports adequate debating time. We have independent offices like the Controller of Budget, Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC), Commission on Administrative Justice and many others. For the first time, we are going to give the reports adequate time so that we can debate them exhaustively so that the public can get to understand what is in the ... view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, Hon. Maanzo picked my brains. I just want to add onto what he has said. As a Whip of the Majority Party, I thank the Hon. Members for coming for the two Sittings, that is, in the morning and this afternoon. As a Whip of the Majority Party… view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Junet, yourself, other leaders and myself, asked Members to come for a Special Sitting. They have sacrificed a lot to have come for the Sittings. It is in order to give as many Members as possible a chance to contribute and make a decision on whether to approve or reject this nominee. view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I agree with Hon. Maanzo that we reduce the time for a Member to contribute to five minutes. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Without appearing as if I am opposing what my leader said, I raised this issue yesterday. If the formula of asking Questions in the 10th Parliament is anything to go by, the principal Questioner will put the Question and allow other Members to ask supplementary questions that are in principle related to the principal Question. Other than saving time for this House, we shall also be saving time for the Cabinet Secretaries who we know have other duties to do. Instead of responding to each individual’s Question, if you could allow, Questions that are similar ... view
• 22 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: together. The Clerk should also help us to identify the Members who are asking Questions that are similar so that we can put these Questions to the Cabinet Secretary to answer them at once. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for the opportunity. We are doing very well in terms of asking Questions, but as a House, we are doing poorly in terms of supplementary questions. That is why you will find that many of the Questions coming up are more or less similar in nature. A Question that has been asked by the Member for Tharaka Constituency about police mounting unnecessary roadblocks is a very common aspect and many of us have had that experience. We already have a Communication from the Chair that before a Member attends the sitting of another Committee as ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view