Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 631 to 640 of 1882.

• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I know the Government means well for our wazees . I also know that the Government cannot budget for one month and skip another. I know there could be a problem that can be solved. I request that you extend the three minutes allocated to five, so that I can elaborately put the background of this and then we can allow other Members to ventilate. Out of old age, some of the wazees are suffering from diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, arthritis and all manner of diseases. If you are queueing and you do not find anything to eat the ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Because of time, I just want to request the House, after we have put this Statement, that out of the questions the Members have asked, we want to move this to another level where we will have to move a Motion. Then, we will have to get a Statement from the relevant Cabinet Secretary to tell us exactly what is happening. What I want to request is that the Cabinet Secretary should be proactive to see to it that money meant for the wazees is received. I also request the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the Director of Public Prosecutions ... view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank Hon. Musimba for bringing this Petition but, as I thank him, I want to mention that, as a member of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, issues of human -wildlife conflict are common and are prevalent in almost every constituency. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Yesterday, Hon. Balala was appearing before us to answer a Question on human-wildlife conflict. We need to find a solution to this problem. Instead of compensating, what is it that we can do in this Parliament to stop the conflict? The CS had an answer for us because he is putting a policy in place that would answer most of those questions. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, you ruled in this House that Members who are not members of a particular Committee and attending as friends of the committee need to seek approval before attending those committee sessions. That is why we need to revisit this matter as a House to see if Members can be allowed to attend. It will help us address questions from Members who may have an interest in the matter of human-wildlife conflict. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: As one of the leaders of this House, I was just asking myself whether this will be the correct route for us to follow. That is because petitions would be expensive in terms of time. Parliament will have to invite witnesses to come and, in the process, we will lose time. I was just wondering because at the end of the day, we need to get an answer from the Ministry and KWS. Could it be possible that instead of petitions, we have Questions so the Cabinet Secretaries can come and answer them? view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am rising on a point of order because I think the House needs to be guided. The current House was not there when we used to ask Questions. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: The aspect of giving the number of the Question is very important. The Question she is asking is No.005/2018. That needs to come out for the sake of the HANSARD, so that when she is moving to Question No.056/2018, it also needs to be spelt to be captured by the HANSARD. The way she is doing it, it is like she wants to ask two Questions at ago which is not supposed to be the case. view