Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. From the outset, I thank this Committee on Regional Integration on the two Reports that they have brought in this House. Yesterday, if you remember very well, there was a Report that was moved by a member from the same Committee and now today we are seeing another Report that has been moved by another member of the same Committee who is now the Vice-Chair of this Committee on Regional Integration. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will agree with me that the population in the East African Community (EAC) has really grown. Initially we only had three member states, that is, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya but now the number has increased to six to include Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan. Indeed, the number has really grown. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: From the latest report of the United Nations (UN), the estimated population of these six partner states of East Africa is 436,467,104. This reflects 5.68 per cent of the world population. What am I saying? I am saying that if we work together in East Africa with the cohesiveness that we need to have, we will provide a very huge market for any product. For us to be able to attract producers and manufacturers of products that are fast-moving, we need to be efficient at our borders. As EAC, we need to quickly look at the issues that have been ... view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: then we would have had many issues coming out of Migingo because up to today the Ugandan Government has never accepted that Migingo Island belongs to Kenya despite the information that is out there that they will need to appreciate and respect. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you also need to understand that we have some national parks that are cross-border, for example, Tsavo. We have tourists who come to this country through Nairobi and they watch animals from the Kenyan side and sometimes they even cross to the Tanzanian side to also see other species of animals that would be ... view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am aware that you are about to end this debate but for the same reasons which I had on Order No.12, I want to request that you defer putting the Question to a later date. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise under Standing Order 96(1) which reads: “A Member who wishes to postpone to some future occasion further discussion of a question which has been proposed from the Chair may claim to move “That, the debate be now adjourned,” or, in the Committee of the whole House “That, the Chairperson do report progress.” I have been listening to the Mover and the Seconder and I have also had opportunity to look at the Report, it is a very important report. From the earlier reasons I alluded to as to why we may have ... view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: (Mumias East, JP) asked the Cabinet Secretary for Treasury and National Planning if he could explain the policy framework that guides licensing of sugar importation in Kenya. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was consulting with Hon. Nyoro. On behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: The Report of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements of the Central Bank of Kenya for the year ended 30th June 2018 and the certificate therein. The Reports of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements in respect of the following institutions for the year ended 30th June 2017 and the certificates therein: a) Kenya Airports Authority; and b) Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development. The Reports of the ... view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Chris Wamalwa has pre-empted my contribution. However, I am aware that Standing Order No. 53(2) demands that at the end of debate of a Bill or a Motion, you are supposed to put a Question. However, I was rising on Standing Order No. 53 (3) that going by the numbers in the House, please, defer putting of the Question until a later date. This debate is just coming after we have had a long recess. In most cases Members may not have been present not because they do not like the proposed Bill but because of the inconveniences caused. ... view