Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 821 to 830 of 1882.

• 19 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: However, I do not wish to repeat what I said earlier because the issue of sugar has come to the Floor of this House before. It was Hon. Ichung’wah who stood on a point of order to countercheck what I was doing to help the Mumias farmers then. I hope I will recover the time Hon. Ichung’wah has taken. Other than drugs, it is only sugar that has barons who want to control people, finances and everything happening around them. Before, we used to have sugar barons, but right now, they have gone… view
• 19 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I hope you will add me more time. view
• 19 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. You can switch off that light my brother. view
• 19 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: These people have now infiltrated the Civil Service. That is why Kenyans are asking: Where is KRA, port police and port health officers in this game? When you import sugar, it must pass through the port. As a Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, we requested that sugar farming be regulated from the days of Minister Kirwa. We have been asking where those regulations are up to date when Kiunjiri is seated in that office. view
• 19 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: As I summarise, I want to request this House to approve that all traders involved in contraband sugar be arrested and all the sugar destroyed, whether they are small or big. It is the small traders who are encouraging the big traders to import sugar. I heard what my boss, the Leader of the Majority Party, said that we should not be chasing the small traders. Therefore, we want all the traders involved in this contraband sugar to be arrested and their sugar destroyed. The civil servants involved in this should be sacked because we cannot employ people who want ... view
• 14 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Bilateral Air Services Agreements between Kenya and Jordan, Kenya and Jamaica and Kenya and Bahamas and the Protocol amending the Bilateral Air Services Agreement between Kenya and Turkey and the Cabinet Memorandum. 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: - (i) Kenya Technical Training College; (ii) State Department for Correctional Services; (iii) State Department of University Education - ... view
• 14 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.44 (2) (a), I, on behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, rise to give the following statement on behalf of the House Business Committee: 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
• 14 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The Committee met this week at the rise of the House to prioritise business for consideration. On Tuesday next week, the House will consider the Second and Third Readings of the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bill No.11 of 2018). Afterwards, the House will consider the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in Committee of the whole House. We shall also consider the following Bills at the Second Reading; (i) the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018; (ii) the Warehouse Receipts System Bill, 2018; (iii) the Land Value Index Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018; (iv) the SACCO Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2018; (v) the ... view
• 14 Jun 2018 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
• 13 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Reports of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements in respect of the following institutions for the year ended 30th June 2017 and certificates therein: (a) National Gender and Equality Commission. (b) Higher Education Loans Board. (c) Railway Development Levy Fund (Operations Account). (d) Receiver of Revenue – Ministry of Mining. (e) State Department of Petroleum. (f) Revenue statements of the State Department for Correctional Services. (g) National Assembly. (h) Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning. ... view