Benjamin Jomo Washiali

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 901 to 910 of 1882.

• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The seat of a Member of PAP becomes vacant if among other reasons, a Member ceases being a Member of the national Parliament. On this note, the Parliament of Kenya has not been represented in PAP since August 2017 as the term of the previous Members expired at the end of the 11th Parliament. Subsequently, the Parliament of Kenya has not participated in a number of meetings in PAP since then. In this regard, I urge political parties to nominate five Members to PAP forthwith. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Article 25 of the PAP Protocol provided for its review after every five years. Subsequently, the Protocol was reviewed and the draft Protocol adopted by the 23rd Session of the Assembly held in Malabo, Guinea on 27th June 2014. The key highlights of the Malabo Protocol include: 1. Review of the membership of PAP so that each state party is represented by an equal number of parliamentarians. Membership of PAP shall comprise of five Members elected by each state party. 2. At least, two of the elected Members shall be women. A delegation which does not satisfy this requirement shall ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: 4. The representation of each state party must reflect the diversity of political opinions in each national Parliament or any other deliberative body taking into account the number of members from each political party represented in the National Assembly. 5. A member of the national Parliament or other deliberative body is eligible to contest an election to PAP, however if elected, he or she shall resign from the national Parliament or any other deliberative body. 6. The term of a Member of PAP shall be five years. He or she shall be eligible for re-election for one further term only. ... view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: It is worth noting that the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations tabled a report on the Protocol on the Constitutive Act of the AU relating to PAP in 2016 and recommended that the National Assembly approves its ratification. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I am finalising, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The Protocol is currently under ratification by member states and as at 2nd September 2016, only 13 countries had signed it. Five ratified it and five others deposited the Protocol out of the 54 African countries. I urge the National Assembly to accelerate the approval of the ratification of the Protocol and it is only until such a time that the new Protocol comes into force that PAP shall evolve into an institution with full legislative powers whose Members are elected by universal adult suffrage as envisaged in the new Protocol. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I wish to end there and beg to move. I request Hon. Mbui who is the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party to second this Motion. view
• 28 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I thank the Members. They decided to cut short this debate because they are in agreement with the names that we have proposed. They are sure that these Members going to PAP will assist them articulate issues. I beg to reply. view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. With a lot of respect to my brother, Hon. Mugambi, I rise to oppose this amendment. Whatever we are asking the taskforce to do, I am sure it can be done effectively by this Committee. view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: With your permission, Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to appeal to my brother, Hon. Mugambi. Whenever a committee, like the Departmental Committee on Health, has been sitting for some time and receiving witnesses, and he has issues like the ones he is raising, he should join the Committee during its deliberations and raise the issues at that point so that he can have them included. He is proposing the formation of a taskforce. I want to encourage Members that when a report is written by a committee, and we know they spend a lot of time going through it, ... view
• 27 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, for one minute, I just want to say that if you want to compromise the quality and quantity of production of any kind of foodstuff, delay paying farmers. What is affecting the Rift Valley maize farmers has affected us in Mumias. Sugarcane proceeds would not be paid in good time and that meant compromised quality of workmanship in the farm, which is meant to help produce more sugarcane. Therefore, I just want to support Hon. Tiren that the Government must pay farmers in good time, so that they can go back to their farms to produce more ... view