Benjamin Washiali

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumis East, JP) Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Chair of the Committee on Selection, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of the Standing Order No.175, and further to the Resolution of the House of 11th October 2018 on appointment of...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Yesterday afternoon the Speaker pronounced the attendance of Members to the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Report. This is a very important document to this country; it informs the way forward in future. Members...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Before I give notice of this Motion, I want to thank Members, especially those who were in the breakfast area. They had to stop their breakfast to come in and give quorum. I appreciate because some of them had...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Allow me to thank Dr. John Mutunga for bringing this Motion which is very important. Having looked at the Motion and the effects, I was actually going to suggest that Hon. Dr. John Mutunga should move very quickly...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Yes, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, I want to thank the Members who have contributed to this Bill. Just like what Hon. Millie has said, this Bill was discussed and debated in...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am not in a position to tell where the Chair is, but as a Whip, I am disturbed in the sense that Hon. Didmus Barasa is a Member of that Committee. I was just wondering who would know...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion as moved by the Chair and seconded by the Vice-Chair of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. I will start by admitting that I am a ranking Member of this...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Hon. Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table of the House: Annual Report of the Law Reform Commission for the Financial Year 2018/2019. Reports of the Auditor-General on...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Chair. I wish to support because as the Treasurer of PACOSO, we have had that kind of experience where members borrow from Bunge Sacco and then they move to PACOSO to borrow, but then you find that they are not able to...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Though the Mover had come, allow me to move.

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Yes.

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Hon. Chairman, I beg to move that the committee do report to the House its consideration of the Sacco Societies (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 1 of 2018) and its approval thereof with amendments. (Question put and agreed to)

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said Report. I also request Hon. Kanini Kega, the Chairman, Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives to second the Motion for agreement with...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I second. (Question proposed) The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Christopher Omulele) : Again, I direct that the next necessary steps will be undertaken when this matter will be set down on the Order Paper again. (Putting of the...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Annual Report for the 2018/2019 Financial Year from the Public Service Commission. The Reports of the Auditor-General on the Financial...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. October 3, 2019 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 41 A certified version of this Report The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Jessica Mbalu): Hon. Washiali, you are on intervention. Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP)On a point...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with due respect to Hon. Omboko Milemba, I cited Standing Order No.199 (2) . The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Jessica Mbalu) : Do you want to be informed? Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) He can only inform me...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: The 2018/2019 Annual Public Debt Management Report from the National Treasury and Planning. The Reports of the Auditor-General on the...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table of the House:

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No.42A (5) , I rise to ask Question No.35/2019 to the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries:

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. On behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: The Reports of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements of Kisumu National Polytechnic for the year ended...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. If my memory serves me right, the reason why we introduced Question Time was to reduce the time taken by Ministers to... (The Deputy Speaker consulted with Hon. (Ms.) Rachael Nyamai)

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What I was saying is that, the reason why we introduced Question Time--- (Consultations) Hon. Deputy Speaker, there is a lot of consultation. Please help me to deal with that. The Leader of the Majority Party, I am on...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) My apologies, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise on a point of order. As I said, the reason why we introduced Question Time in the Standing Orders is because we wanted to receive immediate responses from Cabinet Secretaries. Members will agree with me that this...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) It was an Ordinary Question, Hon. Deputy Speaker. September 25, 2019 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 7 Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP)A certified version of this Report

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. The reasons are that this will act as a motivation for more exports so that there will be more taxation and income. It will even...

Hon. Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East, JP) Chair, as much as those clauses had not been indicated in the current Clause 1, we need to tighten it. The word “and” should come in between the new clauses that we are currently adding, so that the additional should be after the No.46....