Asman Kamama

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not aware of the second corrigendum. If the hon. Member has it, he can forward it to me, so that I can really go to the bottom of this matter. Thank you. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to the best of my knowledge and information, as a Ministry, we have not seen the second corrigendum. If, indeed, that corrigendum exists, then we will go and look for it and get back to the House. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, by Tuesday next week. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) It is true that the Government has a strategy and a plan to conduct civic education to inform the public on the effects of consuming Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in this country. The plan is referred to as National Biotechnology Awareness Strategy (Bio-Aware-Kenya). The objective of Bio-Aware - Kenya is to provide an all inclusive mechanism for awareness creation and raise the level of understanding and appreciation of biotechnology in the country. To this effect, a five year implementation plan for the national biotechnology strategy has been developed. The plan seeks to ... view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Considering the weight of this matter, I would kindly request my friends in the House to speak in low tones so that they do not ask irrelevant questions later. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the seeds distributed by the said Government agencies are not GMO seeds. If somebody else is distributing the alleged seeds, then that is illegal and should be reported to the police. Regarding the importation of GMO seeds in this country, I wish to state categorically that I am not aware of any importation of such seeds in the country. For one to import GMOs, he or she has to get an approval from the National Bio-safety Authority (NBA) as well as an import permit from the relevant regulatory agencies. He or she has to follow the variety ... view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Lastly, the application for transit to Uganda was supported by a letter of no- objection from the Uganda Bureau of Standards and were proved to be--- view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with you 100 per cent. But since this matter has been very topical in the recent past, I wanted to go into the sub-stratum of this issue on GMO, so that everybody gets to understand our position. I know how to use the time of the House optimally and, therefore, allow me to just summarize in two minutes. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the applications for Uganda were approved with conditions that the consignment on transit be accompanied to the border, and that it meets the packaging requirements as per national and international standards. view
• 1 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: I wish to stop there and invite any supplementary questions. view