Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1251 to 1260 of 1845.

• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I inform the hon. Member and the House that even ordinary, or conventional, breeding involves genetic modification. What is involved in what we call “GMO” is just the level at which the work is done. In the case of GMOs, genetic modification is done at the cellular level, while in ordinary breeding this is done at the organism level. There is nothing very strange about it. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co- operatives in order to mislead the House that genetic modification involves taking genes from one species and planting or engineering it into another species? Is he in order to mislead the House? view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you get involved in genetic modification, you simply do not take genes from one species and take them to another species, unless there is proper compatibility. Scientists ensure that there is compatibility before anything is released to the public domain. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. May I inform the hon. Member that I am a Professor in Genetics. view
• 14 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Because the hon. Member wanted to know which countries in Africa are growing GM crops, in South Africa BT cotton and GM maize are already commercialized. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am under attack here, because of what appears in the newspapers. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am under attack here! view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. On a very serious note, I want protection from Kutuny! view