Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1541 to 1550 of 1845.

• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. What is being included is what I want to delete. I am proposing that Clauses 81(b)(12) and 81(c)(12) be deleted from the Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, what the Minister is trying to incorporate here is the same thing we deleted last year from the Finance Bill. He is just bringing it through another door and in another form. The impact of this on the sugar industry is that it is going to make imported sugar, although he is talking about industrial sugar--- Generally, it is going to affect the whole industry. ... view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. That is what we are objecting to. I have talked to the Select Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. It even discussed this issue with the Minister. This is the same thing he brought last year! He agreed to remove it. Now, he is bringing it through another door and in another form! Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, with those few comments, I beg to move that Clauses 81(b)(12) and 81(c)(12) be deleted from the Bill. view
• 3 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Energy:- (a) which rural electrification projects have been initiated in Muhoroni Constituency within the last four years; and, (b) which of these projects have been accomplished. view
• 3 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me remind the Assistant Minister that the project at Ogwedhi Primary School - it is not a secondary school - was done by the previous Government and not this Government. It is an old project. So, it should not have been included as having been done during the last four years. The reason why I brought this Question is that Kibigori Market Project has taken almost two financial years to be completed. It is a stretch of only 3 kilometres. Why has it taken this long and yet it is a small project? This means that ... view
• 3 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am impressed by the schedule that the Assistant Minister has given me. The schedule shows when the projects will be connected. With regard to the Kibigori Project, the officers on the ground told me that they had problems with the contractors. They told me that they changed the contractors three times. Now this project is going to be 4308 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 3, 2007 completed. What about the other projects? Is the Assistant Minister sure that we will not have problems with the contractors of the other projects which are still in progress? view
• 3 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Did you hear Mr. Odoyo say that people have been injected with chemicals that cause HIV/AIDS in this country. This is scaring! Could he elaborate on that? I do not think that, that is true. view
• 3 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: But Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stood--- view
• 3 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Bill. Being a scientist who has been involved in this business, I want to take it as my responsibility to allay the fears regarding genetic modification. My contribution will touch on a little history of genetic modification; from when it started up to today. This is because so many people outside there, particularly people in the civil society, say all kinds of things about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). They have all kinds of misunderstandings, lies and rumours about this technology. They are actually poisoning people's minds with regard ... view
• 3 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: So, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mendel discovered the gene towards the end of the 19th Century. At that time, when he came up with the idea of genetic inheritance, he was insulted and abused. All kinds of things were said about him. However, in the early 20th Century, his work was rediscovered. When his work was rediscovered, the early scientists took it up. That is what led to the improvement of crops and livestock. Plant and animal breeding started immediately after the works of Mendel were rediscovered in the early 20th Century. Of course, the early work of breeding ... view
• 3 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Pardon? 4320 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 3, 2007 view