Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1041 to 1050 of 1320.

• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is the third time I am asking this Question. I would like to request the Chair to sanction the Minister for failing to answer this Question three times. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Leader of Government Business for answering this Question. This Question has not been answered in full. He has answered part (a), but not part (b), which is the gist of this Question. What caused the mass deaths of fish in River Mara? I would like to request the Chair to allow the Minister to come with the full answer, which has not been given. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to know from the Assistant Minister the key tourist attraction areas in Western Kenya where people have been visiting. Particularly, I would like to know whether the Ministry has taken the trouble of sensitizing the local people, so that they can build hotels and other facilities to accommodate tourists in that zone. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I asked the Question in the second week of February, 2011. view
• 24 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Fisheries Development the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware of the mass deaths of fish in Mara River during mid- February, 2011? (b) What caused the deaths and what steps is the Ministry taking to prevent future deaths? (c) Were other aquatic and terrestrial animals affected, and what punitive measures will the Government take against persons responsible for the deaths of fish as well as other environmental damage? view
• 24 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 23 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister aware that we had an elaborate programme under the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Programme that was supposed to work on this problem of water hyacinth. Under the programme, money was provided but no work was done. Now, under Phase II of this project, money has been provided. I want the Assistant Minister to assure this House that this time this money is going to be used to eradicate the water hyacinth in Lake Victoria and not in workshops and seminars. view
• 23 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. A country which is not self sufficient in food production cannot claim to be a country that is independent. It is, therefore, important that this country gives top priority to food production. Food production is the basis of good governance in any country. Therefore, it is important that as a country, we come up with the best methods of producing food for this country so that we can produce food for our people and even surplus food for export. view
• 23 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to note that all the countries that are self sufficient in food subsidize their farmers and the subsidy is mainly from agricultural inputs. The main agricultural input in farming is fertilizer. In this country, we are unable to produce enough food because the price of fertilizer is extremely high because we have to import it. Even when Kenyans are ready to import fertilizer, it takes time. Sometimes there is no fertilizer when farmers are ready to plant. So, it is important that this country considers putting up a factory for fertilizer because this will ... view