Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 139 of the Bill be amended by inserting the words “a county government” immediately after the words “Cabinet Secretary”. view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the amendment by the Senate and the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I second. view
• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the recommendations that have been presented to this House by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. First, I congratulate the Senate for the good work it has done. In fact, the Senate has given very good proposals that will enhance this Bill and make it more applicable and user- friendly. I thank the Senate for the good job it has done to improve this Bill. Secondly, this is a very important Bill. It is one that has generated a lot of consultations with stakeholders. It is extremely important ... view
• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: “accreditation” which is not right. I thank the Senate for going through the Bill. There are a number of clauses that have had to be amended such that, instead of using the term “accreditation” we are now substituting it with the term “licensing”. This is a very good and important improvement to this Bill. Finally, I want to highlight the issues that have been raised by the Chair and my other colleagues with regard to Clause 115. This Clause is very important in that it provides a provisory for funds to be availed for the improvement of the supply of ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this very important Bill. I thank the Leader of the Majority Party and, particularly, the framers of our Constitution for realising the importance of our indigenous seeds and plant varieties. For centuries, our local people survived very well using local seeds, foods and plant varieties. However, with the advent of the so-called development, most of our seed varieties were abandoned or neglected and we adopted new exotic plant seeds, which have many advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, over years, we have lost most of our plant species. Most of them are lost or ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Resources Research Centre is established, I am very sure that most of our young researchers will find opportunities to enhance their education by carrying out a lot of research on plant varieties and seeds. This will create jobs for our youngsters and also create knowledge. I believe this country has very brilliant young people who can create a lot of knowledge and patent new discoveries. Most of the discoveries are in plant and animal resources. In Africa, very little has been done. Therefore, we are going the right direction by establishing the Plant Genetics Resources Research Centre. We will enhance ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: of the few Kenyans who have written a lot on genetic policies and resources. He comes from my brother’s place, Budalangi. He is a world renowned expert on genetic resources. We need these Kenyans to come back. view
• 26 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended in Clause 11— (a) in sub-clause (1) by— (i) deleting paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph— “(a) a chairperson selected by the selection panel in accordance with the procedure prescribed in the Third Schedule.” (ii) deleting paragraph (c) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph— “(c) two persons representing the most representative trade union on security related matters, elected in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Cabinet Secretary;” (iii) deleting subclause (d) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph— “(d) two persons ... view