Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We have increased cases of waterborne and respiratory diseases because we are not giving enough consideration to our environment. When we do not clean our water, it gets stagnant and mosquitoes breed there. That is why we have several cases of malaria. Cholera is striking many places because we are not prioritising our environment and we are going to spend a lot of money on our health which could have been avoided. Our education system has not built a culture where our children know how to keep their environment clean. In developed places like Europe and Singapore, kids know that ... view
• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I beg to move and ask my good brother, Hon. Richard Makenga, to second. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I want to support this amendment because this college is extremely important for the functioning of the Kenya Forest Service. That is where they train all the technicians and people who do silviculture. Therefore, we need the board to set up policies, rules and regulations for better management of the entire sector. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, aware that Article 42 of our Constitution accords every person the right to a clean and healthy environment and that Article 69(1)(d) mandates the State to encourage public participation in the management, protection and conservation of the environment; deeply concerned that our homes, roads, public and private premises, work places, recreation areas and general environment are littered with plastics, solid and liquid waste as well as lacking good general environmental aesthetics, this House resolves that the Government declares one Saturday of each month be dedicated by every Kenyan ... view
• 2 Mar 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
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to make my submission on this Bill. Overall, it is good and it is going to solve quite a lot of issues particularly with regard to community land which has been in dispute for quite along time. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Having said that, I have quite a number of comments to make regarding the Bill and specifically the issues that I am going to flag out that need to be given due consideration. The first thing has to do with the terminologies used in the Bill. They must be very clear. For example, the definition given of “community” needs to be re-looked into. The way it is may be very confusing and could cause a lot of problems later during the implementation process of the law. A “community” is defined as an organized group of users of community land. What ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: This is not true and is not a good definition. I know what “biodiversity” and “fragile ecosystem” mean. So, this definition is obviously wrong. We must re-define what we mean by “fragile ecosystem.” A fragile ecosystem must not necessarily have threatened species or biodiversity. Most of our arid areas are defined as fragile ecosystems because if you practice certain land uses, you destroy the ecological integrity of the areas. For example, if you start doing extensive farming in those areas, the way we have gone to Galana, in the long-run, we are going to run into major ecological problems. The ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Another issue that I need us to look into is that of community lands. We know very well these community lands are the Arid and Semi-Arid lands (ASAL) of Kenya. We know the type of land use in these areas. They are suitable for pastoral land use systems. The moment we start to sub-divide these lands, we are not going to sub-divide them to a level where they have an ecological integrity, so that they can be self containing. If we do so, we will end up sub-dividing lands that will not be ecologically viable for even pastoral land systems. ... view