Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

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• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have waited for too long, but thank you for giving me a chance to comment on this Report. First, I want to thank the 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
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Committee for the good job they have done. We have waited for this Report for a long time and finally it is here. I have gone through it and generally, it is good. It has covered all the issues that are bedeviling the sugar industry. Therefore, the most important thing is that this Report should be supported, passed and its contents implemented as soon as possible, so that we can address the myriad problems in the sugar industry. The key problem in the industry, as highlighted by Hon. Chris Omulele and Hon. Millie Odhiambo, is cost of production. Unless and ... view
• 16 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the provision of Article 113(2) of the Constitution and Standing Order No.150, this House adopts the Report of the Mediation Committee on the National Drought Management Authority Bill, 2013 laid on the table of the House on Thursday, 17th December 2015 and approves the mediated version of the National Drought Management Authority Bill, National Assembly Bill No.42 of 2013 view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to contribute to this Bill. I would like to bring to the attention of the House the fact that this is an important Bill. Members should go through it and understand its importance and why the Constitution requires that it be enacted. Hon. Speaker, under Article 71 of the Constitution, it was reckoned that it was necessary for this House to enact a law that will ensure that the exploitation of certain natural resources of this country is subject to ratification by Parliament. There are a number of resources that are very crucial ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, some of the resources that need real authority of this House for ratification before exploitation are like crude oil and natural gas. This country has a lot of crude oil and natural gas. Therefore, any exploitation on these resources requires ratification of this House and so are minerals. I thank the Government for having set up a Ministry for Mining because this country has many minerals. Some of these minerals have high value of over US$500 million if extracted. For this extraction to take place, this House needs to give a go ahead. That is something that this ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Other natural resources, apart from wildlife, are forests. We have gazetted forests which are spread throughout the country. Because of increase in population there is very high demand and, indeed, many Petitions have been brought to this House to degazette some of those forests so that they can be used for settlement. The purpose of this Bill is to ensure that we do not degazette some of our crucial forests which are water catchment areas without due consideration to their ecological importance to mankind. Again, this is extremely important. Having said that, I have a number of concerns with this ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: I support this Bill. It is long overdue and I urge Members of this House to support it because it is going to guard against the exploitation and pirating of our natural resources. We have a number of natural resources in this country that have been pirated and we do not have control over them. view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to give a Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on behalf of the Chair, Hon. Amina Abdalla. As regards Petitions, we have one Petition pending and we shall complete the Petition once we visit the field. The Petition is by the residents of Ewaso Nyiro catchment area regarding the management of Ewaso Nyiro River by the Water Resources Management Authority. As regards the pending Bills, I wish to report that the Forest Conservation and Management Bill, 2015, is under consideration. The Committee has already made a report on it and ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: On legislative proposals, the Natural Resources Benefit Sharing Bill, 2015, and the Professional Foresters Bill are being concluded by the Committee. 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